Days after board members laughed at the exchange, the Washington County Board of Education called the comments “shocking,” saying “no explanation can justify that.”
Jokes aside. Obviously, not all of these jobs require nefarious motives or deplorable personalities to attract people to those roles. Teachers, for example, are more likely to be people that have a commendable desire to care for and mold young minds. But I defy you to show me a single person that didn’t have a direct encounter with or know of persistent rumors of one or more teachers at their schools that were, at minimum, creepy.
Soldiers can just be poor kids without real prospects sold on hero propaganda without actual malice. But there are none-to-few soldiers with a bloodlust searching for an excuse.
Jokes aside. Obviously, not all of these jobs require nefarious motives or deplorable personalities to attract people to those roles. Teachers, for example, are more likely to be people that have a commendable desire to care for and mold young minds. But I defy you to show me a single person that didn’t have a direct encounter with or know of persistent rumors of one or more teachers at their schools that were, at minimum, creepy.
Soldiers can just be poor kids without real prospects sold on hero propaganda without actual malice. But there are none-to-few soldiers with a bloodlust searching for an excuse.