Teacher poisoned by students with hand sanitizer

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I Fucking charge Fucking work What it wasn't charging before I don't know It's been acting weird, you know just I So man start the story Well started where it begins All right Well it all begins what all starts with so first off your teacher true true true teacher teach high school high school What a core core subject, you know where you know all kids have you you're a full-time teacher, right? Yes Yes, not just a sub Yeah, definitely five to ten years experience, you know and Not not a sub not a part-time guy anything like that You know daily basis daily their daily duties So involved in the athlete were you involved in the athletic program? Yes, you know a lot of coaching is involved in a lot of leadership things as well and You know not one of those people that are get to school at the last minute and leave, you know as soon as they can You know, it's a there before the Sun gets up and leaves after the Sun goes down kind of type You know and with that basically kind of like leads into kind of like a whole part of the story of basically it took a reason why I was done and I was gone because accumulate because two years ago, I basically got a car accident where I Broke some vertebrae and had some muscle damage in my back and it was all over story. That's a whole other story and and from that I have like so lost back spasms and stuff and when I do sometimes they get pretty bad where I mean, I can't even I can't even lie down and feel comfortable. It's where I got to take these muscle relaxers, anti-inflammatories. But when I do, it definitely makes my body feel better. But then my digestive system is completely just destroyed. Not destroyed, but it's fucking shut down. So nothing's moving down there. And that's not a good feeling either. So not a good time when those things go on. So it's basically the beginning of the school year. And I'm having a lot of issues with my back. Not feeling good. Missing a lot of days of school. And just basically kind of just struggling. How long were you at this place? How long have you been teaching there? A couple years. Okay. I haven't been teaching there my whole career. But I was there sometime. And so, like I said, the beginning of the year, I was having a lot of issues. Just really couldn't seem to go on a good run. I was staying healthy without any problem. And I was missing a lot of days. And at the same time, when I came back, it was like playing a lot of catch up. And at the same time, I wasn't feeling good. But at this point, you were feeling bad just because of... The stuff you were taking for your back. Yeah. I mean, it was just one of those. My back was giving me problems. Right. You know? So I keep on taking, like I said, some of my back problems. I take these medications. What were the medications? Baclofen is the muscle relaxer. And the anti-inflammatory. It's like ET something. Weird, crazy name. But... Yeah. And so, like I said, I was missing a few days. And all of a sudden, with the back pain, I started having a lot of stomach pain. And it was just killing me. And then I was basically kind of came to the conclusion that, you know, I'm taking all this medication now. Because I'm having all these back problems now. That's probably what's just destroying my stomach. And... And... You know, so I had to decide. Do I want my back to feel better? That's where my stomach's going to hurt. Or do I have to quit taking the medication so my stomach feels better? But then I'm going to be like a crippled mess. And so I'm fighting through this. At the same time, I'm trying to fight through trying to be a teacher in a high school. You know, for a main subject. I mean, I got a responsibility to make sure I got all these assignments. Got to get the kids, get the lessons, this and that. And so on top of just feeling miserable at home, I was feeling miserable at school. Feeling miserable everywhere. You know, just trying to struggle to get along. But, I mean, it is... It is what it is. Now... And so, just keep on battling through this. Keep on battling through this. You know, now we're talking September's gone through. October's gone through. November's gone through. And then December comes up. And then sitting there in December, I just have like the worst stomach problems. And the worst back pain. I mean, I'm just... I'm just sitting in bed. I remember it was a... It was a Sunday night. Sunday night, Monday morning. And I could not sleep. And I was just like agonizing pain. Like, oh my God, this sucks. And da-da-da-da-da-da. And so, right away, I was like, you know what? I'm not going to work. I'm calling sick. I'm like, fucking, I can't do this. So, how many days did you miss? I missed 30 days this school year. That's pretty rough for a teacher. Yeah, because you're only a lot of 10. Oh, shit. So, that means 20 days came out of that. That's my paycheck. Wow. But, I mean, it was... But, that was the thing. It was like, you know, I mean, I can tough through things like anyone else can. But, I'm fucking sitting there and I'm bloated and just bowling up with gas. And all of a sudden, my body gets to points where I can't control it. And all of a sudden, all it releases. Do I want that happening in a classroom? Probably not. Oh, man. I mean, even same time, too. It's like when things do come knock loose. I mean, are they all... Are they all solid and able to be maintained? Maybe not. You know, it's a little bit liquidy and... So, you're concerned with