Baffoe bankrupt after Google sues over contested Green Jacket voter fraud claims

Mount Carmel English teacher Mr. Tim Baffoe is now bankrupt after losing a lawsuit filed by Google. He was sued after speaking out about the recent Green Jacket Award voting process. Baffoe has claimed that the student voting totals for most revered teacher in the school reported by the Google Forms receipt do not accurately represent the votes cast.

He was served his lawsuit just last month after speaking out recently on Google Classroom and his school Gmail account. Baffoe has argued that polls he took in class do not reflect the school vote totals completed via Google Forms. He says that percentages of votes for him in his classes were upwards of sixty percent, while he came just shy of twenty percent when it came time for official voting.

Baffoe has claimed that a new voting system is needed in order for the award to have any real meaning. “It’s time we go old school,” he said. He suggests a written ballot with hand-counted tallying. He has also suggested a new voting system, with the idea of the Green Jacket Electoral College. Each division would hold a vote, and whoever has the most divisional votes wins. Baffoe argues that campaigning would be much easier, as he only has to win a plurality of majority votes of the division sections. He says he would be able to do this with reduction in Outside Learning Opportunity difficulty (Baffoe’s version of extra credit assignments), and less grammar assignments in classes. 

Initially Google was only asking for Baffoe to retract his false statements and apologize. Even Baffoe’s team of lawyers suggested he settle the case early, as it his defense never seemed valid. 

“This was a huge waste of time for him,” said MC junior and whiny argument analyst Jack Castellani., “Google definitely did not have anything to do with this year’s Green Jacket award selection.” 

Baffoe’s lawyers claim they only took on the case for the money, which he may now never be able to pay. After having all of his assets claimed, Baffoe now will continue teaching in a classroom with no McRib poster and a Swear Jar depleted for legal fees. His laptop was also sold off, so his classes will now have all handwritten essays, and grammar books will have to be used daily. 

Some say the difficulty of Mr. Baffoe’s course is to blame for the lack of votes. 

“Why would I vote for someone who gives me a C every trimester?” said a sophomore. When asked what he responded to in Baffoe’s polls, the student promised Baffoe to his face that he’d for him, but when it came to actual voting, he quickly switched his vote for Mr. Manuel Medina, the eventual winner.

Teachers say Baffoe needs to get over it and continue teaching. 

“He’s just salty,” said Medina. “Look where he is now.” 

Medina has a point. He has become so caught up in this award that he has lost everything, including the ability to use Google. After the lawsuit, Google told him he would not be able to use their platform anymore. Now, while everyone in the school uses their Google email account, Baffoe is stuck using Yahoo and has to search everything on Bing. That in and of itself may be the most embarrassing result of  the lawsuit.

As the consequences of the lawsuit continue to unfold, it remains to be seen whether Mr. Baffoe’s continued stubborn claims hold any merit or if they are simply the rantings of an ego-driven educator. Until then, the students and faculty at Mount Carmel High School anxiously await the resolution of this Green Jacket controversy and wonder if they should trust the voting process or listen to Baffoe and make change.