This is a warning to parents and teachers.
Last Thursday a young man came to my house to "discuss" educational issues because he claimed to be doing a project for a college internship. He said he was sent to my house by one of my good friends who is also a teacher.
As a teacher and since he was "sent" by a friend, I let him in. He then proceeded to show some very bizarre behavior (standing in the dark in my bathroom, making me repeat his name, asking for food, etc.). Of course, he wasn't a friend of a friend at all. He was a salesman selling educational software for children.
I told him I wasn't interested and then he pulled out these lists of teachers and their associated schools. Apparently he has some access to our information that I find alarming. Most alarming, however, was that he also had a hand-drawn map of my neighborhood and where all the children lived. He knew my neighbors' names and that some were on vacation.
He showed back up a couple days later and was told by my friend to never use his name again in his sales pitch. This guy has now continued to use my friend's name to pitch his product anyway.
He lied to get in my door. He is misrepresenting himself by claiming to know all these teachers and now he has maps with names and addresses of where little children live.
I am writing this to try and warn our community. Do not give this guy any information about your neighbors. He is not a friend of any teacher in this county. I have reported him to the sheriff's department and I have filed a complaint with the company. There are others like him in Morganton selling the same product. Apparently it is a common practice for this company to make these maps. The company's name is Southwestern and they sell educational software. You can easily look them up on the internet and file a complaint if you are so inclined.
We must look out for our neighbors and, more importantly, our children.
Editor's note: According to the Southwestern Company, students who sell its products are independent contractors who buy the company's products at wholesale and resell at retail. They are not employees of the company.
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