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Teacher gives horse-obsessed favorite student $200 for going a whole day without mentioning horses: 'He has a favorite girl in each of his classes.'

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  • A teenage horse girl with her brown horse
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  • Another teacher at my job gave a female student $200

    I feel like I'm in the Twilight Zone sometimes with some of the things I see on a daily basis in school.
  • The teacher next door to me is super weird. Has a "favorite girl" in each of his classes
  • I don't like that. These are also high schoolers mind you. We have one girl that's in both of our classes.
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  • She likes horses. She's actually a very accomplished equestrian outside of school. She's won medals and awards for it.
  • Her whole life is horses. And I mean her \whole\ life is horses. Projects, papers, book presentations.
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  • All horses and horse related. I would like a little more versatility, but I don't really care.
  • If her work is getting done, she can be all about horses. If anything, I'm happy she has an active hobby that she's passionate about.
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  • But he made her a deal. if she could go a whole day without mentioning horses, he would give her 200 dollars.
  • I was there with another teacher. We heard it. It was funny-ish. But today, he presents her with 200 dollars in cash.
  • Two crisp 100 dollar bills. I looked at him and was like "what the f is wrong with you?
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  • A woman sitting in front of a laptop computer
  • You can't do that." His response was "hey, I'm a man of my word." This guy also bummed a few Diet Dr.
  • Peppers from me because he didn't have change for the vending machine. This was unprofessional
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  • Two vending machines filled with snacks and sodas
  • I'm not sure I have a platform to stand on though. Any tips?
  • komorebikisetsu does your school have a rule about gifts between students & teachers? i remember mines had a rule that no gift exchange could have a monetary value of over $50 or so
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  • CoconutBraBaskets Original Poster's Reply We have no specific SOP that prohibits it.
  • PitifulPlace2422 I'm sorry but the Dr. Pepper bit at the end is so out of place from the rest of the story
  • CoconutBraBaskets Original Poster's Reply Sorry, it was meant to help highlight the absurdity.
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  • miszrex I bet with students as well. I mean.. they don't find stuff? Bet I find it in your folder. If I do you bring me a... cookie? Or a small chocolate? Or if this and that happen I bring cake for the whole class. But never money, never worth more than 10 bucks. Btw... they mostly go search again and find their own stuff. But that is very fishy and needs reporting.
  • CoconutBraBaskets Original Poster's Reply I do this occasionally, like saying "I bet you that tomorrow we can't have 100% on homework completion" and bet them things like donuts that I will provide for the class. That's like investing 20 bucks of my own money into your success, but also I just want them to have donuts because not all of them can have things like this on the regular. 200 bucks from a teacher salary is insane to me.
  • Top-Manufacturer-442 Consider reporting to admin or guidance. You don't have to accuse him of grooming. You can frame it as: "I witnessed a colleague give a student $200 cash after a private deal. It made me uncomfortable and I'm unsure if that aligns with district policy."
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  • Remarkable_Skin6432 "Favorite girl" in each class was all I needed to know, to see he's a creep. You already talked to him directly and he wasn't receptive so it's time to report his behavior (preferably in writing) to admin.
  • The_Modern_Nobody This is wildly inappropriate. To this man, I say nay

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