Topic : 06/12 Teacher Sex Scandal, Part 1

YES - and when a case is dropped it means there isn't one!

That is exactly what I thought!! 

I am a new high School teacher (2 yrs), only 24 years old, however I have been told by everyone including some students that I look about 15.  I try to dress as professionally as I can, but when students or even adults come to my class that don't know me, they look around for the teacher, even when I am the one that opens the door for them.  This whole topic of teachers being inappropriate with their students or the students accusing teachers of such, is discerning.  When people find out I am a teacher (apparently because I look so young), a frequent "joke" is, "I better not see you on the news with one of your students".  It's frustrating that I have a stereotype that follows me being a young teacher because of other people's poor choices, but what is frightening for me is the idea that a student(s) could accuse me of being inappropriate and could ruin my life and career even though the charges would be unfounded.  The teacher on today's show made some poor choices, meeting with the students alone and having a student in her car...

I take all the precautions I can to protect myself, but all it would take is one student getting mad at me or something and coming up with a story and then getting some friends together to corroborate the story, and my life would forever be changed.  That is just not OK.  Teaching is the most rewarding thing I have ever done in my life and watching my students graduate allowed me to fully understand the meaning of being proud of someone.  But hearing stories like this one and realizing that one TEENAGER could alter my life and jeopardize my career, when I have done absolutely nothing wrong, sometimes makes me question if it's worth it.

"Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me."

-Psalm 23:4

Heavenly Father, when darkness comes over us and storms beat around us, shelter us under your wing.

-Amen

Doug and Joelle, we love you and are praying for you!

In Christ,

Your Family

Its nice to see some support!  I support ya'll too!  Just know theres some people in Glen Rose that support you! 

I think it is both appauling and disusting for a teacher in a position of power to have sex with a student (Male or female!)  But I think finding out the truth is the first order of business!

 That little jerk was obviously lying thru his teeth!  I doubt he realizes how serious the consequences are!!!  Her life has been nearly ruined... her quality of life diminished... her reputation trashed... her financial status bleak.

I say, throw the book at her if she's guilty!!!  Sue the pants off those boys and their parents if she isn't.  Scary to think that a moody teenagers lie could cause so much heartache! 

  I totally beleive the teacher on this one. teenage boys must always outdo their friends, and I am willing to bet this is how this started. the teacher may have been alittle flirty, but she did not do what these boys dreamed up. She is in for  a nice payday, It is just a shame that yaxpayers money is going to pay for the stupidity of this school board.

  What I really want to point out on this issue is double standards. At the beginning of this show, it said that this teacher was facing up to 160 years of prison time. What a joke! My exwife was convicted in 2002

of having sex with a 13 and 14 year old boy, that wre on the my son's baseball team that i coached. She recieved 3 years probation, no jailtime whatsoeve, she was 44 years old at the time. If I had had sex with a 13 and 14 year old girl, do you think I would have gotten only 3 years probation,? Hell no, I bet I would still be in prison for at least 10 more years. The double standards that exist on this issue really piss me off!!

Now don’t get me wrong…I know the leading profession of choice for pedophiles is teaching according to the FBI’s reviews of NAMBLA! I was once touched inappropriately by a teacher when I was a freshman in High School. I would like to see all pedophiles in the teaching profession or any other profession (walk of life) put in prison for life! In this teachers case it sounds like she has been wrongfully accused and perhaps she needs to have a civil suit against her accusers for defamation.