basically shitting your pants in the classroom. Yeah, or just basic hygiene. And at the same time, my lower back is like crippling. And I'm like hunched over. I mean, it just... I mean, at the same time, it's like when you... I know through experience, like when if I keep on fighting through it, eventually, my back is going to completely give out. It's where I can't even like stand up by myself. And so, it's... I have to know how far can I push myself before I get to that point. Because I got to know before it happens. And, I mean, you're familiar with managing pain or understanding how to deal with pain. Well, I'm learning to because this is a recent injury. It's something I'm learning to deal with. But even before that, you know, you were a wrestler, right? Yes, yes, yes. So, I mean, it's not like, you know... You haven't understood what it's like to try to endure pain or... Yeah, yeah. I mean, yeah. I mean, I've had many knee surgeries, separated shoulder. And you're saying this stuff was crippling. So, it must have... Oh, yeah. I mean, it just... I remember when I first started having the pains. I mean, I just remember I was laying on the floor and no one else was around me. And I could not move. I could not get myself to come up or move. I could not crawl forward. I could not push up off the floor. I couldn't move. Because like I said, the pain was so bad. You know? And I... And finally someone came in there, put ice on my back. My muscle spasms calmed down a little bit. And, yeah. So, I mean, it is... I mean, that's the issue. And so, anyways. We're back in December. Having a lot of problems digestively and lower back-wise. And Collin's sick. And just chill out on a Monday. It wasn't bad. You know, if you're going to be sick, Monday is the best day to do it, especially in December. I mean, you're going to get nothing to watch but football highlights. But at the same time, I feel like complete fucking ass. And the thing at the same time is how bad I felt that Sunday night, I felt that entire Monday. And it never got better. And so when it came to Monday night, and I'm still basically the same way, I called it sick again. I called it sick that Tuesday. And finally, like, that Tuesday, I went in and bought just a shit ton of fiber, fiber pills. They help just kind of, like, get things to knock loose a little bit and move. And finally, that started working. So on Wednesday, I knew I was, like, basically I had a million things to do. It's December. We're going to go on Christmas break soon. You know. So there's a lot of things that need to get done before we go on break and a lot of things I need to get ready for. And so I go into work super early. And I'm do-do-do doing all my stuff. Because now I'm feeling good. Plus, I got two days of rest. So my batteries are charged. You know, I'm ready to go. And all of a sudden, my first class starts. And I'm talking, da-da-da-da-da. And all of a sudden, one of the security people come in. And I'm like, who do you need? Usually when the security officer comes in. And they're coming in for a student. And I'm like, so right when they walk through the door, I'm like, who do you need? And they're like, I need you. I'm like, huh? You know, it's like, it's like, yeah, I'm here to watch your class while you go to the office. I'm like, all right. Well, so I was on the board. I guess you got class I'm going to work on today. I expect it to be done tomorrow. You know, and so I go to the office to do and talk and go sit down. And I'm sitting down with the principal and assistant principal. And they're like, ask me how I'm doing. I'm like, good. And they're like, wanting to know, like, what was wrong the last couple of days. And I explained it to them. I was like, well, I know since you asked, I know I will also tell you that I'm going to go in a little graphic detail about digestion issues and stuff. And so because that's what's going on. And they're like, oh. So what did you tell them? I basically told them what I already told you. You know, the same story. You know, just that that's what's going on. And I even told them, too, that because I get that time, I was pretty, like, really monotone. I told them I was still taking my muscle relaxers. So I wasn't really still kind of sedated in a way. So at this point, though, what are they thinking? Like, are they just trying to probe? That's what they're doing right now. They're probing. To see why you're out so much. Yes. Right now they're probing. And so they're asking me these questions. And all of a sudden it starts going into, how do you, what kind of relationship do you feel you have with students? And I'm like, that's very interesting to be asking me. I was like, why are you asking this? And it's like, well, do you think a student will want to harm you? And I'm like, again, why? Why are you asking me this? And it's like, do you think someone will be putting anything into your drink? Do you know anything about this? So at this point, they know something's up. Yes. And they keep on asking me these questions. And I keep on asking them, why are you asking me this? Why are you asking me this? And do you think that they were going to do it? Because at this time, I know they're probing. And I'm like, I'm not really going to say nothing until you tell me why you're investigating. Why is this line of questioning taking place? So that was the smart approach. Because it sounds like, to me, what they were trying to do was, how much does he already know about what might be going on versus what are we going to