You might think that headline is an exaggeration. But then you'll get about a third of the way into this news clip and realize it's just the plain truth.
So the teacher, 47-year-old Melissa Martin, was allegedly acting all sorts of goofy, then abruptly left the classroom and walked outside where a concerned student followed her. Next, she looked at the student and thought he was her dog, and told him, "Teddy, why are you off your leash? ... Teddy, get back inside."
This woman was a permanent substitute teacher for about three years at the Barre Unified Union School District in Vermont.
From an NBC affiliate in Boston:
Martin admitted to school administrators that she had cocaine in her jacket pocket, which was found in the classroom she had been teaching in. School administrators had removed her from the classroom and it was unoccupied when police entered.
A police K9 was brought in and ultimately located the drugs in both a jacket and a backpack belonging to Martin. A subsequent search of the jacket revealed a white substance which later tested positive for cocaine.
Martin was issued a citation for possession of cocaine and reckless endangerment. No details were released on when she will appear in court.
I'm thinking she had cocaine on her to counteract the effects of whatever it was that had her nodding off, walking outside, and hallucinating a student into a dog.
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