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Warren DeMontague

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94. I swear, this place sometimes.

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Tue Oct 22, 2013, 06:30 PM

Oct 2013

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Student snaps grinning selfie as teacher has premature contractions [View all] Liberal_in_LA Oct 2013 OP

I have a lot of feelings about this, and have been thinking about it for a few days. Starry Messenger Oct 2013 #1

The young man appears to think someone else's pain is funny. Skidmore Oct 2013 #2

I teach this age group and have had a hard time this year. Starry Messenger Oct 2013 #8

THAT'S that word KentuckyWoman Oct 2013 #23

Hopefully it is a phase they will grow up past. nt. Starry Messenger Oct 2013 #24

a lot of my teacher friends say every year the kids have a slightly different "vibe" and that bettyellen Oct 2013 #45

Oh definitely. Starry Messenger Oct 2013 #47

a few years ago, when they were talking about how different their new classes were- we checked bettyellen Oct 2013 #51

Teenaged oafs have always been this way Warpy Oct 2013 #98

Teacher is on her cell phone. Likely she is calling for help. GreenStormCloud Oct 2013 #14

His teacher is on the phone.. what, she's calling for pizza? X_Digger Oct 2013 #30

Really. Please leave the room & call for someone else next time another human is in pain & fear. Hekate Oct 2013 #37

It could also be braxton-hicks contractions. X_Digger Oct 2013 #38

You don't see the hand of the other adult? jberryhill Oct 2013 #39

+100 Liberal_in_LA Oct 2013 #110

Even if she doesn't need help, you think it's fine that he takes this selfie? cui bono Oct 2013 #102

The family doesn't share your outrage. n/t X_Digger Oct 2013 #105

Teenagers can be such idiots. nolabear Oct 2013 #3

The kid just looks excited that his teacher sufrommich Oct 2013 #4

+1 jberryhill Oct 2013 #9

It's rude, insensitive, humiliating, and denigrating. Igel Oct 2013 #15

You have no idea what the relationship is among these people jberryhill Oct 2013 #17

using another person, IN PAIN, as your personal backdrop and entertainment shows a lack of awareness KittyWampus Oct 2013 #25

Kid's got a million dollar smile, though, don't he? jberryhill Oct 2013 #32

a winning smile is indeed, much more a priority than actual pain. LanternWaste Oct 2013 #58

I see, and what should he be doing about that pain? jberryhill Oct 2013 #62

With brains and common sense like this his future is in the prison system as an inmate warrant46 Oct 2013 #72

Ah, yes, scary black kid jberryhill Oct 2013 #73

Yes, clearly, someone who takes an ill timed photo deserves a long prison sentence. Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #97

i agree w that. he's a handsome young man Liberal_in_LA Oct 2013 #112

She seems composed to me. joshcryer Oct 2013 #35

The kid is a jerk wercal Oct 2013 #103

It's possible. I hope you're right. ..nt TeeYiYi Oct 2013 #10

and she's on the phone Niceguy1 Oct 2013 #63

That is so wrong. Nye Bevan Oct 2013 #5

Bad taste is timeless! immoderate Oct 2013 #6

I don't see this as mean, he looks happy/excited. He probably thought JaneyVee Oct 2013 #7

Awesome pic jberryhill Oct 2013 #11

Hence the rationalizations for his celebratory pose and winning smile. LanternWaste Oct 2013 #59

Some find the process by which humans reproduce to be a joyous occasion jberryhill Oct 2013 #60

It's in the South so it's normal behavior. BlueJazz Oct 2013 #12

Breaking: teenage boy insensitive. News at 11. LeftyMom Oct 2013 #13

Bonus shocker: Also showing off for his friends -nt Bonx Oct 2013 #18

Had she gone into labor Politicalboi Oct 2013 #16

I think it was either a very skilled, pipoman Oct 2013 #19

still light years ahead of bully Romney ecstatic Oct 2013 #20

Oh Florida, you give and give and I never get you anything. nt TeamPooka Oct 2013 #21

That will probably end up as a meme. Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #22

That guy should be shopped into all manner of disaster pic jberryhill Oct 2013 #33

