Journal of Other Forum Analysis (Volume II, Issue 2)

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

so what do we call loob then? Them/they? It? There is no pronoun in that profile. "Queer" isn't enough. 

[Garfield]

I thought they all loved the first amendment now. From that tweet it sounds like there was pressure from the government to remove content

so which is more impactful:

• a president directly ordering a company to silence the voices of potentially thousands of ordinary Americans for 5 years
  
• a president seething loudly and a few national affiliates agreeing with him to take a late night talk show host off the air for like 2 days
  

bububut covid misinformation must be silenced! get the vaccine and wear that mask! and sterilize yourself and don't forget to clean your poop Shute every other day.

[Alpacx]

It's good that COVID misinformation like "no evidence of human-to-human transmission", "the risk is low" and "masks don't work" was stopped. 

Oh, wait, that was coming from governments and NGOs.

[Boredfrom]

See, Uncle? 

get the vaccine and wear that mask!

[DavidCroquet]

so what do we call loob then? Them/they? It? There is no pronoun in that profile. "Queer" isn't enough. 

“Queer said before they start marching down the field lol”

See? It’s easy to be respectful!

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

Jimmy apologized. Era in shambles.

[Ribosome]

Trump spent the evening still raging of course.

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

Trump spent the evening still raging of course.

wouldn't be a normal night in America without it.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

I was recently broken up with by my partner of several years, and after finding out the reasons why, which don’t seem to line up with reality, I am incredibly confused and hurt.

For the last year or so, my partner had become increasingly distant. We would go weeks without seeing each other, barely talking, because she would fall asleep without warning or simply bail on our hangout days. At one point I saw her twice in four months. One of those times for a couple hours. I saw her maybe ten times the whole year in person. One night a week. Sometimes just a couple hours.

We were in a serious, long term relationship and I felt like I barely ever spoke to her. I felt sidelined.

The worst moment for me, and possibly for her, was when she invited me to a party at her home for the first time, her not being a big party person. At the last moment she told me she was inviting a friend, who she had previously hooked up with. Already feeling insecure in our relationship, I tried to be understanding about this. I met him, was friendly and at the party he made it clear to me that he was trying to fuck her that night. She then asked me to head home because he was going to stay the night, so I couldn’t. (This being one of the few nights we’d been able to see each isn’t in a while.) I went home. I didn’t cause a scene or argue or do anything yo ruin her night.

Link?  

Edit:
Here?
https://www.resetera.com/threads/mental-health-era-ot2-community-and-understanding.95803/page-93#post-145439418

[Hap Shaughnessy]

Member only:
https://www.resetera.com/threads/online-piracys-great-comeback-as-the-enshittification-of-streaming-services-continues.1303203/page-8#post-145528308

Too much of this thread is skirting the lines with piracy and piracy is against our terms of service. This thread is now locked.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/authorities-say-over-100-000-at-pro-palestinian-protests-which-forced-early-end-to-spanish-vuelta.1297731/#post-145185018

 User Banned (Permanently): Troll Account

Happy that Matthew Riccitello finished fifth overall and won the best young rider jersey.

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

You can spit in my mouth, cum on my face, and fuck me in the ass

[DavidCroquet]

Jimmy apologized. Era in shambles.

I'm mostly seeing cognitive dissonance.

"Sure he waxed poetic about the suffering of Erika Kirk, denounced political violence in all of its forms and in either direction, admitted he would have been upset had he seen a late night host imply a right-wing assassin was a dirty leftist, and thanked Ben Shapiro and Candace Owens by name, but he didn't say sorry so we won!"

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/welcome-new-members-introduce-yourself-here.119184/page-46#post-145496664

Monday [Sept 22]

Hey, ArrowPointingDown here, (name being a obscure early Giant bomb reference). Had some trouble creating an account because of my freelance situation and not having a company email address, but that's fortunately resolved. Love to engage in the gaming forums, with specific background/interest in tech and design.

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

Jimmy apologized. Era in shambles.

I'm mostly seeing cognitive dissonance.

