Topic : 06/12 Teacher Sex Scandal, Part 1

Teachers connect with students. And though the notes do seem iffy out of context , as a teacher I must say...you don't spend your days interacting thinking would a jury consider this and indication of guilt. Now that I look back there probably are some interactions...hugs, copliments, gifts etc...that although truly harmless, would be used against me I am certain if a student decided to let ther imagination and mouth go to far...these guys got in a way over their head...the lie took on a life of its own and now she's paying. A note does not indicate sexual conduct....trust me. As far as her composure...Dr. Phil and that boy are lucky she didn't do exactly what I would have done which is reach over and slap the lies out of his mouth for putting her family in danger of loosing a mother and a wife. Shame on that punk.

sure wish "we the people" would stop this.  Your "full page apology" solution might actually be the answer.  Hit 'em in the pocketbook.  Or what about perjury charges?

I just posted again on Friday's show and as I read your comment to my first post, I remembered that this Matt kid, who was willing to "take this to his grave", mentioned discussing the case on the radio....there is no shortage of air time for this sort of thing....

then again on a national level, see Nancy Grace for the worst of the sensationalizm. 

Love, Luanne

I do not believe that this teacher would have opted to come on Dr. Phil's show is she were guilty, especially since she has a law suit against the school district.  If she had taken the chance that the boys would have passed their lie detector tests, it would have jeopardized her law suit.  Because of this, I think Dr. Phil was pretty hard on her, criticizing her reaction to statements made, etc., as not being angry enough when she has lived with this for years now and was able to dispute the statements made by the boys by showing discrepancies in their remarks.  Even at the very end, when both boys had failed tests, Dr. Phil's final comment was to the boy and he said, "If you are telling the truth............"  At that point no one believed he was telling the truth.   

I love your show, Dr. Phil, but I felt bad for this teacher in this instance.

I have a lady friend who is a wonderful bus driver and always treats the kids as if they were her own.  And she got accused falsely of saying racist hurtful things to a child.  The mother of the child was an aide on the bus that brought up racial things in a discussion with my friend the bus driver.  All my friend said was, "I wouldn't do that."  Well the mother came in raving and screaming that my friend said hurtful things to her child and called him names when she wasn't there.  Now my friend has another aide on at the time that she was accused, and that aide will swear that my friend never said anything of the kind.  But that she always takes great care of those kids and is very even tempered and fair.

The end result was that my friend lost a weeks work and had a reprimand put in her folder.  And all because of a lie and false accusation.  And my friend can't sue to clear her good name and record.  But she had a perfect record for the previous 6  years.  When she came back to work she was told what a good job she did and how everyone missed her.  To top everything off her bus is a handicapped bus, and she saved a child's life who was going into a seizure.  But there is nothing now that will clear her name or record.  And all because of a lie that was told by a vindictive aide and by her child.  Remind you of anything we have been seeing about the French teacher?  How will she ever be able to clear her name now??

 MICHELLE212,

I DONT KNOW HOW OLD YOU ARE BUT YOU ARE SO WRONG. ANYWAY YOU LOOK AT THIS SITUATION IT IS CHILD SEX ABUSE. SURE THE 14 AND 15 YEAR OLDS ARE CURIOUS ABOUT SEX, ESPECIALLY NOW SINCE IT IS THROWN IN THEIR FACE EVERY TIME THEY TURN AROUND. THE WAY I LOOK AT IT, THAT IS WHY GOD GAVE THEM HANDS AND GIRLIE MAGS.  IT DOES NOT MATTER IF THEY WANT IT OR NOT, THEY SHOULD'NT BE HAVEING SEX AT THAT AGE. EVERYTIME I SEE A VERY YOUNG GIRL OR BOY EITHER ONE PUSHING A BABY STROLLER I WANT TO PUKE! THAT KID DOES'NT HAVE A CHANCE. A SELECT FEW WILL DO GOOD IN LIFE AND BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT CHILD AND A WIFE. MOST DO NOT. MY SON WAS ABUSED BY A BABY SITTER WHEN HE WAS TWO. HE DOES NOT REMEMBER IT THANK GOD!  THIS PERSON WAS A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY AND HAD BEEN FOR YEARS. I AM VERY OUTSPOKEN REGARDING SEX ABUSE OF A CHILD. IT SICKENS ME TO THINK SOMEONE WOULD THINK THIS SITUATION ON DR PHIL TODAY WAS AN OK THING TO HAPPEN. AND NO, I AM NOT A MOM THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN TRAUMATIZED AS NOT MUCH SURPRISES ME ANYMORE. I RAISED MY KIDS TO HAVE RESPECT FOR OTHERS AND THAT INCLUDES WOMEN! MY KIDS ALSO KNEW OTHER KIDS THAT THIS SAME OLDER WOMAN SEX ORDEAL HAPPENED TO AND THEY WERE AS SICKENED BY IT AS I WAS. MY KIDS WERE'NT ANGELS BUT I KNEW THEIR UPBRINGING WOULD TAKE HOLD AT SOME POINT AND IT DID! THANK GOD!  THE BOTTOM LINE LIKE I SAID BEFORE, IT IS STILL CHILD SEX ABUSE NO MATTER HOW YOU LOOK AT IT.