I’ve come across on yet another news article about a female teacher ‘abusing’ one of her students.
See it here: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1901762,00.html
So, among all the nasty stuff that a parent has to worry about is his kid having sex and/or his kid having sex with a teacher.
I think that there are at least a couple of points that should be made:
1) The teacher should not do stuff like this. The relationship between student and teacher should not be sexual at any point in time. So point 1 is that probably these teachers do not understand ‘how teaching works’ and have some mental issues that went undiscovered.
2) The media report mostly cases in which female teachers are involved. WTF? If we were to believe stats in time.com that are only 10% of cases. Why? Simple, nobody finds something interesting in a male teacher abusing a student. Reactions range from: he should be put away for life for messing with that kid to he should have his balls cut off. In case of a female teacher the reactions are different. First thing you’re average Joe thinks about is: Is she hot? That lucky kid. So there are bonus points if she’s hot and simply removing here from the education system should be enough. On another part, there is the reactions of the ‘moms’: how can she do that to my kid? he will be scared for life. Of course your average Joe above will says that this will be a pleasant memory and the kid will brag about it probably for the rest of his life. He’ll top that off with the fact that the kid was having sex anyway with one of his female colleagues so, no harm done, right? So, why does the media choose to exploit such cases, fueling parents concernes and perverts dreams? Anything that will sell their newspaper, tv show, whatever crap they do. Really, really sad.
3)The Worried Parents that this that their kid is exposed to yet another dangerous thing. Here is a tip: A child is not a car you buy, fuel and take to service. It’s a 24/7 job. His education is the most important thing that should worry your. By talking and listening to your kid you can easily figure out what’s happening to him an inspire that level of trust needed for him to share ‘wrong’ things that are happening to him or around him. I know it’s easier to be outraged and blame everything on the horny teacher or the perverts that make and consume the media. Don’t be foolish. Don’t take the shortcut in things that matter most. Your child should be one of them.
And because I’m a SouthPark fan, here is an episode about precisely this subject:
http://www.southparkstudios.com/episodes/103798/