[skimbell]

Forgot.

Pretty much...Guilty!

[Gaffer]

Having seen the picture, I’d have said “Guilty”. But for an 18 year old male, it wasn’t any different than hooking up with an older needy woman anywhere else...yeah! I know it’s sexist and I’d probably feel differently if the sexes were reversed, but that’s just the way it is -—— hormones....

[Pylon]

Haven’t any of these teachers watched TV or read the news in the last year or so and realized this is a bad idea? The good looking ones can always call me instead.

[buffyt]

The reason I don’t get all upset when a teacher has sex with a student, when I was a teen all the boys were always trying to have sex with the girls. You had to fight them off, we said they had Russian hands and Roman fingers. They were a bunch of hound dogs and it was like a battle to keep them off you. And I also saw high school senior girls throwing themselves at young male teachers. This was in the 1950s and 1960s. If it is violent rape, that is bad, but if it is just seduction, and they are 12 years old or older, no big deal. Girls used to be married by that age. My aunt was married at 16 and my mom at 19. And they were just little girls.

[Pylon]

BTW it says the kid was 18 so no child rape charges I guess.

[misterrob]

The kid is old enough to get married and vote as well as serve.

Fire her for breaking the rules but that’s all you can get here.

[airborne]

Look for many more reports like this, following the court decision that sex with an 18 year ols student is no longer illegal in Washington.

http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7013700410

[Dallas59]

[csvset]

Did Skip brag about shagging the teacher? Did she brag about snagging a young stud? They probably posted it on their Facebook or MySpace pages.

[2harddrive]

If the man was 18, why is that a crime?

[capt. norm]

I don’t think it is widely known outside Des Moines, that Dowling is a Catholic school.

[Taichi]

If he’s 18, is there a crime?

[The Great RJ]

Given that the student was presumably 18 at the time and more than likely consented to the act, I find it difficult to see where a crime was committed unless Iowa has some specific statute that criminalizes sex between students and teachers. Having lived in West Des Moines for many years, I am shocked that this occurred at the Catholic Dowling High School.