A second-grade teacher in Northern California has been arrested on allegations that she drove to work and was teaching class drunk.
The Sutter County Sheriff’s Office says, Monday morning, they got a report that a staff member at Nuestro Elementary School in Live Oak appeared to be under the influence.
Deputies soon showed up at the school and encountered 57-year-old Wendy Munson, who was in the middle of teaching her second-grade class. Deputies noted signs and symptoms of Munson-Swartz being under the influence.
I was in the nurse’s office on my awesome but seriously alcoholic drama teacher showed up to school drunk and they brought her in there to deal with her. That was her last day. She was also the city clerk and they fired her from that too. She died soon afterward, sadly.
Alcoholism is terrible to watch play out, especially if it’s happening to a loved one who won’t give it up. It’s a shame it’s so normalized in society.
She got fired for it. From both of her jobs. I’d hardly call that normalizing alcoholism.
I think they were more referring to how its portrayed in media/advirtising
I was generalizing. Advertising for alcohol is everywhere, just like tobacco was years ago. Just like tobacco they figured out ways to skirt the laws and still get the message across. Sponsorships from companies pushing their 0% alcohol beers, super bowl beer commercials that become water cooler conversation in offices, etc.
You think some TV commercials and a magazine ad are causing people to become alcoholics? 😆
I think alcoholism and drug addiction are diseases that should be handled like disabilities by employers. Dismissal should be a last resort, preceded by insured disability treatments.