Wibu to ask what the rumour was

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In your school? That happened to come out as the truth, or a lie?.
Just finished reading a really good thread on it and would love to hear more.
When I was in school the rumour was the classic someone put a mars bar somewhere it shouldn't... and that a teacher was having an affair with a pupil. (Wasn't true). Oh we also had the pe teacher apparently having an affair with the English teacher. That was true!.
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I think I was there a little later, started 1988. The creepy french teacher had a nickname with ‘spitter’ in it?
There was a huge fire there over summer hols one time?

That the school priest was a paedophile. He was very very creepy and we made sure not to let any of the younger girls in the choir be alone with him in the vestry. I’m surprised he hasn’t been arrested but he may be dead. I can’t remember his surname to google him.
Other than that, pe teacher was a lesbian (true) history teacher and English teacher having an affair (probably true).
Nothing else I can remember....

That the male PE head was having an affair with a girl in the year above me -true, though he claimed nothing happened until she left school, which was almost certainly a lie (he tried it on with my friend on an overnight school trip). What made it worse is he had kids at the school too.

I started my own rumour by telling a boy who fancied me and wouldn't leave me alone that I was bisexual and had a girlfriend (this was back in the 80s when such things were not well tolerated, at least at rural secondary schools). It worked, he went off me and I promptly forgot about it until 6 months later when I realised that many of the girls in my year had been a bit weird with me, and one of them asked me about it. There was no truth in the rumour that I had a girlfriend, although I did decided many years later that I am not totally heterosexual...

That someone (who conveniently was a former student) was swinging on their chair and fell backwards, cracking their head open and dying.
Guessing it was a tumour, but it's probably happened as some point to someone somewhere.

That the female PE teacher was a 'lesbo' - true

That one of the science teachers slept with a student when she was in 3rd year (about 14/15) also true

Not in school, but that my friend at the time's dad was also her grandad (mother and father had sex and made her)
Not sure if it's true but she definitely had issues and scars from operations that were very convincing that it was true.

@angelil why are they ridiculous? Surely teaching would be an attractive job to someone with paedophile tendencies? I know the two from the school I went to were proven and prosecuted.

Also high school is age 11 to 16, firmly in the realms of paedophilia. Teen or not they are still children. The term you suggested refers to teenagers 15 - 19 So covers those in 6th form certainly but it seems the majority of the posts are referring to school children so let's not minimize eh.

That was a peculiar post angelil

Not school but work...

During a meeting I made a very silly in-joke reference to a colleague that a third party "drank", which I didn't think anyone else heard.

A few weeks later, someone else entirely mentioned that third party to me and said they'd heard she had a drinking problem...

That the woodwork teacher and a girl in year 8 were seen kissing . We saw her regularly go to his office/store cupboard at lunchtime. He suddenly mid term disappeared from our school

That one of the girls in year 9 was babysitting for his children. We saw them go off in his car at lunchtimes then he suddenly disappeared and the police came to our school. I am not sure if it was the same day

Both girls were in care

Another supply teacher was weird and pervy he was caught exposing himself to some boys at a different school and it went to court. He used to lift up our skirts with his walking stick we just nervously laughed

Alcoholic tech teacher - I think true!

IT teacher smoking weed in his car on a lunch - true

Headteacher using school funds to gamble - true

I did work experience at a car garage and there was a rumour that one of the cars had fallen on me and killed me while I was working on it.

My myspace page was flooded with condolences and many people were shocked to see me walk back into school....alive.

angelil why are they ridiculous? Surely teaching would be an attractive job to someone with paedophile tendencies?

I think angelil's point was a pedantic rather than incredulous one. 'Paedophilia' is technically an attraction to pre-pubescent children, which is not what is being described in the vast majority of these 'rumours', true or otherwise.

@Angelil Slice and dice it whatever way you like, if it makes you feel better. They are still children compared to their teachers.

