# Student finds teacher hanging in classroom. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 2, 2015, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-finds-teacher-hanging-in-classroom/714045 "2015-03-02T21:29:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-finds-teacher-hanging-in-classroom/714045/21 "2015-03-03T05:45:08Z")
Placentia isn’t bad, but for city names that are hilariously close to an odd/funny word, NOTHING beats Tarpon Springs, FL. You WILL read it as Tampon Strings, even after you realize that it’s NOT Tampon Strings. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-finds-teacher-hanging-in-classroom/714045/22 "2015-03-03T07:20:44Z")
A lot of people who commit suicide feel that their loved ones will be better off without them. (Seriously, unless you’ve suffered from major depression, the whole “selfish” bullshit is just that: bullshit. People don’t commit suicide just because they want to cause other people pain. They do it because they’re in such horrible pain that they can’t think of any other way out of it.) ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-finds-teacher-hanging-in-classroom/714045/23 "2015-03-03T09:20:34Z")
> [@zweisamkeit](#): > > Placentia isn’t bad, but for city names that are hilariously close to an odd/funny word, NOTHING beats Tarpon Springs, FL. > > You WILL read it as Tampon Strings, even after you realize that it’s NOT Tampon Strings. I’d say Climax, Georgia gives it a run for the money (and you don’t even need to misread it). Though my personal favorite is Welfare, Texas, located next to Comfort, Texas. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-finds-teacher-hanging-in-classroom/714045/24 "2015-03-03T18:27:03Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > So she was found in Placenta with the cord wrapped around her neck? _:golf clap:_ Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-finds-teacher-hanging-in-classroom/714045/25 "2015-03-03T18:46:45Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > A lot of people who commit suicide feel that their loved ones will be better off without them. (Seriously, unless you’ve suffered from major depression, the whole “selfish” bullshit is just that: bullshit. People don’t commit suicide just because they want to cause other people pain. They do it because they’re in such horrible pain that they can’t think of any other way out of it.) Absolutely, but can you hang yourself at home and not at school where students can find you? If not, perhaps there is something else motivating you? Like the local kid who went where he knew the girl he was mad at would be the first to find him, and shot himself in the head. I guess maybe he wasn’t depressed – just pissed off. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-finds-teacher-hanging-in-classroom/714045/26 "2015-03-03T20:15:33Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Do the two students who found her get A’s for the semester? 😉 Only if they took impactful and well-composed pictures of her before calling it in. > [@LA Times](#): > > A popular 31-year-old **photography teacher** was found hanging inside an Orange County high school classroom by students as they arrived to school on Monday, police said. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![OurLordPeace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e8c25b/32.png) [@OurLordPeace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OurLordPeace)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-finds-teacher-hanging-in-classroom/714045/27 "2015-03-03T20:44:40Z")
I hope the English teachers stress the difference between “hanged” and “hung.” ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-finds-teacher-hanging-in-classroom/714045/28 "2015-03-03T20:48:23Z")
> [@OurLordPeace](#): > > I hope the English teachers stress the difference between “hanged” and “hung.” Right. And, the teacher was found hanged, not hanging. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-finds-teacher-hanging-in-classroom/714045/29 "2015-03-03T21:16:56Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Going on what I said in response to the quote above, is this always the case? How do we know they aren’t thinking of others? Well, in the case of my sister’s suicide, where she left a note on the door of the garage warning whoever came along after her of possible toxic gas behind said door, I’d say _she_ was thinking of others. Judging from her suicide note, not all of her thoughts of others were quite so… considerate. She very clearly intended to cause some people pain while safeguarding others. So… I’d say yes, there CAN be rational elements to an otherwise irrational act, and SOMETIMES the suicide is thinking of others, and SOMETIMES he or she is not. Sometimes, “thinking of others” does not mean happy/pleasant/harmless thoughts, either. Let’s just say it varies from person to person. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-finds-teacher-hanging-in-classroom/714045/30 "2015-03-03T21:27:54Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Absolutely, but can you hang yourself at home and not at school where students can find you? I think many people who commit suicide want to make a statement as well. So doing it as publicly as possible makes an unforgettable impact in a way that would not be possible with a discreet death. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-finds-teacher-hanging-in-classroom/714045/31 "2015-03-03T21:28:15Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > The parents of the kids may be/could be contacting a lawyer even as we type this. Could you imagine the settlement a school district would be willing to make for trauma like this? There goes the new uniforms for the football team. Speaking as someone who supported giving the McDonald’s coffee lady her million dollars (or whatever the amount was) - why would the school pay off on this? How would they have any liability? ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-finds-teacher-hanging-in-classroom/714045/32 "2015-03-03T21:39:58Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > The parents of the kids may be/could be contacting a lawyer even as we type this. Could you imagine the settlement a school district would be willing to make for trauma like this? There goes the new uniforms for the football team. > > > [@Folacin](#): > > > > - why would the school pay off on this? How would they have any liability? The school board should have insisted on breakaway ceiling lights? ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-finds-teacher-hanging-in-classroom/714045/33 "2015-03-03T21:41:03Z")
Since when is suicide _ALWAYS_ irrational? There are very good reasons certain people are given cyanide pills for use if they are captured. And soldiers have been told to save the last bullet for themselves for as long as there have been bullets. And are really certain that a rational person cannot weigh the good vs bad of continued existence and decide the bad far outweighs the good? Always? Every last time? Yes? How old are you? ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-finds-teacher-hanging-in-classroom/714045/34 "2015-03-03T21:49:48Z")
Do you think she’ll hang around for the prom? ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-finds-teacher-hanging-in-classroom/714045/35 "2015-03-03T21:59:46Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > By “thing in OJ’s favor” I interpreted **PunditLisa** to mean “argument for why he wasn’t the killer”: if he had been, he (one hopes!) wouldn’t have left the corpse for his kids to find. Yes, that’s what I meant. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-finds-teacher-hanging-in-classroom/714045/36 "2015-03-03T22:07:29Z")
> [@usedtobe](#): > > There are very good reasons certain people are given cyanide pills for use if they are captured. Certainly puts an interesting spin on this case. “photography” teacher… INSIDE THE PENTAGON! (cue car chases, explosions) ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-finds-teacher-hanging-in-classroom/714045/37 "2015-03-03T22:13:17Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Do you think she’ll hang around for the prom? The situation is developing. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-finds-teacher-hanging-in-classroom/714045/38 "2015-03-03T22:13:37Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Do you think she’ll hang around for the prom? Anatomy class pinata. Can I still get miles if I go by handbasket? ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-finds-teacher-hanging-in-classroom/714045/39 "2015-03-03T22:28:08Z")
_“Suicide is painless, it brings on many changes, but I can take or leave it if I please…”_ \* _“Schoooooool’s … Oooouuut … For. Ever”_ Seriously, the inability to share your pain and grief - and like here - black comedy - leads to such a sense of isolation and a growing sense of futility. I suspect she had few friends or family in which she could confide her troubles. - [sub]I’d heard recently that the theme song was supposed to be as badly written as possible, though I do like it.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-finds-teacher-hanging-in-classroom/714045/40 "2015-03-03T22:28:50Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Anatomy class pinata. > > Can I still get miles if I go by handbasket? And this from a HS running coach? The audacity! Nah. I laughed like hell at that. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-finds-teacher-hanging-in-classroom/714045.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-finds-teacher-hanging-in-classroom/714045.md?page=3)