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This teacher demonstrated an exceedingly poor lack of prudence and discretion. To place one’s self alone with a minor is the ultimate formula for disaster. The damning part is her telling the student that her "tubes were tied" does not bode well for her credibility or chastity.

I’ve heard of “come hither looks� but that’s a new one on me. In addition, if the student did force her by virtue of his size, why did she not scream for help or make some effort to fend off his advances? Did the student have scratches, cuts or bruises which would indicate some struggle on her part?

The jury will decide her fate, aas she has already decided her family’s fate however both individuals are a fault for this "cluster foxtrot." Above all the school administration should be taken to task for this matter as well.

It's sad all the unusually atractive female teachers that are chasing after high school boys. They have almost all been pretty women. Why don't they chase after men their own age? I don't understand the whole sleeping with minors and going to jail when you have women like Pamela Rogers that could have most any mand she wanted... I don't get it I guess.

JadedGigi wrote:

It's sad all the unusually atractive female teachers that are chasing after high school boys. They have almost all been pretty women. Why don't they chase after men their own age? I don't understand the whole sleeping with minors and going to jail when you have women like Pamela Rogers that could have most any mand she wanted... I don't get it I guess.

Technically it's called a "Cougar." (North America,“slang”)“A woman of middle age who actively seeks the casual, often sexual, companionship of younger males, typically less than 30 years old; by implication of “sexual predator”. It would appear that this "teacher's" beauty had begun to wither under the undeniable fate of age, husband and children.

Yes she is a very attractive woman, but therein lays the “snare.” In her mind she may have been 18 again and able to have any man she desired. Time is a cruel master and maybe she looked in the mirror and saw a visage not so lovely, not so adoring and not as young as she once was.

To compensate for her perceived inadequacies, she sought to ensnare a young man and by the enchantment of his strength, size and looks, she was able for that brief and shining moment, relive the glory days of her youth. No flower is meant to bloom forever and as she saw her petals wither she wanted more than anything to invigorate them with the joy of youth fullness that had passed her as "all glory is fleeting."

A woman does not have to be eternally youthful to be beautiful to make her attractive. That is pure vanity which fades daily like the setting sun. A woman of beauty can be identified by her grace, demeanor, prudence and self-sufficiency throughout all of her years. This is the beauty of a woman which does not fade or grow old. It is a sad story and I hope she is given a great deal of mercy for this “faux-pas.”

The young man however should be rebuked harshly for ruining her life, the life of her husband and children. There are consequences for everything you do and he should not go away unscathed. It may be a conquest to him, but there should also be other concerned father’s as well. She was not his wife and he should have respected those boundaries and at the very least himself as well.

this woman allowed her lust to get the better of her. That is poor judgement. I've yet to hear what her cockolded husband and her chilren have to say about her and what she did. They are the real victims in this case. If she didn't find her husband sexually satifying, she should have told him in a compassionate manner and asked for a divorce. I would not blame her husband if he divorced her an got sole custody of the children and total possesion of the home I assume he bought. She should be given the same sentence as any man would and be required to register as a sex offender for life. What she did was horrible. She brought shame and disgrace to innocent people. As for the boy, he should be given couseling and receive victim's services, as he was a minor when she preyed upon him by taking advantage of his hormonal driven sexuality.

Sharon wrote:

this woman allowed her lust to get the better of her. That is poor judgement. I've yet to hear what her cockolded husband and her chilren have to say about her and what she did. They are the real victims in this case. If she didn't find her husband sexually satifying, she should have told him in a compassionate manner and asked for a divorce. I would not blame her husband if he divorced her an got sole custody of the children and total possesion of the home I assume he bought. She should be given the same sentence as any man would and be required to register as a sex offender for life. What she did was horrible. She brought shame and disgrace to innocent people. As for the boy, he should be given couseling and receive victim's services, as he was a minor when she preyed upon him by taking advantage of his hormonal driven sexuality.

I agree with you about her bad judgment and whatever really happened she should have gone to her husband from day one. I'm not here to be her judge. If she had sex with him on her free will then she was TOTALLY wrong.

But I totally disagree with this boy being a "victim". This boy was the QB for the football team and from what several other students at the same school says he walked around as if he was God and he didn't answer to anyone. We all know how the sport players seem to get away with more.

As a minor it was WRONG for this teacher to have sex with him. If he did force her then he should be in jail. This boy used him having sex to get test answers ahead of time, he used him having sex to get this teacher to mark him in class when he wasn't. This boy was smart enough to use HIS bad behavior for his own life. Now to me he was no victim, he wasn't raped, HE decided to have sex, NO EXCUSSES for him either. If he robbed, raped or committed another crime he would be charged as an adult. If he broke into YOUR home and stole your belongings and hit you in the head on the way out would it be ok because he was a minor? If this 17 yr. had sex with your 14 yr. old daughter would it be ok because he has a youthful sex drive he DOESN'T want to control?

I'm really sick of how these underage kids are doing THEIR crimes and getting into THEIR troubles and then trying to use the " I'm a minor". If he were my child he WOULD NOT have his car for a while, he WOULD have taken the test over that HE cheated on, and he would have been grounded. Yes I might take him to a talk to someone about why HE did the things HE did.

IN NO way am I making any excusses for the teacher, it WAS WRONG.

You do things in this life that seem right, advantageous, or just good at the time, but years later, if you have a conscience, they haunt you for the answers you will never find

She was another man's wife. This young man should have respected those boundaries if he was a man. He was not, and she was not a good teacher. The price they will both pay will be as strong as “Four winds that blow cold." Evil is like writing a bad check, it will come due and you will have to pay the consequences plus penalties.

Pray for mercy for them both. This is a bitter story with no winners. Pray that the husband can forgive his wife and that their children will be stronger with this trial. There is no replacement for “Mommy” and “Daddy.” There are no perfect people except hypocrites. She made a terrible mistake, and the young man showed his ignorance by taking another man’s wife. Their “sins are upon their own heads” and let that be their punishment.

this is another example of the "gender raunch culture" that is so prevelant these days.

The boy allowed his hormones to get control over him. He thought with his little head not his big head. The teacher didn't help.

Just another story of our times. Just another
story of where we have no boundries and laws
that are to be ignored. The adage "If it feels
good-it's OK" is alive and growing.

Freethinker wrote:

Just another story of our times. Just another
story of where we have no boundries and laws
that are to be ignored. The adage "If it feels
good-it's OK" is alive and growing.

It was called "liberation".

She was the wrong one. She was the adult, the trusted authority figure, and the married woman. He is a pubscent teenager. What teenage boy wouldn't jump on the opportunity? He didn't do anything that any other teenage boy wouldn't do. He doesn't understand the sanctity of marriage yet. I know I didn't when I was that age. It isn't until you get married that you realize how important and valuable it is to be able to trust your partner and know that they would resist those temptations and respect others marriages. He is just a young kid. Down the road he will realize the damage that has been done to her family but for now he isn't going to see it. She should be punished severely. A man would. If it was a 17 year old cheerleader and a 30 year old married man would we be saying it is her fault and she ruined their marriage? no we would say that it is his fault and he should go to jail. Also, the term "cougar" refers to a 50+ year old woman. She wasn't a cougar. She wasn't too terribly much older than he was. That's why young teachers shouldn't be working in high schools. They are too close to the student's ages. They should be in elementary schools where the temptation isn't there for the teachers or students. Putting 20 something year old kids in there teaching 17 year old kids is just asking for problems.