Teacher fired for premarital sex?

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by Alumiyum

If you think there wasn't any judgment being thrown around here, you're naive.

I still think this would've been a good opportunity for the school to show an example of the great Christian concept of forgiveness.

You assume they didn't forgive her. Forgiveness doesn't mean no consequences. Also you usually have to apologize, and I don't think she was inclined to. (Not saying she should have) It's only little kids who think you just get to say "Sorry" and we all pretend it never happened.

[Psi U MC Vito]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

You assume they didn't forgive her. Forgiveness doesn't mean no consequences. Also you usually have to apologize, and I don't think she was inclined to. (Not saying she should have) It's only little kids who think you just get to say "Sorry" and we all pretend it never happened.

The thing that gets me is the time period. For three weeks, it wouldn't be as noticeable. Why make a big deal about it? They could have even terminated her without making an announcement that she was a fornicator.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito

The thing that gets me is the time period. For three weeks, it wouldn't be as noticeable. Why make a big deal about it? They could have even terminated her without making an announcement that she was a fornicator.

You have to look at it through their lens. It's not whether the transgression is an obvious one or not. It's whether the transgression was made. It violated her agreement and the trust the school and the parents put in her to be a moral example for their children. The fact that the school didn't sweep it under the rug because it could have been hidden actually reinforces the honesty of their opinions. Unless they've colluded to hide similar transgressions in the past they appear to be fairly straightforward on the matter.

I don't know how the announcement was made, it could have been making an example of her, it could have been an announcement, answering a question, or a statement at a PTA/school board meeting that got filtered down to other parents and students, I don't know. So while it sounds like something went wrong there, I don't know what it was or whether I think it was so far out of line that I'd be suing too.

[Psi U MC Vito]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

I don't know how the announcement was made, it could have been making an example of her, it could have been an announcement, answering a question, or a statement at a PTA/school board meeting that got filtered down to other parents and students, I don't know. So while it sounds like something went wrong there, I don't know what it was or whether I think it was so far out of line that I'd be suing too.

Far point. But depending on how it was done, it seems to me to be a case of casting stones.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito

Far point. But depending on how it was done, it seems to me to be a case of casting stones.

Yes, I'm reserving judgment on that point until I find out more.

I do hope it's clear that I don't agree with the school, I just try to understand it from their perspective.