ORANGE CITY, Fla. — A Florida music teacher has been charged with pawning instruments that belonged to students and the school where he worked. The Volusia County Sheriff's Office said that 26-year-old James Morris was arrested Wednesday and charged with 14 counts of dealing in stolen property. He was released on bail.
Deputies began investigating after six students at University High School in Orange City reported their guitars stolen. Two guitars, two violins and other equipment belonging to the school also went missing.
The sheriff's office says Morris, who claimed to have a gambling problem, confessed to taking the instruments earlier this month and resigned from his job. Investigators say Morris made $825 between October and January.
This shouldn't come to a suprise to anyone. Music teachers have been secretly corrupt since the beginning of education. It has to be the worst job out there. Unless you work at Berklee or some other school for music, your going to be miserable. I mean just imagine coming in either pissed off, depressed, hungover or a combination of all three and you got to listen to these weirdo music kids just going nuts on their instruments. There is probably 1 decent kid in every class who can actually play their instrument and the rest of them just dick around and make loud racket.
It was a known fact that my middle school music teacher had a flask tucked away in his piano. If the kids knew it, you can guarantee the faculty knew it. However what did they care, their paying the guy peanuts and they know they would be doing the same thing so they just let it slide.
In this case Mr. Morris probably hated his job as usual, was reading barstoolsports on his phone while teaching, saw one of El Pres's mortal locks and thought "holy shit, this could be my ticket out of here!" Well if there is one thing I have learned its that gambling "is a slippery slope." First your betting $50 you can easily afford, next thing you know you got your whole paycheck, Sammy's guitar, Lucy's clarinet, Billy's trumbone and the blind kid's triangle on a Salem State College game because your trying to chase your money.