"Sure he waxed poetic about the suffering of Erika Kirk, denounced political violence in all of its forms and in either direction, admitted he would have been upset had he seen a late night host imply a right-wing assassin was a dirty leftist, and thanked Ben Shapiro and Candace Owens by name, but he didn't say sorry so we won!"

Wait until the usual suspects wake up and watch the video*

*be dripfed clips off social media

[Potato]

You're LITERALLY talking ot a /pol/ user.

unlike you I judge people based on the content of their words

No you don't. You're on a site where people constantly stalk, harass and dox resertera users over the most innocuous shit just because they post on Era. There are people here constantly talking about "Era" like is a single entity, while it's less of an echo chamber of this forum.

You literally have people basically throw a fit over an innocuous morrigan post because you spent the last 10 years obsessing over her.

Ahhh, a morricunt Stan!!!

Have you seen her pussy?

[Hap Shaughnessy]

Re. Thundercunt (Morrigan):
https://thebire.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=74&pid=26616#pid26616

[Potato]

blueballs account has run its course, I fear. Whoever is behind it doesn’t have the brain power to type anything other than “bire bad, ree good! Doxxing!” nowadays. Like damn. You can’t ChatGPT something interesting to say?

the interesting thing is how it constantly revolves around what sites people are "from??" as if everyone doesn't just float all over the internet wherever they see something interesting?

"bro you're literally from Geocities dude, you're talking to a No Mutants Allowed poster, who once visited zombo.com  "

just in this recent outburst there's been bire bad, kiwi bad, pol bad, and now le reddit bad

everything important to know about a person can be discerned by a random website they may have once visited, there's definitely a shallow, brainlet mindset there

"dude did you just say brainlet, that means you're from somethingawful"

Well, anyone still active on Resetera is pretty fucking retarded...

[Potato]

The usual “I can’t look forward to this because Microsoft” in the Kojima OD teaser trailer thread with the YAY SONY STATE OF PLAY thread on the same page is some funny stuff. So much for that boycott of Sony due to the Sucker Punch employee being fired.

Even scrolling through the first few pages when the usual “fuck X company” posts usually pop up, not a single damn one here. Such revolutionaries 

Spoiler:  (click to show)(click to hide)

Best emote

[Potato]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/dexerto-hollow-knight-silksong-devs-address-difficulty-concerns-%E2%80%9Cyou-have-choices%E2%80%9D.1302201/page-16#post-145549794
Someone is going in on neppy and  comes back with "I ackchyually was a developer "
There's more but I eppy

Nep, you worked in a shitty My Little Pony fangame, half time if I remember correctly.
Didn’t the game died because the lack of work on it after the Brony fandom imploded?

This game I believe, never came out fully either  
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/574980/view/3882727783056476087
So she can claim to be a “game developer” when in actuality she was a part time character artist on a failed kickstarter game.


Edit: yep 

Lauren Anderson (Nepenthe) - Character animation

https://themsfightinherds.fandom.com/wiki/Mane6

Thems Fightin' Herds did come out. It's sitting in multiple bargain bins around the world right now.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/jimmy-kimmel-live-to-return-tuesday-after-suspension.1304766/page-15#post-145538592

IF Newsom is the guest, I will so deeply disappointed.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/jimmy-kimmel-live-to-return-tuesday-after-suspension.1304766/page-15#post-145538982

Is there any actual reason to think he will be?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/jimmy-kimmel-live-to-return-tuesday-after-suspension.1304766/page-15#post-145539084

Still only reported by someone pretty credible, but that's about it. I juat am anticipating it though with stature he has now.

Who?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/jimmy-kimmel-live-to-return-tuesday-after-suspension.1304766/page-15#post-145539366

Spoiler: Occupy Democrats img (click to show)(click to hide)

Are you fucking serious? Come on Clicky, that's not an actual source. They literally have a history of making shit up.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/jimmy-kimmel-live-to-return-tuesday-after-suspension.1304766/page-15#post-145539897

Think of it this way, if Jimmy announced it like this thing says why are only they reporting it? Not worth worrying about!

https://www.resetera.com/threads/jimmy-kimmel-live-to-return-tuesday-after-suspension.1304766/page-15#post-145540137

Yeah....I just need to take a small internet break right now.