decide to tell him we already know? You know what I mean? Yeah, I honestly never thought about it that way. Well, I think about it like... I mean, you're right. I mean, I'm going to give myself a nice little pat on my back. A school? I know the approach that the school takes is that they're already shitting their pants. Like, who's going to sue us? Yeah. What's our liability in this situation? Well, right now, no one knows what's going on. Okay. And so, anyways, we kind of have a little semi-conniption fit there. You know, muscle relaxer and all. And they're like, well... Well, you were getting pissed because they're not... You're like, what the hell's going on? Yeah, because they're basically, you know, asking a bunch of roundabout questions, you know, trying to, like you said, get information. And I know they're fishing for something, and I want to know why, what's leading them to be fishing for information. Why are they curious about this? And so there has to be some kind of accusation out there. And why am I sitting in front of two administrators? And so then, basically, they tell me that... Four of my students have been putting hand sanitizer in my coffee since the beginning of the school year. Hand sanitizer, so that clear shit that's got like a... You know, it evaporates, it feels like there's alcohol in it. Bingo. The gel stuff. And the interesting part is they're getting it from the school because the school district is handing it out to all the schools. Here, give your kids hand sanitizer. You see that hand sanitizer shit everywhere. Yeah. They have it in the bank. You know, like, that's everywhere, yeah. And so, yeah, so basically they said since September, and now it's been December, they've been systematically putting hand sanitizer in my coffee. So for four months now? It was about three months. Three months. Three months. Three months you've been getting... Any time you've been in their class, they've been dosing you with hand sanitizer. Yeah. Okay. You know, people say, well, you couldn't even taste it. And I was like, well, for one, I drink my coffee black. And I make it myself. I make it really strong. And so, you know, like I said, you can put a few things in there. And, you know, if especially like being a teacher, you're kind of always on the move, and your mind is going a million directions, especially when you've got to work with about 200 students a day, it can be a little bit of a challenge. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So you're just kind of... But also there's that kind of like, you know, morning ritual thing. And what period was this class? They were in two periods. So it was four kids, two kids in one period, two kids in another period. So you were getting it twice a day? Yes. Oh, my God. Now... And so, what were you going to say? Well, I was going to say, you know, it's plausible to me that you wouldn't notice it because, you know, if you get used to that, because they were doing it over such a prolonged period of time, you know, maybe they started with a little. I imagine they started with a little just to see if they would get caught. They'll start with a little. Ah, he didn't even fucking notice it. Just put a little more in. And it almost, you know, to them becomes a little challenge. How much fucking hand sanitizer can we put in his drink before he notices? And I could definitely see how it would build up over time. That makes it obvious to me that why you wouldn't notice it. That's all I'm saying. Go ahead. But, yeah, so I was kind of sitting there kind of like, holy shit. You know, I just got told I've been poisoned by my kids. And I'm like, um... And they're like, what do you want to do? And I'm like... At that time, I was just like, I got a lot of work I need to do, so I need to get back to my class. And they're like, no, we're not letting you go back to the classroom today. I'm like, why not? It's like, well, we're afraid you're going to retaliate against the kids. I'm like, what am I going to do to them? I go, I can't touch them. I can't, you know, yell at them or anything like that. I mean, and I got fucking work to do. I got my job to do. You know? They're like, well, yeah, but you need to go home today. We're going to send you home. And I'm like, don't worry. It's not going to be a sick day. You know, it'll be administrative leave. And I'm like, all right, whatever. And I'm like, but I guess we can't let you drive home either, since you already told us you're on medication. We'll have someone drive you home. They got to pull that one, huh? And so they pulled that one, too. Oh. And so... So then they were like saying, and the police are going to want to talk to you, this and that. And they're like, do you think, do you know why these students would want to do this? I'm like, I don't know. I don't know why they would want to do it. And... Did they name the students? Yeah, yeah. Yeah, they got named. And it's crazy. It's like, when I look back on it, it's like, they're just little deceitful little freaking devils. I mean, just like, oh, hi. They just did the fake of smiles, you know? Like... Like, just this whole facade of just evil. And it's just fucking, I don't know, it's just ridiculous. Like, good morning, teacher, and all this stuff. It's the total dupe. I mean... And the whole time they're poisoning you. Yeah, I mean, that's... I mean, it's... When you think about a pretty completely heartless act, you can't really imagine anything that's more extreme than that. You know? I mean, I guess you can get more extreme, but