Taunton Teacher Lied About Having Two Purple Hearts And Being An Army Ranger
TAUNTON, Mass. – A Taunton teacher whose students thought he was a decorated war hero has been fired after it was discovered he was not telling the truth.
Boston 25 News has learned that when 36-year-old Andrew Gaboury was hired to teach at Coyle Cassidy High School in Taunton four years ago he claimed to be a veteran with two Purple Hearts.
“I made up time in the Army. Over the intervening years I added details as people asked. I am deeply sorrowful for this and did not see a way out,” he wrote.
School officials sent Boston 25 News the following statement:
“Coyle and Cassidy High School Administration today (Thursday, March 01, 2018) learned that faculty member Andrew Gaboury misrepresented his service in the United States Military on his application for employment, and as a result his employment was terminated, effective immediately.”
El Pres is gonna be absolutely sick when he hears about this. I asked him if he wanted to blog this story and he said, “It cuts too deep, Chaps.”
I get that. I’ll try to convey some of his thoughts tho.
Andrew Gaboury has gotta feel a little bit of relief this morning. Sure, there’s an intense embarrassment that comes along with something like this but there’s gotta be at least a shade of relief. I can barely remember people’s names. If I had to fake a story and details over and over again, that would be exhausting.
Credit to Andrew though. If you watch the video in the above link, you’ll see that Andrew includes some military action in Kosovo. That’s a veteran faker move. Everybody has been to Iraq or Afghanistan. A story about conflict as an intelligence analyst in Kosovo is an interesting story.
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Maybe I’ll have Andrew on Zero Blog Thirty to tell about his incredible life’s journey from military hero to teacher. That fake Kosovo story is probably a must listen.
Last note: I’m not ever mad about stolen valor people. I think it shows a sad state when you’re at the point in your life where you need to claim that you were injured in order to get recognition. I used to get mad about it. Now I just pity these kinds of people which is probably worse.