One Chicago teacher imparts a real-life lesson in how to use the chemical reactions in fire to gain good grades:
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.
I'm amazed Fox hasn't argued that this was merely an independent-study chemistry project gone awry. Then again, she may be saving that for her day in court.
Posted by kswygert at July 13, 2005 11:37 AM