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.”

  • originalucifer
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    i bet that school district is soooo embarrassed that they pay so incredibly poorly that their teachers have to sell their bodies…

  • @buddascrayon@lemmy.world
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    You know, if these schools are going to refuse to pay teachers enough to live on, maybe they shouldn’t be so uptight about where those teachers get their supplemental income from. 😒

  • PugJesus
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    1172 years ago

    M… maybe we could try paying teachers enough so that they don’t have to open an OF to make ends meet?

    • @Salamendacious@lemmy.world
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      What frustrates me is schools are frequently very willing to spend money on sports related expenses. A librarian left a a New Hampshire school $4 million dollars. They spent $100,000 on the library and $1 million on a new scoreboard (source) In the vast majority of states the highest paid employee is a football coach (source). Local governments don’t really care about education and because local governments are typically elected to me that means American citizens don’t really care about education either.

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        The school you’re talking about is my alma mater, what they did is even worse then you describe.

        That librarian was neurodivergent and left his savings to the university at which he worked with no specific restrictions.

        The university execs wanted to use the money on sports, and directed the advancement department to create a narrative to support that decision. They found a mention he enjoyed watching sports at the nursing home during the last months of his life.

        Close friends said he wasn’t interested in sports at all - he loved numbers and statistics, and at the end of his life at a nursing home the only numbers he could get to were baseball statistics. He couldn’t care less about the sport, he just liked the math.

        UNH rewrote his life and personality to justify spending his gift on athletics.

        https://deadspin.com/how-unh-turned-a-quiet-benefactor-into-a-football-marke-1819064622

        • @Salamendacious@lemmy.world
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          That’s a frustrating read but I’m glad I got to see a glimpse of the man who was just a random bit of trivia rattling around in my head. I’m going to try to remember Robert Morin as a kind man who loved learning and generosity. To me those are wonderful traits. And I’m willing to bet that the name Robert Morin will live on in that library for generations to come. Thanks for posting this.

        • @tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip
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          52 years ago

          Even sadder considering UNH is known for having a strong teaching program, whereas no one ever talks about their sports.

      • PugJesus
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        202 years ago

        Many Americans don’t recognize the importance of paying attention to local politics, even when they care about education.

        • @Salamendacious@lemmy.world
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          We’re at a point where, in my opinion, that’s analogous to someone smoking and chewing tobacco their whole life and then being shocked when they’re diagnosed with cancer.

          I know that comes across as sanctimonious and that isn’t my intention I’m just frustrated with amount of willful ignorance in our society.

          • PugJesus
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            32 years ago

            Oh, don’t get me wrong, I agree. I just felt the need to point out that there are still a great many people who value education but are not part of the solution, due to ignorance (ironically), apathy, or hopelessness.

          • Maeve
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            02 years ago

            One is a real physical addiction, the other is willful obstinacy.

            • PugJesus
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              22 years ago

              I think the surprise is the key element being compared

              • Maeve
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                I don’t know of any addict of any substance, including food, who is surprised. I’m sure it happens, but in my underserved area, living to seventy or older is the real surprise.

                • PugJesus
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                  I don’t know of any addict of any substance, including food, who is surprised.

                  That’s the point being made - it’s as absurd as an addict to a known cancerous substance being surprised at getting cancer.

      • @lolcatnip@reddthat.com
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        It’s worse than that. A lot of school boards are run by right-wing assholes because a lot of Americans are very concerned about education in the sense that they want to prevent children from learning anything about how the world actually works.

          • @JustAManOnAToilet@lemmy.world
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            -42 years ago

            I’m not sure how that fits in this discussion. We’re talking about how a donation was spent. If that donation can be used to generate a stream of money to be used instead of simply used up all at once, it’s advantageous to do so.

        • @Salamendacious@lemmy.world
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          I’ve heard that argument. I see the point at least a little. I personally don’t find it convincing. If game attendance is high enough it should be able to fund itself. If it isn’t then I believe those monies could be more productive elsewhere.

          People shouldn’t downvote you though because they disagree with you though. You’re just offering your own personal perspective.

    • @andros_rex@lemmy.world
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      Also stop making us pay for our own supplies. We can’t write off more than $300 of class materials on our taxes too - maybe she could add some pencils to her routine to make them a legitimate business expense.

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          I get $300 a year for classroom supplies, etc. can’t spend it on xyz. Can’t buy a personal printer but can buy ink with it. Can’t buy candy/food/etc unless it is tied to a specific lesson plan where that is integral to the lesson and not simply a reward. Lot of it goes to napkins/tissues/pencils/etc. for students.

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    She taught English to freshmen and sophomores and made about $42,000 last year, according to the newspaper’s public pay database. She said she’s earned an additional $8,000 to $10,000 per month performing on OnlyFans.

    The fact that teachers have to do porn to survive is telling that conservative society is fucked.

    • mechoman444
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      172 years ago

      The sad part is conservatives will question why she couldn’t live off 42,000 a year!

      • shastaxc
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        142 years ago

        Because the conservative boomers are all retired, with fully owned homes, and don’t know what things cost these days.

      • @Serinus@lemmy.world
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        102 years 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
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          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.id
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          62 years 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.

      • blazera
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        12 years ago

        Why the hell would they get access to her videos?

        • Clegko
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          32 years ago

          They’re horny teens with a hot teacher. 100000% a teen dream for most that age who are into ladies.

          • blazera
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            12 years ago

            They can be horny all they want, it wont conjure a link to a specific person you dont even know has done any porn.

            • Clegko
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              32 years ago

              No, but you can bet their asses they’re looking for the link to their old teacher’s OF now.

      • @psycho_driver@lemmy.world
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        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
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          52 years 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?

    • Zimmy
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      92 years ago

      You know what they say. Once you’ve seen one boob, you want to see the rest of them.

  • @xc2215x@lemmy.world
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    222 years ago

    Teachers should be paid more. When doing any job with kids you must be careful about opening an OnlyFans.

    • blazera
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      82 years ago

      What, do you think shes doing only fans content while at the school?

        • blazera
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          32 years ago

          Obviously she didnt. Thats the point, why would she need to be extra careful what she does privately as an adult?

  • @fische_stix@reddthat.com
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    42 years ago

    If one wanted to view this material to form their own opinion, where would one go to do this? Obviously this would be only for the purpose of confirming that these allegations are accurate and also deciding whether or not this constitutes any sort of suspendable offense.

    • @KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Hell yeah. We should put all attractive teachers on leave in fact, since high schoolers have a hard enough time navigating society without the added complication of an attractive authority figure thrown in.

      In fact, may as well put the ugly ones on leave as well, since those might be some people’s preferences as well.

      Eunuchs and robots are out, again might be a kink. Self led learning should go too, since they may be a narcissist and get off on the thought of themselves being in charge.

      May as well not teach them, since they may have a learning kink.

    • @Eldritch@lemmy.world
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      I see a huge problem. Since it didn’t involve the school. Or violate anyone’s consent. The school should keep their mouth fucking shut unless they have something to actually criticize her for that’s relevant. Such as her ability to teach. Which isn’t what they’re doing.

      But as a Missourian our state embarrassing us must mean it’s a day ending in Y.