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Wow... I hate reading the commentary on online news articles, I'm so disgusted by what most of the readers had to say. The majority of the comments I read involved some type of "She knew what she was doing, it takes two to tango, poor guy, etc etc" and OMFG it makes me sick! For a 36 yr old grown man to throw away his entire career for thinking with his dick is just pathetic. Everyone knows how naive, insecure, and highly impressionable teenage girls can be, it's ridiculous that people are making the student out to be the culprit.
Several comments from former students mentioned that they thought he was creepy to begin with, I can see why y'all aren't surprised..
Whereas a 17-year-old arguably knows what they're doing when it comes to sex (dependent upon maturity level), I honestly don't think it would matter. This is HIGH SCHOOL. Not a grad program where the adjunct professors and grad students are the same age. I firmly believe that ANY of this kind of contact in grade school between teacher and student is 100% inappropriate. I mean, jeebus, wait until everyone's out of school. Though the guy is apparently claiming that she had already graduated when they fucked...
I just think it's amazing that a 36-year old teacher was arrested for having sex with a 17 year old, but it's okay for a 51 year old man to marry and have sex with a 16-year-old. I think both guys are disgusting, but I think our bizarre laws are even worse.



It's great when the genders are reversed, and people say it's ok for a female teacher to seduce a 16 y.o. boy. Like boys can't be damaged by it.





*innocent whistle*
Sometimes both parties are equal in their 'fault'.
Last edited by 4everresolutions; 06-22-2011 at 09:36 PM.
As far as the whole '17 year olds do/don't know what they're doing' thing... I'm just going to say that back when I was in highschool, there was a mile long line of 17 year olds who WANTED to fuck the man. So I'm doubting that he had to go out of his way to seduce an innocent child.
That said a 36 year old man should know better.
Comments like "It was basically common student knowledge that this was happening. I don't know a single FFC 05 or even 06 grad who was actually surprised by this story. I think the biggest surprise is that it was common knowledge for at least the better part of a decade, and he's just now getting caught."
"I keep reading 'happened before' and that his wife was a former student"
Basically sum up the fact that this was common knowledge and the school did, and likely would not have done anything had this girl's mom not gone through her phone.
Amazing what people will overlook until someone actually forces them to do something about a situation.




We had it happen in my school, too. I was a senior when the guy finally got caught. I remember being in class w/ his son the day he turned himself in. I remember not being surprised or my mom & uncle -but others were. Sad, I heard the girl checked herself into a mental hospital 9r something after the events.
Its really fucked up that this stuff seems to be happening more & more often





As a teacher myself, I find his behavior reprehensible. Opportunities have seemed to have been in the process of presenting themselves to me over the years (more so when I was younger) but you just can't go there. I know of 4 teachers who've had sex with current students (2 resulting in children) and only one of them was ever disciplined and that's because the girl was a 9th grader and it was happening on campus. Any teacher messing around with a student (or bosses with interns barely out of their teens, like you-know-who) should get the boot.
"never trust a big butt and a smile"-- Bell Biv DeVoe
If you're in your twenties and aren't a liberal, you have no heart. If you're in you're forties and aren't a conservative, you have no brain - Winston Churchill



I'm tired of hearing about stupid teachers who get themselves in trouble for this kinda stuff. It infuriates me to see such lack of professionalism. As a teacher they're supposed to serve as a ROLE MODEL, a parent type figure...even if say, the age difference is minimal (e.g., a fresh outta college teacher who's 22 teaching a class of 17 yr old seniors). Imho a teacher going for a student is gross on the level of a stepuncle/stepaunt doing it, or even a stepPARENT! If they can't perceive the students as "children" ie no way sexual, then they shouldn't be teaching. Teachers have a strict moral and professionalism code to uphold. They agree to this code when they apply to a colleges teaching program and again when they apply for their state teaching cert. Teachers should view students as "their children" in a way, meaning their job is to discipline, foster leRning, etc including some things that parents are also responsible for.
Had to say it becuz this is an issue I feel very strongly about.
People like this dude should have never entered teaching to begin with. If he wants to meet younger girls (but ones that are actually >18 ), then he shoulda tried to become a club dj or bouncer instead...those dudes get chicks throwing themselves at them all the time, and the work environment is alot more laid back with moral codes. Ugh.



Sorry, double post by accident





Last edited by eagle2; 06-25-2011 at 02:38 PM.





Since boss/intern is the same as teacher/student, does that mean you'd have no problem with a HS teacher hitting on adult students? Are you serious? Any teacher, administrator, or boss engaging in that, especially "on-the-clock", should be removed immediately from their position. If any non-democrat did the same thing Bubba did, I'd be just as hard on him and I'd be getting plenty of support from those of you who are apologists for democrats behaving poorly.
Last edited by bem401; 06-25-2011 at 03:28 PM.
"never trust a big butt and a smile"-- Bell Biv DeVoe
If you're in your twenties and aren't a liberal, you have no heart. If you're in you're forties and aren't a conservative, you have no brain - Winston Churchill
It makes me want to home school my children... you can't trust many people these days.





I don't see a boss/intern relationship as being the same as a student/teacher relationship.



It's so gross that people can not leave children alone. Male or female why are adults having sex with children? Why would a teacher want to have sex with a student? Is that person's life so devoid of something that the person they desire is someone who depends on them for instruction to prepare them for life? This just makes me sick. 5 teachers last month alone were charged with sex with student back home? The only thing that makes me more angry is the way some female students throw themselves at teachers and then invent stories or have charges filed when the teacher behaves as an adult and does not respond to their advances.
Thank Goodness I smartened up! The old me is dead and gone.





An intern from a college is a student.
The supervisor or boss on the job is the teacher.
They're essentially the same thing. Would you seriously support the manager of a business who engaged is such behavior with an 18 to 20 yr old member of your family? A normal person would want to see him fired and brought up on charges if warranted regardless of extraneous facts like political affiliation..
"never trust a big butt and a smile"-- Bell Biv DeVoe
If you're in your twenties and aren't a liberal, you have no heart. If you're in you're forties and aren't a conservative, you have no brain - Winston Churchill
Agreed. Like a few others have said, I don't care how small the age difference is, I don't understand why an adult would want to have sex with a high schooler. I had so many friends in college who were dating/sleeping with high school girls who were 16/17 when they were 21/22. I just didn't understand... I didn't like high schoolers when I was in high school... what the hell is so appealing about them? I feel like they look younger and younger every year, so the only reason an adult would be attracted to them is some form of pedophilia... yeah, ok, I know that's pushing it. It's just how it comes across to me when I see and watch them look/act like little kids lol![]()
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