I found a couple, this is my favorite: joshcryer Oct 2013 #36

You gotta love the Internet jberryhill Oct 2013 #40

No shit. Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #42

Here Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #96

The outrage du jour: Teen in insensitive tweet shocker LittleBlue Oct 2013 #26

I swear, this place sometimes. Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #94

LOL Coyotl Oct 2013 #100

lmao LittleBlue Oct 2013 #108

excellent, lol smackd Oct 2013 #111

WTF????? MADem Oct 2013 #27

Great photo! Coyotl Oct 2013 #28

I'm impressed by some people's ability ZombieHorde Oct 2013 #29

Are you kidding? That should be a sport in the DUlympics 2014. Team and individual. X_Digger Oct 2013 #31

Ha! nt ZombieHorde Oct 2013 #43

lolz JNelson6563 Oct 2013 #53

Although... jberryhill Oct 2013 #41

If only I was qualified to determine what the results meant. nt ZombieHorde Oct 2013 #44

Very true. HappyMe Oct 2013 #49

A close friend and I had a water-breaking-at-work agreement Nevernose Oct 2013 #34

Not the same but sort of... ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #46

Looks to me like other people are helping her and she's also on the phone. Ganja Ninja Oct 2013 #48

What has Halleck had to say about this? Orrex Oct 2013 #50

Some of the tweets on this were hilarious eissa Oct 2013 #52

That is funny. HappyMe Oct 2013 #54

that's funny Niceguy1 Oct 2013 #64

I believe its pretty illegal to snap photos of your instructors darkangel218 Oct 2013 #55

Someone is going to have round up all those yearbook candid shots jberryhill Oct 2013 #61

This wasnt a candid photo. darkangel218 Oct 2013 #65

I'm going to guess you don't know the definition of "candid" jberryhill Oct 2013 #69

Here you go.... jberryhill Oct 2013 #109

He seems really happy to be at school. Excited that she's having a baby. bravenak Oct 2013 #56

"he wanted to capture the memorable moment both “for himself and for her.” bunnies Oct 2013 #57

Bullshit. darkangel218 Oct 2013 #66

Youre calling the kid a liar? bunnies Oct 2013 #67

Based on what do you know what he was thinking or if thats what he meant when taking that photo? darkangel218 Oct 2013 #68

Im going by the quote in the article. His words. bunnies Oct 2013 #70

By the fact that he is smiling ear to ear when his teacher was in pain/distress. darkangel218 Oct 2013 #74

Which are common jberryhill Oct 2013 #79

The teacher doesnt share your outrage, apparently. bunnies Oct 2013 #83

Lol. Get back to me after he will be expelled. darkangel218 Oct 2013 #85

Tweet went out October 15th and no talk of punishment at all. bunnies Oct 2013 #89

Its not over yet. nt darkangel218 Oct 2013 #93

Her own family re-tweeted it jberryhill Oct 2013 #75

I was just reading that. bunnies Oct 2013 #80

That's the problem with being late to an outrage party jberryhill Oct 2013 #82

lol. Indeed. nt bunnies Oct 2013 #84

Maybe her husband's sister re-tweeting it, perhaps jberryhill Oct 2013 #71

Yah, lets see how the teacher herself or the school feels about it. darkangel218 Oct 2013 #77

Good thing you can be upset, when her own family isn't jberryhill Oct 2013 #78

You dont know they're not. darkangel218 Oct 2013 #81

Hurt or embarrassed by what? jberryhill Oct 2013 #88

I guess her family must be lying too. bunnies Oct 2013 #87

I hate to stereotype but this guy looks like he smoked about two pounds of pot before taking that. Initech Oct 2013 #76

Jackass in training theHandpuppet Oct 2013 #86

+1 darkangel218 Oct 2013 #92

I have a photo like this on my phone. Prism Oct 2013 #90

I admit that it makes me smile each time I see it. ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #99

My friend was both embarrassed and amused Prism Oct 2013 #106

I think it was pretty much an accident of fate that the picture turned out that way. Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #91

Maybe he was the proud dad giving his friends and family a heads up? Left2Tackle Oct 2013 #95

This is why humans under 18 don't have full agency. Their thinking is often flawed, as it was here. stevenleser Oct 2013 #101

So 18 us the magic age? ForgoTheConsequence Oct 2013 #104

Oh FFS that's the best you can come up with to attack me? stevenleser Oct 2013 #107