Teacher reportedly fired after dancing on TikTok with students Dexerto

ESL teacher Jania Ashay has been fired from her school after staff members called her “unprofessional” for participating in a TikTok dance with two of her students.

answering to another tik toker that was fired for its content, Jania Ashay he recently shared his own struggle story because of the platform. “This was actually a very traumatizing experience, but I think I’m healed enough to move on and share,” she began.

According to Ashay, she was fired after filming a family dance on Tiktok with two of her students. Supposedly, students are not allowed phones during lunch breaks, and staff felt that Ella Ashay exhibited unprofessional behavior.

The staff first brought the students in, she explained, telling them to quietly delete the TikTok video and not tell Ashay what happened. However, since the students clicked with Ashay, they immediately came to her and warned her of what had happened.

Shortly after, Ashay was called into Human Resources and allegedly fired for the innocuous TikTok.

Prior to the incident, Ashay claims to have experienced a degree of prejudice in the workplace.

“This was a suburban school,” he explained in his viral clip. Ashay then went on to provide context around her work environment, focusing on her staff member in charge of hiring and training her.

“She had no idea that she was bringing me down the way she was bringing me down.”

Although Ashay taught ESL, she also got to know general education students well during her work. Two of these students asked Ashay if they could have lunch in her room. Ashay responded, “I’m a cool teacher, so of course I’m going to say yes.”

The students then allegedly asked the teacher if she wanted to participate in their TikTok. As for the dance, the following video shows a censored version (to protect minors), starting at minute 0:42. She didn’t post the dance. The students posted it on their own page.

Students apologize for controversial TikTok

The students wrote a letter of apology to the now former ESL teacher, saying, “Miss Phillips, I just wanted to say I’m sorry. You don’t deserve this, you are one of the kindest and most outgoing teachers I know.

“Before you say someone told me to write this, no one did. I really feel bad about my actions. This whole situation is mostly my fault because it was my idea to make the video.”

Ashay appreciated the letter and the sentiment, but decried the idea that the incident was the student’s fault. “It’s not your fault. It was inevitable, it had nothing to do with you,” he said.

The former teacher has bounced back since the incident, learning from it and taking the opportunity to become a full-time trip planner. She now travels the world, giving advice to others who hope to do the same.