[Potato]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/authorities-say-over-100-000-at-pro-palestinian-protests-which-forced-early-end-to-spanish-vuelta.1297731/#post-145185018

 User Banned (Permanently): Troll Account

Happy that Matthew Riccitello finished fifth overall and won the best young rider jersey.

Holy shit. Permed for the crime of being happy that an American cyclist won the best young rider category at a grand tour event...oh, that's right, he rides for Israel Premier Tech. He must be a Jewnazi.

Americans who have won the young rider category at a Grand Tour are Greg LeMond (1984), Andrew Hampsten (1986), Tejay van Garderen (2012), and most recently Matthew Riccitello (2025).

That's a massive achievement and he's in some pretty fucking illustrious company there. Imagine being happy about that?

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/youtube-reinstating-creators-banned-for-covid-19-election-content.1305960/
 Free speech 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/jimmy-kimmel-live-to-return-tuesday-after-suspension.1304766/
 Free speech

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

what part of "it's okay if we do it" don't y'all understand?

Biden cared for us deeply and requested censorship so that no one was damaged by misinformation.

Trump does it because he's a nazi.

Learn the difference. 

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/hot-take-pedro-pascal-is-very-meh-casting-as-reed-richards-marvel-cinematic-universe.1305825/

Zeo must be fuming that he can't defend the MCU's honour.

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

Lauren Anderson (Nepenthe) - Character animation

That name's white as fuck. Pretty sus.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/shaun-the-war-on-science.1305525/

It's 4 hours...

 

[benji]

I'm still going to like your post though.

>Caring about likes
Redditor alert 

Welp, guess you finally crossed the line.

[DavidCroquet]

Ok NOW we're getting the real shit in the Jimmy Kimmel thread.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/jimmy-kimmel-live-to-return-tuesday-after-suspension.1304766/page-21#post-145566111

fuck me whaut do i take then lol

Inhave some low dose aspirin

and like 15 ml of cancer-grade
oral morphine
from a way back when my wife was die

[benji]

Members only so log into the riotous account
https://www.resetera.com/threads/vent-ive-been-asked-to-resign-my-teaching-position-over-a-bullying-talk.1305621/

I'm still in complete shock right now, I don't really have a lot of friends, and my therapist is busy, so I need to get this out there to someone...

I teach (taught) at a fairly upper middle class suburban middle school in Kansas. This was my second year at this school, and I really liked the administration and the people I worked with. It was honestly the best teaching experience -- at least dealing with adults -- that I've had in eight years of teaching. Moving here from Oklahoma was such a breath of fresh air for me. While I was a high school teacher before, the transition to middle school was a bit rough, but I found my footing last year and was doing well. But I admit, I always had better tact with the high schoolers, and it took me a while to figure out how to...change how I approach certain subjects between the two age levels. But again, I found my footing.

This year, however, the students have been extremely tough to deal with. Anyone in education right now can probably guess why -- attitudes, lack of effort or care, straight disrespect and defiance, etc. And they've been absolutely HORRIBLE to each other. I've ALWAYS prided myself on being anti-bullying and staunchly, at that. I do not tolerate it for reasons I'll get into in a minute. I told my kids Day One I won't tolerate harassment and bullying because I have several students on my roster who have various physical or developmental issues. And I told my students they can always come to me and talk to me if they have problems or need someone to listen to them. I've always wanted to be a champion for students who are overlooked. The athletes have their champions. The smart kids have their champions. The popular kids have their champions. I'm always the champion of the kids who are overlooked, picked on, who don't fit in or don't want to fit in. And I've been VERY successful at it. I've forged relationships with students over the years that last until today. I've been to two weddings of former students, photographed another of another student, and am in contact with many since graduation.

