A frisky high school freshman in San Antonio turned a virtual art class into an unwanted peep show, pulling up his shirt and making sexual advances toward a teacher.
A Zoom class held by a female teacher Tuesday for more than a dozen students at Thomas Edison High School descended into chaos when at least one unidentified freshman exposed his chest during the session while saying he’d like to perform sex acts on her, KSAT reports.
“They were pulling their shirts off and saying like really disgusting stuff to the teacher, making her feel uncomfortable,” junior Eduardo Corpus told the station.
During the class, a portion of which was obtained by the station, one student held up his shirt while gyrating toward the camera, video shows.
“Why you so sexy?” one student says before saying the teacher’s name, which was removed from the footage.
The class is comprised of students from several grades and Corpus said he didn’t know all of them, including the classmate who exposed himself, KSAT reports.
“I just don’t understand what goes through the kid’s head, you know?” Corpus said. “Like, what? What are they thinking when they do that?”
Corpus’ mother, meanwhile, was equally disturbed by what she saw.
“I was furious,” Mariana Rodriguez told the station. “I was so upset. And I know [Eduardo] was upset.”
Officials from the San Antonio Independent School District confirmed they’re looking into the incident, saying “appropriate disciplinary” action will be taken.
“Even with remote learning, we are following the SAISD student code of conduct, which has policies in place to promote and maintain a positive, safe and effective learning environment for students and adults,” the statement read.
Rodriguez said she understands how difficult remote teaching can be for some teachers, especially with up to 30 students per class and up to four sessions daily. In order to prevent a repeat of Tuesday’s unwanted exposure, parents should be ordered to pay fines for similar conduct involving their children, she said.
“If they get fined for every single time that a child does these kinds of things, believe me, their bill is going to be pretty high,” Rodriguez said. “And someone’s going to be parenting differently.”