Hmm all this talk of workplace rumours makes me realise that not only was I the subject of unfounded rumours are school but actually in the workplace I have been as well. A few years ago my secretary told me that everyone was talking about the fact I kissed my colleague on the dancefloor at the recent Christmas party I had danced near-ish him. And my other 50 colleagues! Wonder what it is about me that attracts rumours?

@Nunyabusiness No! I was not even close! So there were two! 👀

That’s why I found it a strange post. It seemed a bit close to saying ‘oh well it’s okay, they are teens’ which from a teacher isn’t entirely comfortable

The nuns were all lesbians - very much doubt it.
That Mrs Lawton was sleeping with the games teacher Mr Thomas - no idea
Mr Harvey would cane boys on their bare bums in his office - not true but he did cane.

This was the mid 70s.

Please note that the names have been changed to protect innoncent.

Name change test...

The rumour was that I was a huge attention seeker and a total slag.

The truth was very different, I grew up with my Dad and his wife, being horrifically mentally and emotionally abused. I started telling a close friend a few things. I was then raped by a 25 year old man, this friend then told her mum everything I'd been telling my friend, who told my dad's wife.

My Dads wife told my friends mum I was lying, that I was an attention seeker. And this spread through school and stuck with me. The 25 year old was convicted and sent to prison, I was one of 6 girls they found. But I was still labelled a liar. I was horrifically bullied at school, started self harming and had an eating problem. I got the courage to find my Mum, and one day we arranged that I'd go home with her.

School found out and called my Dad to the school, I tried telling them how abusive my home life was, my older sister who was an adult at the time tried telling the school I was telling the truth. But my Dad told them all I was an attention seeker, the teachers had all heard the rumours that I was a liar so they sided with my Dad. They threatened me with going into foster care and I literally begged them to do it. But no. They sent me home and the abuse continued.

I've always wanted to get that out. I wish I could tell all my school peers the truth, but I can't.

@Changedmynameanon yikes, you poor thing. What is your relationship with them now? NC perhaps?

Thank you. Yeah I've been NC for about 4 years. It's affected me greatly, I've got long term mental health problems and have tried to take my own life several times. I got Into a relationship at 17 with a 46 year old man that my dad and his wife approved of (extreme domestic violence followed and ended up in refuge, they sided with him and told anyone who would listen that I'm an attention seeker). I struggle with going to the Drs incase they don't believe my problem.

But I'm now starting to sort myself out, getting psychotherapy and creating a lovely life for me and my kids. Feels really cathartic to get that out there!

For all the sad and truly horrible stories here - there is one that's had me chuckling.

The rumour of a teacher being a mouths silently Morris dancer. *Crosses self"

The new PE teacher was sleeping with a 6th former.

I didn't believe it - not even when she went off to have a baby - but years later, it turned out to be true. There wouldn't have been a huge age gap between them, but what a terrible abuse of power on his part.

The same PE teacher reportedly watched the girls getting changed through a hole in the wall. He was massively creepy and could often be seen looking obviously (ahem) excited during PE. I still don't believe the hole in the hall thing, though.

I'm so sorry @Changedmynameanon, and I'm really pleased to hear that you are building a new life for you and your children.
Among this thread are some shocking examples of abuse of power etc which sit uncomfortably next to the often ridiculous gossip of kids - eg. sex with a hamster!
My recollections feel fairly tame in comparison - the art teacher and textiles teacher having an affair. The drama teacher and the english teacher's wife - led to said drama teacher leaving the school. As far as I know both were true.

All of these allegations of paedophilia are ridiculous. If you are talking about teenagers then at least use the proper term - ephebophilia

The teacher I referred to had a thing for 11-12 yr old boys. I would describe that as paedophilia, if you want to minimise touching up small children that is up to you.

In my children's High School the new PE teacher was having an affair with Sixth form student which was true his fiancee also PE teacher at the same school called off engagement and he was fired from school. In their primary school new head teacher began affair with other teacher both left partners (him 2nd wife originally affair from 1st marriage) now both married but he has left school. He was a creepy roaming eye man think He will do this throughout his life he came on to a few of the mum's at school before he married fellow teacher.