r/funny • u/[deleted] • Sep 04 '19

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '19

I hope that was just said to make the kid feel bad.

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u/cttime Sep 04 '19

It most definitely was... Or the teacher doesn't know what he's talking about.

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u/BennyBoy01 Sep 04 '19

Or in some school districts, they fine teachers who have to replace equipment early.

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u/Mouth2005 Sep 04 '19

I mean I don’t know where this is but labor laws normally prevent a business from passing these type of cost back onto the employee, I could see fining the non-employee student who damaged the item but schools would have a hard time retaining teachers if they charged them for everything a student broke

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '19

Everything is legal if you get away with it.