Big whoop.
There isn’t a single thing that this teacher is reported to have said that is inappropriate, yet Freepers are ready to torpedo his career with written complaints of sexual harassment. The hysteria here makes it sound like a liberal website, except we’re not even talking about thought crimes. Freepers are urging the teacher to be punished for the thought that there might be a thought crime being committed—or because of the thought that he maybe would commit a crime given the opportunity.
Women using that kind of threat to destroy careers only makes it harder for men to want to interact with them in a professional or educational environment at all.
If the girl’s parents insist, I’m sure she won’t be made to spend time with him alone—and they may just let her drop the class without the usual ding on her GPA.
Chill- No one is threatening to “torpedo anyone’s career”
the child is brave enough to tell her mother and others that something feels not right, and she just does not want to be in alone in one-on-one art sessions with this man
yet the school is forcing the issue
The school AND the teacher are not even willing to make a reasonable accomodation such as that classes be held when others are using the art lab. What kind of teacher or adult insists that a child be forced to continue in this uncomfortable situation and offers no alternative except threats?
As a Mom, in my mind that alone sets off distant alarm bells
Who is the bully here?