Posted on 05/10/2002 3:03:53 PM PDT by moyden
Men should not be allowed to teach elementary school. Too many of them are pedophiles.
Soon to be had, I'm guessing.
As for your other comment, it's wrong. There's no widespread problem with men in elementary school classrooms; the problem is much more one of perception -- some people will view any man who can get along with kids as a pedophile.
flea????
My company does a pretty thorough background check on all prospective employees. Every county they've lived, worked, or went to school going back a certain # of years is checked. We do a social security trace to pick up additional addresses (and to make sure they have a valid SS#). The cost averages about $100 per applicant. Some people try to cover their tracks, but most do not.
It's money well spent, and I'm shocked (but perhaps not surprised) that not every school district in the country doesn't do at least a cursory background check.
I'm not a sue-happy person by any stretch of the imagination, but if I were the parents of these girls, I would sue the district for negligent hiring practices.
(I just had a horrifying thought--they could have done a background check and knowingly hired a flasher as a teacher. Even worse!!!)
Don't be too sure. If she stuck with him after he was arrested for public indecency, she might stick with him for the long haul. Denial, you know. But then again, maybe she'll dump him. I wouldn't let my husband touch me ever again if I knew he'd had his filthy hands on little girls in that way.. I'd be outta there.
Where is the context? WHAT PROPORTION of all public school teachers have been arrested for child sexual abuse, as compared to Catholic priests? The press is gleefully reporting the proportion of Catholic priests apparently involved in such reprehensible activities. Is it avoiding the proportion of public school teachers BECAUSE IT IS HIGHER, meaning a greater risk to children?
Likewise, although the lamestream media regularly condemn the policy of the Boy Scouts to exclude homosexual adult leaders, it has never reported the percentage of Scoutmasters who are engaged in sexual child abuce. Is it avoiding the proportion of Scout leaders BECAUSE IT IS LOWER, showing that the Scout policy of protecting the boys is exactly right?
Remember the story some years ago of a fisherman on a boat who was killed by a falling cow? The cow had been pushed out of a plane. The point is, where is the context? "Fisherman Killed by Falling Cow," that's an interesting story precisely because it has never happened before. "Man Killed by Speeding Automobile," is an important story, because it happens hundreds of times a year. It will happen again. To some extent, it is preventable.
Well, dammit, sexual abuse of children by public school teachers also happens hundreds of times a year. This is not a single, criminal instance. It is part of a pattern of behavior. Reporters! Editors! Report the pattern -- what proportion? How often? How much risk to children?
Once the people have the facts, THEY will decide what is necessary to solve the problem in the public schools. One answer is to kick the National "Edukashun" Association out of the nation's schools. But we can't have that, now can we? So, I guess we can't be trusted with the facts that might lead to that result.
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What was it? Intergenerational sexual relations?
SEXUAL DEVIANTS rarely rehabilitate. I say kill them, but society won't, so they ought to at least put them away where they won't be able to prey on kids again.
I clicked on your name, and read the list of "teacher-sexual abuse" articles. Have you done a Google search, or whatever, that would provide context? In other words, what percentage of the universe of public school teachers were arrested for child sexual abuse over the last year? How does that compare with the percentage of Catholic priests arrested for the same thing over the same period?
You might be more than halfway to being able to answer these questions. And if you're using Google search, you could throw in the porportion of Boy Scout leaders, as well. From anecdotal evidence, I feel certain that the risk of sexual child abuse will be highest for public school teachers, middle for priests, and lowest for Scout leaders.
But on this point, to get it published in some part of the lamestream media, anecdotal evidence is worthless. Hard, supportable numbers are what is required.
Congressman Billybob
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