About three weeks ago, a young girl who was born without a hand on one arm, came to me and told me she wanted to commit suicide because her classmates were so mean to her and wouldn't leave her alone about her hand. Another student a few days later came up to me and told me that another student had threatened her sexually. In my classroom, I've heard multiple students saying horrible things to each other. Each time, I would address it through our school's disciplinary policy, but it wasn't stopping it. Sure, they get a slap on the wrist punishment, maybe a day of ISS, and then they're back in the classroom doing the same damn shit again. And when you call them out on it, it's always, "What? I was just playing" or "What? They're just words" or some derivative. It was the same shit I heard from my bullies when I was in school. And when I would complain to my teachers, I was often told, "sticks and stones can break your bones, but words will never hurt you."

The 2x4 that broke the camel's back happened on a Wednesday when a student raised his hand to answer a question during class discussion and gave an absolutely amazing, insightful answer. But he stuttered. He has a medical stutter and he struggled for a few seconds to get his words together before he finished his statement. No big deal. Except a football player in the room shouts out loudly, "Bu...Bu...Bu...get it out already!" The kid was almost in tears. Again, I handled it through the school's disciplinary system, which involves signing a "conduct card" that does nothing except show them they're being bad. If they get enough signatures, they get lunch detention. Like that's going to deter a football player from being an ass in class and getting a laugh out of his classmates for it. My blood was boiling.

I talked it over with my teaching team and I decided I was going to sit down with each of my classes and share my story of how I was bullied in school. From third grade through 11th grade, I was severely bullied over how I talked because I moved to a different region of the country, over my weight, over the fact that my mom died in childbirth, over the fact that I didn't know my biological father, over how I was poor, etc. It was absolutely relentless. And the teachers did nothing. This was the 90s, so bullying was still seen as a rite of passage for kids to go through. I even had teachers tell me that. Being bullied builds character. It built character, alright.

I started therapy this past year and have been diagnosed with severe forms of depression and anxiety, severe childhood trauma resulting in a diagnosis of Dissociative Identity Disorder, and autism. My undiagnosed autism along with my undiagnosed ADHD (my grandfather didn't believe in mental health) was probably a big part of why I was bullied. I truly cannot remember the vast majority of my childhood and young adult years. My memories of my life up until 24ish are patchy, at best. My therapist told me it's because I've blocked so much of it out. And I manifest multiple personalities as a result. My wife has even seen it in me, she just never knew what was happening until my therapist diagnosed me.

The bullying got so bad in school that in 10th grade, I started snapping. I violently attacked two of my bullies in direct retaliation to physical assaults on me. One tried to do an illegal wrestling move on me during gym one day in an effort to severely hurt my already damaged ankle. I ended up banging his head into the gym floor multiple times while the gym coach -- a Vietnam veteran -- looked on and said nothing. A few months later, on the school bus, a bully kicked me in the back of the head and knocked my brand new hat into the red clay mud, ruining it. I jumped up on the bus, slammed his head into the window and threw him into the floorboard of the bus and and choked him out until I was physically thrown off the bus. At one point, I had a list of about 10 students I wanted to take out. And I knew where to get the guns. But I knew it was wrong, and so I told my grandfather, and we moved at the end of my junior year. I graduated high school in a different state and that was the end of the bullying. But it still stuck with me, and still does, as a nearly 40 year-old man now.

I've attempted suicide twice in my life -- once by taking a knife to my wrist and arm and another when I tried to hang myself -- both due to bullying and the trauma. I even have a tattoo of the house sigil of House Martel with the words, "Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken" to cover the scar on my arm as a reminder of how far I've come. I shared that with my students earlier in the year when they asked about my tattoos. I reminded them of that story when I shared my bullying experiences.

I concluded each class talk with a plea to them: it's perfectly fine not to like someone, or to be annoyed by someone, but there's no need to react to everything they say or do, or to have a comment. Just move on with your life and your day and ignore them. Respect each student in your class enough to just let them live their lives without interference from you. I shared this story with my students, telling them each and every step of the way, I was wrong to react violently, I was wrong to have these violent thoughts, I feel horrible about what I did -- even today. I still carry that guilt around with me today. But I've used that pain as a way to connect with disenfranchised students over the years. I've shared this story in every district I've worked in. I've never had any blowback...until now.

