Posted on 07/05/2023 2:45:21 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Cinzio Paolina de Lio taught philosophy and literature at a secondary school near Venice (Image: Linkedin)
A philosophy and literature teacher at a school in Italy who only turned up for four lessons in her 24 years on the job has explained her situation to journalists in a swift, eight-word rebuke - while she was out enjoying herself on a beach.
Cinzio Paolina de Lio is said to have avoided working by using holiday leave, conference allowance, and sick leave to get away with teaching for a whopping two decades.
When journalists from the Italian newspaper, Repubblica, demanded answers, she brazenly replied: “Sorry, but right now I’m at the beach.”
Teacher's eight-word reply after she called in sick for 20 years
Students claim their former teacher would often ask to borrow text books (Image: Getty Images) Ms De Lio said she planned to “reconstruct the truth of the facts of this absolutely unique and surreal story".
She said: “I don't answer questions from journalists thrown around that wouldn't do justice to the truth of my story."
Students at her school say their former teacher would just sit around and text during exams and not even have the textbook she was teaching from, and often ask to borrow one.
Despite her claiming to have three degrees, it is reported she did not show up for lessons, and would often dish out grades rather than marking work properly.
She was dismissed from her job in 2017, which then turned into a legal battle that went all the way up to Italy's supreme court.
De Lio tried to defend herself by behind a "freedom of teaching", which the court rejected, arguing it was teachers who had a responsibility to make sure students right to study was protected.
The Italian Supreme Court blasted her as “permanently and absolutely unsuitable” for the job of a teacher.
She was also branded the “worst employee in Italy” by her secondary school near Venice.
“Students claim their former teacher would often ask to borrow text books...”
How could she ask to borrow text books if she was never there?
If she was fired, does that mean she isn’t entitled to her pension?
That’s what socialism does.
The teacher showed up for 4 lessons in 24 years and the students seem to have some detailed memories of these events.
“She was also branded the “worst employee in Italy””
You got to work very hard to be the worst employee in Italy.
Holy crap! She must look like a hundred year old wrinkly leather bag by now.
De Lio tried to defend herself by behind a “freedom of teaching”
Sounds more like she was pursuing “freedom from teaching”.
But I can’t say I blame her. If her employer gave her that many options for leave to abuse, and let her abuse it for 2 decades, then the employer is stupid and probably needed a case like this to teach them a lesson.
They mistranslated her name. It’s Cinzia (=Cynthia).
no.
Have her car towed beforehand and provoke a nervous breakdown. Italians love that stuff on tv after dinner. Make sure she will be recognizable to every Italian going forward. Still not enough for what she did.
Sort of like Affirmative Action, huh? Or, like the tenure system?
It is certainly a Very good thing that she was not teaching.
-fJRiberts-
“Retaliation”?? How so? Still a deadbeat. Hardly the flex she thinks it is.
NCO club Utapao, Thailand. The place(supposedly) had 350 employees. One showed up every day for 8 years, punching in the time clock. Then he went outside and went to sleep for 8 hours. One day he showed up with a broken leg. Asked what he was doing there he informed them that he worked there. They fired him.
Don’t know if it’s true. Anyone there would have believed it.
To quote Bill Ayers, “Guilty as Sin, Free as a Bird.”
And by beach, I mean cruising cat rescue sanctuaries for more "furr-ever" friends.
bttt
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