A substitute teacher in DeSoto County was terminated after a TikTok video filmed during her first day on the job went viral, showing her recording students and referring to one as “shorty,” a slang term that is an informal reference used to describe a young woman or girl.

The teacher, identified as 24-year-old Miata Borders, had been placed at Lake Cormorant High School by staffing agency Kelly Services. The video, which has been viewed more than 2 million times, shows Borders walking through school hallways and a pep rally while filming students and narrating remarks that drew criticism online.

“Damn, shorty, sheesh. Man, I gotta get up after these school kids tryna take me down,” Borders says in the video.

In a statement shared with WREG-TV, DeSoto County Schools said, “District offic

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