Posted on 10/13/2004 8:06:25 AM PDT by esryle
DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. (AP) -- An English teacher and cheerleading coach in Douglas County has been suspended without pay after being accused of having a sexual relationship with a teenage male student.
Authorities say they suspended the teacher identified as 27-year-old Kari McCarley at Alexander High School last week after another teacher overheard the boy talking about a relationship with McCarley.
McCarley was released from jail on bond.
From the extremely small story it is impossible to know what really happened. This could be some 17-18 year old kid who is worldly and aware and genuinely cares for this teacher.
Aside from the legality of the relationship, I would have no problem with that. When I was 17, I had a gorgeous female gym teacher I would have "had a relationship with" in a heartbeat. She was the stuff of my fantasies.
If, however, this is some 13-14 year old kid, I would have SERIOUS problems with that and would hope this teacher would never teach again.
We are drawing far too many conclusions based upon very sketchy information.
"Class...class...SHUT UP!!!"
Yes they are.
38 posted on 10/13/2004 8:42:14 AM PDT by r9etb
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"You're observing the same type of locker room talk that took place in 9th - 12th grade. Don't take it too seriously."
As the mother of a son who is entering into his teen years, I wasn't taking this conversation too seriously until I read your remark. We are no longer in the locker room as 9th - 12th graders....we are supposed to be adults and we are supposed to be capable of recognizing what is right and what is wrong.
It's called moral duplicity, MineralMan.
These are the same people that when a teen boy porks his hot female teacher, cheer for him and tell him to go grab a cold one, but when the roles invert (male teacher porks teen girl), rally the townsfolk to burn the guy alive.
A product of the societal hypocrisy of shielding girls from having sex at early ages, but encourage boys to be sexually active.
Student-teacher sex in high school is just plain wrong, no matter the gender of the involved.
Sure. I had a similar sort of teacher, with whom I'd have happily done the nasty.
HOWEVER.... This is not about what horny boys would do, but what an allegedly responsible adult is supposed to do. She should not have had sex with a student, regardless of age.
Exactly!!!
My younger sister and brother graduated from this school. As soon as I get some info on the boy's age, I'll post it.
I agree. But, depending on the details (which we don't know) she is either involved in a loving, caring relationship with a younger man, or she is a predatory ghoul raping and stealing the innocence of a young boy.
To see the TV report (which contains a picture) go to this site then follow the link to the news report on this specific story.
She is a teacher accused of having sex with a minor. That is statutory rape, and there's a reason why it's against the law.
If she wants a "loving, caring relationship" then she can wait until it's legal, and when she is not his legal guardian.
According to a local TV news report, the boy is 16.
According to several students interviewed, there's more than just this boy.
For what it's worth, the student was of consenting age for most of the countries in the world. Just pointing that out.
Exactly.
If that's the case, then I guess she won't be prosecuted for statutory rape. However, even then she has demonstrated that she is not qualified to be a teacher.
(If it's true that she has a husband and kids, she is also apparently not qualified to be a faithful wife and mother, either....)
The problem I have with your posts, though, is that you are de facto APPROVING of what's happened here. You can squirm around about it, but that's the bottom line -- sounds like a bit of vicarious wish-fulfillment from your own HS days.
He's 16 and apparently he isn't the only one this teacher has been teaching. She broke the law and should be held accountable.
Nonsense.
I just wanted to point out, to all those who were ready to burn her at the stake, that we don't have all the facts of the case. I am not approving of the "relationship" at all. It is immoral and it is adultery. It is also fornication. It is sin, to put it plainly.
I just refuse to buy the line that this guy is some sort of "abuse victim" when he has lived the fantasy of millions of boys his age.
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