re: Teacher defends sexual relationship with student by saying his grades improved

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I’m slowly starting to think that all high school teachers male and female are pedophiles. We probably only find out about 20 percent of relationships between teachers and students.

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Nope it’s really like 0.01% it’s just brought to light on the OT every single time one happens so it seems like a lot.

Unacceptable as a parent but as a male we all put ourselves in the students shoes and remember those days. Hilarious if you ask me.

So teenagers without fully developed brains, who are now exposed to constant psychological manipulation, are now more responsible for pedophiles abusing them?

This board loves blaming actual victims.

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Some kids are very grown up by 15-17

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No, even if you perceive it as such. Maybe they're just more mature relative to your other experiences with that age group.

a lot of teachers now seem to be pedophiles

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Teacher defends sexual relationship with student by saying his grades improved

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Wish my high school Spanish teacher would have cared this much about my grades.

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In today’s social media and technology world, both 15-17 year old girls and boys know exactly what they are doing in these cases.

Yes, the teachers are the adults and should know better, but it’s absurd to think these 15-17 year old girls and boys are little princes and princesses.

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How does this have so many upvotes? I thought most of you baws were parents.

Look man, it has nothing to do with whatever you imagine is the thought process or motivation of the minors involved. We don’t let minors make these kinds of decisions. Period. If you, as a grownup, spent some time around humans in this age group, it would be obvious why. This is as bad an argument as saying “well, he can read and write and he likes money so why can’t I enter into a contract with him”?

And in this case, it’s amplified by the shitty adult who is in a position of authority and is charged with the supervision of the minor she’s humping. It’s bad no matter the circumstance or how hot the “OT hard-leggers” think she is.

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I really think it's a form of arrested development. They go from high school to what's now a glorified high school (college) and end up immediately back in high school. Pedo is definitely a strong word for situations like this and I don't think it qualifies. I don't think it's something these teachers would ordinarily do, really.

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I think there might be something to this (based on what my wife tells me about younger staff at her HS). According to her, a lot of her younger colleagues operate a lot like the students in the building.

But…most of these people are not early-20 something’s. At least not the ones posted here. If it’s a 30-40 yo with a spouse and kids then they do not get any benefit of the doubt.

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In no way does that make it right, but problems aren't going to be solved by treating it the same way as a creepy ice cream man

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Oh I think that’s exactly what needs to happen.

I’m about as pro-woman as this board has to offer but they wanted work-place equality, well this is what it should look like.

And I get it, it’s most likely “easier” for a woman to slip down this awful slope (all she has to do is float the idea versus a man who probably has to do some creepy grooming). But the end result is the same and should be dealt with accordingly.

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a lot of teachers now seem to be pedophiles

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Now do "youth pastors"