Teenagers do dumb shit and it didn't take me becoming a teacher to realize this. I have a litany of my own personal experiences reflecting that fact. As a teacher I have been able to revisit a lot of the dumb shit I did as a teen through the lives of my know-it-all (naive) students. Of all the dumb shit I did I'm not sure if this latest story matches up.
So I walk into class and all of my male students run up asking me, "Mr. Jenkins, did you see the picture??" Their devilish grins immediately signaled to me that this "picture" may be something I don't want to see; that is if I want to keep my job. With a kool-aid smile plastered across his face, one kid asks me "do you like melons, Mr Jenkins??". Ok, now I know I definitely do NOT want to see this picture. It turns out that some 14 year old aspiring Paris Hilton took a pic of herself topless with her phone and sent it to her boyfriend. Unfortunately for her, after the inevitable break up, the EX-boyfriend sent the pics to his friends. And of course, they sent it to their friends and now the pic has reached my school and most of the schools in Fairfax County. Poor girl.
My kids found it hysterical until I brought them back to reality and schooled them on the child pornography laws in VA. It's all fun and games until you're looking at a federal charge for possessing child pornography.
Teenagers do dumb shit.
What did they say after the schooling?
ReplyDeleteDang! The ex is mean!
ReplyDeleteA wise man. I can handle most things, but this kinda stuff is where I'm weak. I wouldn't have thought to mention child pornography laws. I just would have given them the you-know-better spill, ala JayBee. Most of my students don't desire that because when it happens it's ugly. The classroom probably won't hold you for long.
ReplyDelete*smh thinkin about if any of us ever did anything like this... nope- it was before the cell phone era* :sigh:
ReplyDeleteWhy you trying to act like its been a long time since you were a dumb teenager. You look like you have quite a few stories up your sleeve...LOL
ReplyDeleteThey do do dumb shit though... I have to cuss my little cousins out daily for the crap they be having up on they myspace page.
whew. this is so real right here. these little girls these days. makes me want to just grab them and shake the hell out of them. but i suppose then you would lose your job too.
ReplyDeletethat's so cool that you're a teacher. lol. i used to want to teach so bad.
Wow, that's scarey! you handled it well. I just wonder if they maintained the information once they left the classroom.
ReplyDeletethe day and age of the camera phone and internet there will be any pics floating of me like that lol. Kids they never will learn lol. I agree you handled that well.
ReplyDeleteI knew a guy who worked for an after school program, and one of the girls asked to use his phone so she could call a ride (he was 21 she was like 14). When he got his phone back, it turns out she took a picture of her vagina and made it his background. Not only are these kids crazy, but they are tech savvy also.
ReplyDeleteGood job putting the kids in check, sir. Very good job.
ReplyDeleteI know your struggle, Brother! I am a High School Educator...I feel your 'pain'. Argh! :)
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