I mean, when it comes to just... I don't know. It sucks, nonetheless. So, do you remember the administration's reaction after they told you? Did it feel like that... I mean, they're trying to tell you that they're worried that you're going to retaliate on the students. Do you really think that that's what they were thinking? Or did they... Were they trying to avoid... escalating legal situation? You know when you look at someone and they... You know, and... All of a sudden... How do I put this? I don't know. It was basically like... When you look at someone and you... You know... And you ask them a question, you completely... You can look at their face and see that they have no fucking idea how to answer anything or what to expect. They look completely confused. Through that entire process, that's the way they look. So right now... That was the most confusing part about it. Is... They didn't know what you were going to do. If you were going to throw a chair up... Exactly. I mean, I'm looking at them like, what the fuck is going on with you guys? I mean, I'm looking at them like, what the fuck is going on with you guys? I mean, I'm looking at them like, what the fuck is going on with you guys? Didn't take it. Didn't take it. Didn't take it. Didn't take it. Didn't take it. Didn't take it. Didn't take it. Didn't take it. Didn't take it. Didn't take it. Didn't take it. Didn't take it. Didn't take it. Didn't take it. Didn't take it. Didn't take it. Didn't take it. Didn't take it. Didn't take it. Didn't take it. Didn't take it. Didn't take it. Didn't take it. Didn't take it. Didn't take it. Didn't take it. Didn't take it. Didn't take it. Didn't take it. Didn't take it. I mean, it was just... I mean, it did take a little bit for it to hit me completely. You know, for me to kind of have a little bit more of a rage about it. Like, to be like, the motherfuckers, you know. Because it's one of those situations where you're told something that's completely unbelievable to the point where you aren't prepared to react to it. And so, yeah, it took you some time to understand. But the students are trying to kill me. The thing is is where when it really freaking clicked is when I talked to the cops and they said, have you been to the doctor? I'm like, no. But I think I should, you know, just to make sure of anything or the word. It's like, well, please after you go see a doctor please contact us again. I'm like, alright. And I go to the doctor and I tell him what took place. And he's just, he falls back in his chair. He's just like, poof, Dr. Cho, poof. Just right back in his chair. He's like, I can't believe that. I'm like, yeah. And he goes, well, and so he has this nurse. I bring in the label and they run through the ingredients and basically they say there's alcohol involved in there. So there's alcohol. He's like, I was literally damaged like any alcohol that you drink. And so I was like, oh, well, I do consume alcoholic beverages. So if I get a non-alcoholic cancer, I'll blame that on myself. Did he say anything about like, did you know like the percentage of alcohol and whatever they were doing? It's like Captain Morgan. It's like 35%. Okay. I mean, it's 35 proof. Or no, is it? 35%. It's 35 something. But as far as alcohol content, it wasn't any more than like having a couple of drinks every day. Yeah. Yeah. It wasn't obscene, you know, or yeah, it wasn't anything like that. But and it must have been diluted because you never felt intoxicated from this, right? Well, I mean, that's the thing. I mean, there is, there were days where like I was kind of, I would go through kind of like emotional mood swings throughout the day. And that's why I was like, when I was going to the doctor and I was, we were kind of talking about a lot of these things, a lot of things started coming to light. I was just like, you know, cause there'd be, I'd go through the day and I would be like, I'd have like my happy parts where I enjoy it. Then I'd be like sleepy, tired, groggy, feisty, you know, and just, you know, I'd kind of go through weird emotion, you know, vibes throughout the day. And so that kind of like played into it a little bit. Then a bunch of things, you know, I was like, I'm going to go through this and I'm going to take it. Didn't take it. Didn't take it. Didn't take it. administrator came in one day and they said I smelled like alcohol or I was acting weird. They wanted me to do a breathalyzer and I had this shit in my coffee. I want to fail a breathalyzer test. And I would say, well, no, I wasn't drinking. Well, that's what anyone would say if they were drinking. No, I wasn't. That's what Charlie Sheen would say. No, I wasn't doing that. I wasn't taking several grams of crack. Hell no. Winning! But yeah, so I was like, oh man, they could have got me right there. And then I started thinking about this and I started thinking about the alcohol I want to take with my medication. You know, how that could mix weird. Especially when I'm at school because I did have to take sometimes pills at school. You were taking pills at school? Yeah, you know, I'd have to. Especially there in those long days, you know, you'd have to. It just feels anti-inflammatory. So, I mean, the mixing of all that kind of got dangerous. But then, like the doctor said, well, all the other ingredients are in the hand sanitizer cause digestive irritation which can lead to constipation, diarrhea, you know, just irritated bowels, you know, and all this other stuff. And yes, you build up. I'm like, these are the things I've been