The talk played out on Sept. 11. I had to take a half-day of school on Friday because I wasn't feeling well. I came back last Monday and my principal came to speak with me about it. He said some students were made uncomfortable by the talk, a few parents reached out to him to inquire why I was having such a talk and sharing my suicide attempts or concerned I was going to shoot up the school. He understood the context and just told me that he appreciated what I was doing, but that I was an ELA teacher first and foremost and he wanted to ensure that this type of talk didn't interfere with that. That was the end of the discussion and it was dropped.

Tuesday, the students were behaving horribly and I ended up having to discipline about 10 students for behaviors and attitudes. All of a sudden, Wednesday, I get a call from HR telling me I'm indefinitely suspended pending an investigation that will lead to my termination if the things I had said in the classroom were true. My principal had no idea that had happened. No one from HR contacted him about it. He was blindsided as much as I was. I wasn't even allowed to get any of my personal stuff, including about $3,000 in personal camera equipment I was using as yearbook sponsor. Parents -- either in retaliation or due to not being satisfied with my principal -- went directly to the school board, demanding I be fired.

So I typed up a formal letter, explaining exactly everything I said, the context of why I said it, what prompted the discussion, and the positive impact that it's had on so many students. I've had literally dozens of students reach out to me via e-mail or in person to thank me for sharing my story because it made them feel seen and understood. A severely autistic girl in my class gave me a hug and said I was the first teacher who understood what she deals with every single day. The girl with the missing hand wrote me a letter thanking me as the only teacher who's ever spoken up and defended her. I made a difference in the lives of those kids in that moment. And since I've been on suspension, I've had many more e-mails asking where I'm at and concerned I'm not coming back.

I had a formal interview with my principal yesterday morning and discussed the same things and he felt I did nothing wrong. He even told me he thought it would blow over once he had a chance to tell the board what happened. But, it didn't.

I received a call first thing this morning. The board "discussed" the situation yesterday and recommended I be fired because it was inappropriate to talk about those things in the classroom. It was "too intense" and made some students "feel uncomfortable." They're terminating me under what HR even admitted was a very "broad interpretation" of a clause that states that a teacher can be reprimanded for "immoral conduct that damages the teacher-student relationship in the classroom." It was such a broad interpretation that HR admitted to me they had to bring in their lawyers to review my contract language and the parent/student statements to make sure it'd stick. Notice, they did not review my statement in this -- only the parents. The same HR person told me on the phone this morning that there was truly nothing I could have said or done or any context I could have given to save my job because the statements were so severe, that discussing cutting my body and covering them with tattoos and shooting up a school was too much for students. But I didn't fucking say that, as you could read in my statement and my interview with my principal. And I wouldn't be able to talk to any board members about it, their decision had been made.

My contract gives me the right to request an arbitration hearing, where I can argue my case, but HR straight up threatened me, saying if I were to do that, they would rescind the offer to resign "with dignity" and that they would enforce a $20,000 contract liquidation fee if the arbitrator still found I could be terminated. And that if I were to go through with that, there's a "good chance I will never teach in Kansas again."

It truly feels that I've been straight up targeted. One of my students e-mailed me Monday asking if I was OK because they had heard other students in the bathroom bragging that they got me fired. And it's somewhat ironic because I made a statement on Facebook after the Charlie Kirk shooting and it was screenshotted by someone and shared with a place I haven't worked at in eight years, demanding I be fired from there. But when you search me online, that's the only place that was associated with my name. There's nothing that connects me even to the district here, unless you knew specifically where I worked. So I deactivated my Facebook profile literally that night, admittedly freaking out a little bit that something might get back to my school in an attempt to get me fired. And then this comes up.

I just feel like I've seen kids in need of help and they weren't receiving it, so I spoke up to at least hopefully generate some empathy in students and to show them there are consequences to their actions and words that can be felt for years after the fact. I think it's ironic as fuck that students who were "made to feel uncomfortable" by my talk are some of the very students making others feel uncomfortable every day in the classroom. I never threatened anyone, I never advocated for violence. If anything, I specifically said my violent actions were wrong and it should have never reached that point, and that's why I'm having this conversation with them. But students, either because they just chose to listen to what they wanted to hear, or intentionally misconstrued my statements, tell parents that I want to shoot up the school and I cut myself and cover them with tattoos, and that just freaks everyone out.

