A Mississippi substitute teacher was fired on her first day for calling a female student “shorty” during a now-viral TikTok, which she created while inside the school.
Miata Borders, 24, was canned by DeSoto County Schools days after she claimed she had a “new hustle in life” as a substitute teacher at Lake Cormorant High School, according to WREG.
Borders, who boasted herself as a “content creator,” documented her first day on the job as part of her “day in the life” TikTok video on Oct. 17.
“Yeah, we got a new hustle in life, I’m a school teacher,” Borders narrated at the beginning of her video, which captured moments throughout her day.
Five hours into her gig, Borders recorded an in-school pep rally parade that included students walking down the hallway with a band and cheerleaders, one of whom seemingly appeared to catch the sub’s attention.
“Damn, shorty, sheesh,” Borders said, laughing. “Man, I gotta get up after these school kids tryna take me down.”
The controversial TikTok has been viewed over 2.2 million times.
The comment quickly spread to school officials, who terminated contact with Borders after she posted the video to her social media page.
Borders was employed by staffing company Kelly Services and will no longer be hired for positions within the school district.
“District officials informed Kelly Services today that the person is no longer allowed to be a substitute teacher for DeSoto County Schools,” the school district told the outlet on Tuesday.
The self-described “trend$etter and handmade CEO” claimed she was the victim after the firing.
“It’s honestly so sad how sick the world is that you guys automatically mischaracterize me fully without further context,” Borders said in a follow-up video posted Thursday.
“I’m a content creator, I record everything that I do, so it was typical for me,” Borders said as she sat inside a car. “If you create content, you will know that everything you see is not what you get.”
The fired substitute explained that the majority of the TikTok was recorded when she was alone around the school, besides the one clip that captured the unsuspecting students.
The rest of the video featured Borders subtly recording students as she walked in the halls, standing at a lectern and putting her feet up on a desk, turning the classroom into a glorified video shoot, where she put the wrong time, saying “12:25 a.m.”
Borders claimed the school’s administrators knew she was a content creator and that she was recording her day.
“I had absolutely no idea I couldn’t record students, or else I definitely wouldn’t have done it,” she said. “I truly would’ve honestly recorded myself if I knew it was an issue recording students.”
Borders said she was “by far no predator” and was only making the videos for content.
She later claimed having “literally lost it all over one mistake.”
TikTok users bashed Borders for her selfishness and blatant invasion of privacy for the underage students.
“It was all inappropriate and unprofessional,” one comment read.
“Oh you thought school was an aesthetic!” another read.
“I wouldn’t even trust you to watch a picture of my kids,” a third said.
“Dang well, at least you made history… hired and fired in the same day,” one ruthless commenter wrote.
DeSoto County Schools has faced several controversies in recent months for the actions of its employees.
Several parents refused to send their kids to classes earlier in the week in protest of board members and faculty supporting a convicted sex offender.
DeSoto County Schools faced a boycott earlier this week when parents refused to send their kids to classes to protest the actions of board members and faculty who showed support for a convicted sex offender.
Lindsey Whiteside, a former youth pastor, pleaded guilty to sexual battery of a minor and was supported by DeSoto County Schools board member Michelle Henley, according to ABC24 Memphis.
Henley has refused calls to resign after writing a letter for Whiteside during her plea hearing.
Whiteside was sentenced to three years of house arrest plus seven years of supervised release.
Natalia Elizabeth Wright, a former special education teacher at DeSoto’s Lewisburg High School, resigned from her position after she was caught making out with an underage student on multiple occasions, including at least once in a Taco Bell parking lot.
Wright was arrested and charged with fondling by a person in a position of trust, a felony in Mississippi.
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