fighting for freaking months now. You know, and I've been thinking that it's because of the other pills I'm taking. The whole time you think it's because of the back? I think it's because of my back medication. That's this. And so, I'm trying to really cut back on that to make sure that my stomach and digestive system's fine. But you never went to the doctor? Yeah, I mean, because it just seemed very logical that, you know, like I said, I'm not a big fan of taking pills. I've never been a big pill taker, like of aspirin or Tylenol or anything. I just never liked it. And so, now that I was taking them more often, and then all of a sudden I started having stomach pain, it just, you know, what am I doing? I was swallowing more things. Oh, now I'm having stomach problems. It just, boom, boom. You know, I teach science. You know, right now, if I've got tests as a hypothesis, you know, can I eliminate this medication? Am I still going to continue to have stomach pain? Well, I'll still continue to have stomach pain. So, you stopped the medication. I did. Well, I really, like I said, cut back and stayed away from it, you know, until it got really, really, really, really bad. You know? And so, so, yeah, then, so I'm like, then now that all makes sense. And that's when I really started getting pissed. Like, all these fucking school days I've been missing, all this friggin' aggravation I've been going through is because of these little pukes. Now, then I go back and finally go back to school and I go and talk to my principal. And she was like, why do you think these kids would want to do this? And I'm like, I don't know. Because they're failing. You know, and since then, it's like, well, they really don't like you. I'm like, obviously. Obviously, I'm not their favorite teacher. I mean, that to me is kind of one of the fucked up things about the situation is that they're trying to get some kind of reason behind it. And at least for me, in my mind, I'm almost like, who gives a fuck what the reason is? They fucking did this. You, you didn't, you didn't hit them. You didn't call them stupid bitches. Like, you didn't do any of those things, I assume. So, who gives a shit what their reason is? You know, you didn't abuse them in any way. And they're systematically trying to poison you. So, it's almost frustrating that they would just be like, what's the answer here? Like, who cares? Fucked up kids. Well, the amazing part is, is they keep on saying how mean I am and how much of a jerk I am. Yeah, and everybody in school had a mean teacher at some point, you know? You don't fucking poison them. And so, their reasoning was that, uh, the year before when I had, uh, my accident or what caused all my injuries, I missed a significant amount of school. And, uh, and like I said, I'm one of those teachers that really is on the ball on everything and counts all the points and, uh, critiques a lot of things. And so, you really gotta be putting some good effort forward to be getting a passing grade in my class. Uh, but during that time when I was out with the accident, there was a sub there. And so, basically a lot of the grading got a lot more relaxed, uh, due to the sub doing things. And, uh, so a lot of the kids that were struggling all of a sudden had these grades that just bolstered because I was gone for a couple months. And, uh, well, you know, good for the kids. You know, they improve their grade. And, uh, were they actually learning? That was the problem. Yeah, I mean, I've seen some of the papers and it was like, you know, please describe what a habitat is and, you know, something where I put my shoes. You know, that was an answer that I was getting credit. I mean, so, uh, yes, they're improving grade, but was knowledge and learning happening? No. Uh, and so, with these kids that all of a sudden they start off the year... They start off the year struggling, you know, against the end of the year. September, and they're like, oh my god, we're failing, da-da-da. This guy's a jerk. He's so mean. We're such young freshmen. You know, we deserve better. And so, like, well, we heard that when he was gone last year that a lot of things got a lot better. So maybe we can make him sick to where he's not here. So that was their intention, was basically to get me sick. Or to hurt me or whatever to get me outside of the classroom. And our grades will go up. So they would have a sub. So it was their intention for me to be out sick by then. So, so you went back to school. You talked to the principal. Yep. At this point, what's going on with, these students that were poisoned? They were put up for expulsion. Okay. And were they expelled? No. What happened? They were transferred to another high school within the district. Some of the parents pulled their kids out of the district before the expulsion hearing took place. Because they didn't even want their cut. They didn't want the kid to go through it. Or they didn't really want a public record of it taking place. But what about the criminal charges? What about having to go to court for what these kids have done? The Cerritos District Attorney did not feel it was, uh, uh, charge-worthy. In the end. In the end. In the end. In the end. So for three months, you're getting poisoned by your students. Well, what it was- And basically the school district is saying, uh, this isn't a big deal and- Well, what took place is, is the, like I said before, uh, when I, when the, they sent me home that day, they said that the police would be calling me. When the police called me, they went