Posted on 06/29/2005 4:01:45 PM PDT by zaxxon
HOUSTON, Texas (AP) -- A chemistry teacher who was at least three months behind on her car payments gave passing grades to two failing students who stole and burned her car so she could collect insurance money, a fire investigator said.
Aldine Senior High School teacher Tramesha Lashon Fox, 32, was charged with insurance fraud and arson, and the two students were charged with arson.
Roger Luna, 18, and Darwin Arias, 17, had been failing Fox's class up to their final exam. But Arias received a 90 and Luna an 80, grades high enough for them to pass the semester, said senior fire investigator Dustin Deutsch of the Harris County Fire Marshal's Office.
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Just Damn.
That's some "extra credit" question.
Tramesha Lashon - LOL
Hey Mom! Guess what lesson I learned in school today!
They PAID attention in one class.
;-)
Please tell me she's a member of the NEA.
National Educators of Arsonists?
Fire is a chemical reaction, though. It's not like the assignment was off-subject ;-)
Probably on paid leave til the trial.
Aldine Independent School District officials said Fox remained employed while they waited to see the fire marshal's report.
Not even suspended with pay yet.
Makes you wonder why teachers & profs get such high ratings for "honesty" in occasional opinion polls....
Makes you wonder why teachers & profs get such high ratings for "honesty" in occasional opinion polls....
Some of them actually are, but this one is plain nuts, actually maybe salted nuts, maybe chocolate-covered,...
Well, -- as a teacher myself -- I appreciate your point. But there aren't many CONSERVATIVES on high school or college campuses (and as a result, very few honest people in teaching), as you know...
;)
Houston Chronicle previously carried the story with a picture of the young black female teacher (pretty smile but looked a little overweight). This link only gives the text story in the Houston Chronicle:
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/3245323
She "needed" the money. I guess her class was not up to some kind of exotic explosion as their chemistry class final.
She appears to be a victim of easy credit.
Hoppy
Got your point:) Nice to see a colleague. Yes, I do see some that are not honest (I see many that are), but it has nothing to do with politics, more with some being busybodies and old bitties:).
Yes, there are many honest democrats around; I'm just being mean.
Unfortunately, the immoral ones pollute the well for the rest - since they tend to be the most "vocal" on any campus.
;)
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