A Missouri high school teacher has been placed on leave after officials discovered that she was performing on a pornography website to supplement her salary.

A Missouri high school teacher says she has been placed on leave after officials discovered that she was performing on a pornography website to supplement her salary.

Brianna Coppage, 28, who taught English at St. Clair High School, says her teaching days are probably over, but she acknowledged she knew the risks.

Coppage told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that she was put on leave on Wednesday after being interviewed by two administrators. Her access to school email and other software was suspended while the district investigates, she said.

“It was kind of always like this cloud hanging over my head, like I never knew when I would be discovered,” Coppage said in an interview. “Then, about two weeks ago, my husband and I were told that people were finding out about it. So I knew this day was coming.”

  • LEX
    5012·
    9 months ago

    On the one hand, I strongly agree with you. But when I think about it, she was teaching high school kids who would 100% get access to her videos. That just doesn’t seem like a healthy situation for anyone involved. She sounds in the article like she accepts that she needs to do one or the other.

    $42,000/year for a full time teacher is the real story here. That’s outrageous.

    • Serinus@lemmy.world
      122·
      9 months ago

      Eh, deal with it. I’d rather have a moonlighting teacher than an unqualified one. At least this teacher was smart enough to not settle for $42k/year.

      • miversen33@lemmy.world
        172·
        9 months ago

        Lol as a teenager who had an attractive teacher for a class, I don’t know if you understand what they’re saying.

        Teenagers are kids. Kids are, by their very nature, stupid. If they know said teacher is actively publishing content to an OF, they are absolutely going to find said content. It’s just a whole mess for all parties involved.

        Adults should absolutely be able to live their lives, but accept that kids are kids and kids do stupid shit.

      • Resolved3874@lemdro.idEnglish
        82·
        9 months ago

        On the surface I agree but these are teenagers. What do you think the chances are of one of them subbing to her account and requesting her to make custom videos for them 😂 I would say pretty damn high. Hell it’s still probably going to happen but at least the kids won’t be sitting in class while watching videos of their teacher getting fucked.

      • Astroturfed@lemmy.world
        41·
        9 months ago

        Have you ever been around highschool kids?.. They’re definitely going to make it a problem if they find out.

    • psycho_driver@lemmy.world
      46·
      9 months ago

      I agree. She can’t continue teaching high school or probably even middle school boys once this comes out. She’d probably be fine teaching elementary age kids. There’d be a lot more dads attending parent-teacher conferences so it might even be a positive thing.

      • Rakonat@lemmy.world
        English
        72·
        9 months ago

        Why not? We need to stop treating sex workers like they are subhuman. The fact that parents aren’t monitoring their childrens internet behavior isn’t a reason to limit another person’s career prospects if they chose to monetize their bodies past or present.

        As long as the teacher in question isn’t advertising her pornographic career or material to her students then why can’t she continue to teach and earn money on the side as long as she’s not bringing it into the classroom?