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Originally Posted by KSigkid
That gets into being a mandatory reporter. I had the same responsibility when I was a preschool teacher during college.
I do wonder if Paterno, as a state employee at a college, had a similar responsibility. Like Kevin, I don't know enough PA law to say one way or the other.
Either way, you have to think Paterno made a conscious choice to do only what he thought he was required to do. He heard something awful about someone he had known for years, and chose to limit his reporting of the incident.
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I agree, and I am not saying that Paterno didn't do what he was obligated to do. This is more of a comment towards others saying you can't just report things if you didn't see them happen. You actually should. Children rely on people reporting sketchy things. The system is set up in such a way that people aren't immediately arrested. Look at this case, Sandusky was investigated for 3 years before he was arrested. The important thing is to let someone check to make sure that the kid involved is not being victimized.
Honestly, could you really live with yourself if you didn't do something and it turned out to be true?