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as a 27-year-old, i taught male students who were 17 and 18 years old and looked like grown men. some of them flirted with me. i told them i didn't engage in adult communication with children. when they protested that they weren't children, i replied, "you are to me," and promptly changed the subject. not a single one ever persisted beyond that retort. it really was that easy to draw the line, paint it red, and not cross it-- even if a few man-child egos were bruised in the process. the adult has control in these situations, and the adult must maintain appropriate boundaries at all times. PERIOD.
(when they catch her ass, she needs to be put UNDER the jail.)
as a 27-year-old, i taught male students who were 17 and 18 years old and looked like grown men. some of them flirted with me. i told them i didn't engage in adult communication with children. when they protested that they weren't children, i replied, "you are to me," and promptly changed the subject. not a single one ever persisted beyond that retort. it really was that easy to draw the line, paint it red, and not cross it-- even if a few man-child egos were bruised in the process. the adult has control in these situations, and the adult must maintain appropriate boundaries at all times. PERIOD.
(when they catch her ass, she needs to be put UNDER the jail.)
You know, I remember saying to myself when that teacher from Tennessee (the former model, or was it beauty queen?) was found guilty of having sex with one of her students that she needed the same penalty a male would get for having sex with one of his students. She got very little time, and quite honestly, I'm not surprised to see this sort of thing happen.
as a 27-year-old, i taught male students who were 17 and 18 years old and looked like grown men. some of them flirted with me. i told them i didn't engage in adult communication with children. when they protested that they weren't children, i replied, "you are to me," and promptly changed the subject. not a single one ever persisted beyond that retort. it really was that easy to draw the line, paint it red, and not cross it-- even if a few man-child egos were bruised in the process. the adult has control in these situations, and the adult must maintain appropriate boundaries at all times. PERIOD.
(when they catch her ass, she needs to be put UNDER the jail.)
I absolutely agree with you. I too was a HS teacher and had students flirt with me. Some of them were over 18 in fact but to me it does not matter. I still considered those HS students children. As a teacher you have a responsibility to your students. You are there to teach nurture & guide them.I was an authority figure & those lines should never be crossed. It is the adults responsiblity to make this clear to the students. I also was a middle school teacher in a really awful school where a child grabbed my breasts. I made a very big deal of this matter one reason being that this was sexual assault & another reason being that you never want anything to become misconstrued (sp)in a child's mind. I have know use for pedophiles whether they are male or female. They all deserve harsh punishments.
As a parent of a senior in high school, I can't imagaine my son flirting with an adult. I think the problem with this starts in the home. If the student is raised in a home where women are objectified, than the boys' flirtation is probably encouraged by the parents.
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You know, I remember saying to myself when that teacher from Tennessee (the former model, or was it beauty queen?) was found guilty of having sex with one of her students that she needed the same penalty a male would get for having sex with one of his students. She got very little time, and quite honestly, I'm not surprised to see this sort of thing happen.
it has been happening far too frequently all over the country, and there are stories that don't make the national news for whatever reason. just last week i heard about twin sisters in the IE who were arrested nearly a year ago because one of them was having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old female student, and the other conspired to enable the relationship to continue in violation of a restraining order obtained by the girl's father. they were not formally charged until last month, and although the school district where they worked at the time of their arrests placed them on leave and did not renew their contracts, both were able to secure teaching jobs at middle schools in another school district this fall. how's that for scary?
Lake Elsinore teacher charged in sex case | Wildomar | PE.com | Southern California News | News for Inland Southern California (http://www.pe.com/localnews/wildomar/stories/PE_News_Local_S_twins11.3e41c5f.html - broken link)
I think the female teachers should be treated just like the male teachers in cases like these.....
This teacher needs to be horse whipped!!
Agreed......the punsihment should be the same in all cases. Teachers having any sexual conduct with students/minors should lose their credentials....cut and dry.
I think the female teachers should be treated just like the male teachers in cases like these.....
This teacher needs to be horse whipped!!
two male teachers at a high school where i worked married former students shortly after the girls graduated. both claimed that the relationships began after the girls turned 18, and with the approval of their parents. the former assertion, i don't believe for a minute, but the latter is sadly true. in one case, the teacher left to work in another district after "not getting along" with the principal. the other is still there.
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I was an authority figure & those lines should never be crossed. It is the adults responsiblity to make this clear to the students. I also was a middle school teacher in a really awful school where a child grabbed my breasts. I made a very big deal of this matter one reason being that this was sexual assault & another reason being that you never want anything to become misconstrued (sp)in a child's mind. I have know use for pedophiles whether they are male or female. They all deserve harsh punishments.