through, uh, the whole thing. They asked me if I wanted to press charges. Uh, but at that time, everyone's been leading to me to believe that the poisoning happened once. Okay. At that, I, I think that's maybe something I didn't really mention at the beginning. I think I might have mis, uh, interpreted it a little bit differently. So- But at this, at this time, I believe the poisoning only happened once. And so I say I do not want to press charges. Then the deputy tells me and say, Well, this is- Well, this has been going on since September. You know, and then he drops that one. But at that, at that time, I was, I was still kind of in my mindset, no, you know, I could see, like, like I played pranks on my teachers. And so- And so at first I was thinking that this was just a prank. Right. Because I only think it happened once. But all of a sudden then I was just like, what? Since September? So there's a huge difference between once and continuous, you know, because one is like, like you said, a prank. We've all done stupid stuff to our teachers. Even though I would still consider, like, that's not something I would do. I mean, that just, you're, you don't know what's going to happen there. But then when you find out that they're, they've been doing it for multiple months, that becomes a totally different thing. That's, that's a, you know, that's systematic. That's, you know, and you say that they had four students, two in one class and two in another class. This was a whole game that they were playing. Yeah. And that, that to me is a totally different situation. Like I said, it's, it, they're deceitful. They were, uh, and just conniving. I mean, it was for freshmen to be this, uh, dirty and, ah, yeah. And so. So what could, do you know, have you ever gotten any information about the kind of environment that these students grew up in? You know, what, what kind of parents they have or, I mean, it seems like at least. For the most part, they all had, I mean, they all had, um, at least the support of parents at home. You know, like, most of the kids are, ah, middle income families, you know, so, pretty decent families. And, and I don't think there was any really issues, you know, glaring issues, you know, like citizenship public wise with the families. You know, they, you know, didn't have any history of being like, ah, you know, like criminals or. But you never had the opportunity to talk to any of them? No. You never had the opportunity to talk to any of the families or any of the parents of these kids and just be like, what is wrong with your kid? No. That's never. Cause, cause I just, I just, I don't know. Just feels like that's an extreme thing to do to somebody and to do it over a three month period. You know, what, what, what, what, if they would have never gotten caught, what was their end goal? Just to kill you or to make you so sick that you would miss so many days that the school would have to. Their end goal was to keep me out of the classroom. Okay. So, so where does it stand at this point? Um, nowhere. I mean, it's, um. So as far as the school district's concerned. The, the, the district attorney's office decided that. Yeah. The district attorney's office decided that, uh, the charges weren't, uh, valid enough. And that was it. Case closed. Kinda. Yeah. And, uh. At any point did you, were you thinking that you, you should be getting a lawyer in this case? I didn't get a lawyer. And, uh, and we, we did get a settlement offer and we did not take it. Uh, I am going to be, uh, pursuing it through other revenues. Okay. So, uh, do you have any legal representation? With legal representation? Uh, no. Okay. What do you? Small claims court. Small claims court? Yeah. Okay. I don't know. You probably want to accept from the tape. Okay. But what, what is that going to do? Uh, it basically just says the amount of money that you can claim from somebody. Uh. It feels to me like if you're going to do this, you're going to do this. Yeah. So, uh. So, uh. So, uh. So, uh. So, uh. So, uh. So, uh. So, uh. So, uh. So, uh. So, uh. 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You know, the one thing is it could be a bad PR case. For the school. For everybody. I don't see how it would be bad for you. Teachers drive students to poison. I mean... I don't care how fucking shitty some kids are. I mean... They're still kids. They're still gonna get sympathy from the public. No matter... Yeah, but these weren't third graders. I don't know. Yeah, it's screwed up. I'm not gonna lie to you. I'm not agreeing that I'm happy with how it turned out. But... Fuck them. I mean, because basically these kids just got shuttled off to a different school. And nothing really happened. And... You know... Judging based on their decision making. They're probably at these other school districts. Having a good old time laughing about how they almost killed their last teacher. And in an odd twisted way. They're... They probably gained popularity. Telling the story about how they almost killed their teacher. And that just doesn't seem right. It doesn't seem right. That these students were able to just kind of walk away from this. Yeah, I agree. Crazy shit, man. Kids today. Assholes. Well, gee... I'll cut that out. It doesn't matter. Thanks for telling the story. No problem. Good times. Yeah. Any words of advice to teachers of America? Don't drink coffee in the classroom. Keep a cover on your coffee. I had a... I had an open coffee mug. Not anymore. Cover on the coffee. Crazy, man. Cover on your coffee. Thanks. Alright.