Parents sue Episcopal School of Dallas over daughter's relationship with teacher - Page 2

Kevin · #16 05-20-2010, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by AOII Angel

Fixed that for you given the rash of young female teachers sleeping with their young male students and receiving media coverage in the past few years.

Fixed that for you. I highly doubt that this is a completely new phenomenon first occurring in the early 90s with Mary Kay LeTourneau.

Drolefille · #17 05-20-2010, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Kevin

Fixed that for you. I highly doubt that this is a completely new phenomenon first occurring in the early 90s with Mary Kay LeTourneau.

No but the response is different than male teacher/female student relationships.

Adult male/female minor: "PERVERT, I'll kill him."

Adult female/male minor: *check to see if she's 'hot'* If yes: "high five dude! You hit that!" If no: "Well that was wrong, she shouldn't do that" with the occasional "PERVERT, I'll kill her.''

RU OX Alum · #18 05-20-2010, 06:23 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRVwpBns5R4

Just interested · #19 05-20-2010, 07:07 PM

Thanks! You are so very right. In the old days, I'm not for sure if it is politically correct any more, our "old school" principals would have "the talk" with our new young teachers, warning them and being very specific about what lines not to cross in the classroom, leaving one open to crossed lines outside of class.

RU OX Alum · #20 05-20-2010, 08:03 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oMr3CK-xcg

knight_shadow · #21 05-20-2010, 10:30 PM

RU OX Alum is on some other shit lol

LaneSig · #22 05-21-2010, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Kevin

I can't comment on Texas law, but I could definitely see a possible case against the school for negligent hiring (if the teacher has a history) and failure to protect because of the in loco parentis relationship if that's supported by the law in Texas.

I trust that the lawsuit against both the teacher and the school isn't frivolous. And as to its outcome, I don't really care.

Addressing the negligent hiring of a teacher with a history. In the state of Texas, when a district hires a teacher who previously taught in another district, the previous district can only give evaluations and if they would rehire the teacher or not. They cannot give specific reasons why a teacher resigned or left a district.

In many cases, there have been charges of "innappropriate relationships" where the teacher was allowed to resign in order to keep their teaching certificate. The districts (IMHO wrongly) often do not wish to have an incident end up on the evening news, so they try to settle the issue quietly with the offer to the teacher to resign without any charges. The teacher is then eligible to apply in other districts because they still have a license/certificate.

I taught with a teacher who came to our school after Christmas break. He was certified and had taught the Fall semester in another district. Personally, this set off all kinds of bells and whistles for me. Teachers do not change positions and especially districts in the middle of a school year (exceptions: when the job is a specific promotion or if the teacher has moved because their spouse was transfered). Want to guess how long he taught at our school before some students began making allegations? Want to guess what happened? 1 year. Allowed to resign with no investigation. Went to teach in another school district.

Ghostwriter · #23 05-22-2010, 10:16 AM

Don't thisnk this is a new phenomenon. In the '70's we had some sleazy HS teachers who were well known to be bedding some of their students. I went to a pretty rural HS in NC. It was disgusting then as well as now. Our music teacher (she) ended up marrying one of my classmates. The others were just fooling around on their spouses and taking advantage of young naive girls. Pretty gross stuff. I don't believe the laws in NC would have put them in jail but it should have.

I thought of this one. Thanks RU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn0ZJHVH17I

UofISigKap · #24 05-22-2010, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghostwriter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn0ZJHVH17I

Which reminded me of... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XNA9Pri9Nk
for the Glee fans. I have no idea if anything like this went on at my high school when I was there. If it was, I'm pretty sure the news would have spread quickly.