Student-Teacher Relationships
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A couple of quick facts.
UK age of consent is 16, having sex with an underage person makes you eligible for the sex offenders register.
Teachers having a sexual relationship with a student (im talking 16+ students, people in college) are also liable to be put on the sex offenders register.
Seems to be a bit of a discrepancy to me.
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Thing is that teachers are in a postion of trust and that is deemed to be worse because their position.
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I dont think thats enough to make them eligible for the sex offenders register though.
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Eh Remus, you are not by any chance a teacher are you?
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Student
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you don't have a crush on a teacher do you?
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nope, i just heard it on the radio this morning and was thinking about it.
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Remus,
Now imagine if this was your teacher
Debra Lafave a school teacher that had sex with a 14 year old student, busted when he started bragging about it.
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No thanks. i prefer women who dont fondle automotive spares in their free time.
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I'm not going to go to much into it, But I could never understand how women is poses with Cars could be extra attractive, Unless you're like this guy who "did it" with 1000 cars...
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How the hell do you make love with a car?! Humping the exhaust?
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Sounds like someone is Hot For Teacher
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@hfm said:
How the hell do you make love with a car?! Humping the exhaust?
That is the first thing I wondered... Plus, isn't an exhaust kind of... Sharp?
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stands back and watches thread drifting off topic
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Anyway back to topic.
Trust is a big thing. Parents trust the school and teachers to keep their children safe while they at school. Its the same with youth workers and nurses, policeman etc thats why in this country we have the Criminal Record Check.
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While on the topic check out this Swedish film called All Things Fair.
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The CRB checks, while basically a good idea have simply turned into a free lunch for jobsworthy civil servants to justify their existence.
I used to be in teaching, so I'd already been CRBed. You'd think that if you were clean, that would be it....much too simple for the civil service.
I'm also in the local Rotary club. It turns out we need to be rechecked for each and every involvement we have with the "vulnerable".
So you deliver parcels of Christmas goodies to needy old folk...CRB check. You chauffeur underpriviliged kids to the zoo...CRB check.
Organise a day out for the old or disabled...CRB check. Just how many times do you need to prove yourself "clean"...and is it any wonder there's a backlog?Back to the original question. Yes, I think that's fair. Teachers hold a position of both responsibility and authority, so such safeguards need to be in place to prevent abuse of such a position. Any genuine relationship is going to stand the test of time. All that is required to circumvent the discrepancy is that either the teacher or the student move somewhere else....something that the student will inevitably do anyway.
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@alan fraser said:
I used to be in teaching, so I'd already been CRBed. You'd think that if you were clean, that would be it....much too simple for the civil service.
I'm also in the local Rotary club. It turns out we need to be rechecked for each and every involvement we have with the "vulnerable".
So you deliver parcels of Christmas goodies to needy old folk...CRB check. You chauffeur underpriviliged kids to the zoo...CRB check.
Organise a day out for the old or disabled...CRB check. Just how many times do you need to prove yourself "clean"...and is it any wonder there's a backlog?I agree, why can't we have one check evry three years and that is it. I'm a youth leader at church and a youth leader at a summer camp i need two different checks.
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On the subject of CRB checks, ive been CRBed a few times, and im only 17.
Back on topic, alan, i agree that measures need to be taken to prevent the abuse of the authority that teachers hold, although i think this should be an internal matter, to be dealt with by the schools, rather than a matter for the courts.
Putting someone on the sex offenders list can severely restrict your choice of job, and i think thats disproportionate to the 'offence' that has been committed.
p.s. Im refering to relationships between otherwise legal people, not the abuse of under age children.
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Hehe, I married a former student, so I'm now keeping quiet.
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