It makes me want to give up. I'm diabetic and I'm on multiple medications for my mental health. I'm losing my insurance and access to my meds. I'm scared for my wife, more than anything. I don't know what to do. I want to fight this, but I feel like the arbitration hearing will be as one-sided as this "investigation" was, and then I'd have to pay $20,000. I'm just supposed to shut up, sign an NDA, resign quietly, and let the whole community talk like I'm a psychopathic school shooter.

Sorry for the long rant, I just needed to get that out there.

Agreed Def talk to a lawyer. I'd also recommend removing any identifying information from your post. State you live, where you moved from, location, as much of that as possible.

I moved it over to Members-Only before making my post, so nobody can see it outside of those of us with accounts on the site. So there's no need to worry about that.

Good thing the fucking moron didn't post the same damn thing on a far bigger website under the same username:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Teachers/comments/1noozjp/asked_to_resign_need_advice/

BlueHorse84
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You talked about getting guns? Oh damn. That was not wise.

You don't say what state you're in or whether or not you have a union. In any case you should seek advice from a lawyer who has experience in education. You probably won't keep your job, but you can get specific advice on how to get another position.

ETA I've never heard of a contract liquidation fee and I've never heard of one district controlling whether or not another district hires you. That's where you need legal advice.

curvycounselor
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11h ago
That’s a lot of personal sharing for a classroom. A lot of students don’t understand nuance and can distort messages. I share very little and that works for me.
I’m sorry for the blowback but go ahead and resign and try again in another district. You really can’t go back once they ask for a divorce.

FormSuccessful1122
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11h ago
There's a lot at play here. How long were you with the district? Are you part of a union? Were you tenured? I can't lie. This shows extremely poor judgement. It might be fightable based on union and tenure status, but I wouldn't want to fight to stay somewhere that I wasn't wanted. I would just keep applying and not mention being asked to resign unless you're directly asked. And obviously you can't use this district as a reference.

Muted-Lynx-8745
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I agree with the advice here. I am a retired teacher, school administrator with 25 years experience from Maryland. I was a union member during my entire career. I would first talk with your Union representatives. Also, their attorney. Part of their benefits is legal advice and representation if something like this happens, even if you are in the wrong. I pray that you are a Union member! If not, seek out an attorney for a consultation at least. I agree that it’s advisable to leave if you are not wanted. In my experience, it never went well for employees when they fought back. Good luck!

Sugar_Weasel_
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That was very foolish. Take the opportunity to resign before this destroys your career. It already may have. You may have put the idea of committing a shooting into kids’ heads. Never do this again. This was not an appropriate speech for the age bracket you teach.

Snoo58504
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Your union should be involved. Why aren’t they representing you?

This was my second year at this school, and I really liked the administration and the people I worked with. It was honestly the best teaching experience -- at least dealing with adults -- that I've had in eight years of teaching. Moving here from Oklahoma was such a breath of fresh air for me.

This you?

A former Okmulgee High School student has filed a lawsuit against the school, the district, and two former teachers, alleging that after falling asleep in a classroom, she was awakened to find the pair having sex just feet away from her.

“She was in there while two teachers were having sex on the teacher's desk," said the student's attorney, Don Smolen.

The lawsuit states that two years ago, the student was in Denise Bowen's family and consumer science class, and since it was near the end of the school year, students were allowed to move around between classrooms.

“The teacher just kind of let the students do whatever they wanted, and she just happened to lay on the floor and fall asleep," Smolen said.'

According to the lawsuit, the student claims she was woken up by Bowen and the middle school basketball coach, Jason Fox, as their encounter turned increasingly sexual and the two began having what appeared to be sexual intercourse.

Smolen told NewsChannel 8 that the alleged incident was brought to the school's attention and an investigation was launched by Okmulgee Public Schools.

However, the lawsuit says both employees resigned before that investigation could be completed.