While the District Attorney’s Office agrees that it is highly inappropriate to teach while intoxicated, it is, unfortunately, not illegal.”
While the District Attorney’s Office agrees that it is highly inappropriate to teach while intoxicated, it is, unfortunately, not illegal.”
Alcohol is a vice that adults are allowed to have.
If the teacher isn’t driving, is conveying the information, and the kids are not getting hurt, how about fuck off?
Alcohol is not a vice that adults are usually allowed to have at work. Most jobs will fire you for being drunk at work.
We probably don’t need a criminal law specifically for this though.
Yeah, whether or not they are fired, because it is certainly unprofessional behavior, it isnt criminal. Unless you count that they were somehow putting the children in direct danger, but that probably isn’t the case for a geography or math teacher. Drunk woodshop teacher, maybe?
If a dangerous situation arose and the teacher failed to respond appropriately due to drunkenness, I’m sure that charge would be appropriate.
Oh yeah, reckless endangerment would definitely be appropriate, though if there were other teachers or staff reasonably close I could see it being contested.
Also, I absolutely do not condone being drunk at work as a teacher.
If a dangerous situation arose and a sober teacher failed to respond appropriately, no charge whatsoever though, right?
Prohibitionists need to get back in their lane.
I am drinking port as I type this.
A sober teacher who is negligent in some other way resulting in an unreasonable danger to the children in their care also commits a crime.
Once again, if the job is getting done, and noone is getting hurt, what is the problem?
She made it to work on time. Should have ubered though.