Topic : 06/12 Teacher Sex Scandal, Part 1

I like what Dr. Phil brought up.  He can remember his "first time" and things like that & he is quite a bit older than Matt.  So am I!  I can remember my first real kiss, the name of the boy & what was going on at the time it happened!  I can remember very vivid details of ALL my experiences...course I'm sure someone will say, "Oh, that's cause you're a woman" or "That's just you".  I don't think so!

I was sexually & physically abused for many years.  Try as hard as I might, I can't forget.  So I'm sure that if these boys were really telling the truth, they would be much more clearer on their statements.  Like real dates/times & all the rest.  I'm not totally buying their stories.

I do wish however that Dr. Phil would have had access to the transcripts of their testimonies.  I'm dying to know if they really did change their stories as much as she claimed they were.  It wouldn't shock me.

Now, I'm not saying she is totally innocent.  She should have made darned sure that ALL OF HER actions were above board.  Not be alone with them EVER, not use "coded" messages", and not invite them to her home to help her or anything like that.  It's a sad thing that teachers must go that far, but that is the way society is now.  Students can cry foul & your whole career can be over...regardless of whether they are telling the truth or not.  I'm not saying we should never believe students, but there must be proof and a balance.  Otherwise no teacher is safe, and neither are the students.

im a teenager myself and i can see straight through the lies of these guys.... teenage boys are naturally sexual beings... they made up fantasies... it irritates me that people think she is lying because she isnt emotional.. this obviously happened a while ago since one or more of the boys have since graduated.   she has probably got no tears left for this.. after a while you just begin to analyze fact rather than cry about it... i think she is brave,

Teachers (I am a retired teacher) are at the mercy of any student who wishes to "get back" at them.  Society seems very quick to believe the child.  When the young man came on stage and began his story, I told my husband that I believed he was lying.  After teaching for 34 years and raising a child, I could tell from his eyes that he was not being truthful.  Seldom are the eyes wrong!  It is sad that she will forever be labeled in this narrow minded town.  I am not usually in favor of many lawsuits, but I do believe she should find a GOOD lawyer and sue the school board for back salary, for punitive damages that it still is inflicting by not allowing her to go to her child's school, and to sue the students' parents for punitive damages.  They have destroyed her career, and it has possibly placed a strain on her marriage.  I worked w/two male teachers who were accused of misconduct.  One was by a girl who later admitted she lied.  But he lost a year of work, and eventually he and his wife divorced.  The other was a young man accused of teacher of touching him, and if it had not been for a neighbor coming forward stating that they were both working in their yards that particular evening, he would have suffered thru a trial.  How sad that this is allowed to occur.

she's guilty. no teacher ever wrote me a letter, nevermind a coded letter!  no teacher invited me alone to their homes either! she's a creep!

this happens all the time! where i went to high school bar age was 18 and so were a lot of grade 12 boys!  a certain chem. teacher picked up several highscool boys at the bar! i seen it first hand so it wasn't even a rumor!