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Title: Streetsville teacher gets probation after relationship with student
Category: Law & Order
Posted By: SigPig
Date: 2009-09-14 20:46:07
Canadian

[SigPig]

So looks like things at my old high school are staying rather interesting. I remeber this teacher, never saw this coming.

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[Brenda]

Thats why the age of consent should be 16.
She'd still lose her job, because you cannot have a relationship with a student, but a sex-offence? Hardly, as far as I am concerned.

[SigPig]

Brenda Brenda:

Thats why the age of consent should be 16.
She'd still lose her job, because you cannot have a relationship with a student, but a sex-offence? Hardly, as far as I am concerned.

Ya I also didn't like how they kept referring to the student as "the victim". I am pretty sure she was willing for the whole thing.

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[gonavy47]

Mr_Canada Mr_Canada:

I agree with both of you.

I understand the protection laws and such. Built to protect.

But the age the girl was at was certainly past the age of innocence.

A lot of what happens with these teacher student scandals is severely wrong.

But some of the punishments are both ridiculous and life-destroying for a completely consensual act(s)...

This was a breach of the public trust,and should be dealt with severely. The teacher was in a position of power and responsibility. She took advantage of a developing youth for her own sexual gratification. This will take years for the student to deal with. A child can't give consent. Period.

[gonavy47]

SigPig SigPig:

So looks like things at my old high school are staying rather interesting. I remeber this teacher, never saw this coming.

You are from my old stomping grounds, way before it became part of Mississauga.

[Lemmy]

This is text-book (pardon the pun) Sexual Exploitation. There can be no consent in a student-teacher relationship, regardless of age.

[Brenda]

gonavy47 gonavy47:

Mr_Canada Mr_Canada:

I agree with both of you.

I understand the protection laws and such. Built to protect.

But the age the girl was at was certainly past the age of innocence.

A lot of what happens with these teacher student scandals is severely wrong.

But some of the punishments are both ridiculous and life-destroying for a completely consensual act(s)...

This was a breach of the public trust,and should be dealt with severely. The teacher was in a position of power and responsibility. She took advantage of a developing youth for her own sexual gratification. This will take years for the student to deal with. A child can't give consent. Period.

17 is not a child anymore. I lived on my own when I was 17. Please.

[raydan]

Brenda Brenda:

gonavy47 gonavy47:

Mr_Canada Mr_Canada:

I agree with both of you.

I understand the protection laws and such. Built to protect.

But the age the girl was at was certainly past the age of innocence.

A lot of what happens with these teacher student scandals is severely wrong.

But some of the punishments are both ridiculous and life-destroying for a completely consensual act(s)...

This was a breach of the public trust,and should be dealt with severely. The teacher was in a position of power and responsibility. She took advantage of a developing youth for her own sexual gratification. This will take years for the student to deal with. A child can't give consent. Period.

17 is not a child anymore. I lived on my own when I was 17. Please.

I know, but age doesn't matter here.
Maybe it shouldn't be criminal, but the schools cannot tolerate this from teachers.
Most or all universities frown on teacher/student relationships, even if the student is 18+.

[Brenda]

raydan raydan:

Brenda Brenda:

17 is not a child anymore. I lived on my own when I was 17. Please.

I know, but age doesn't matter here.
Maybe it shouldn't be criminal, but the schools cannot tolerate this from teachers.
Most or all universities frown on teacher/student relationships, even if the student is 18+.

Oh I totally agree with you on that one. But it is not a sex offence imo. That ruins her life. And it was consentual.
That the school fires her, fine. But a sex offender? No. That puts her in the same category as a brutal rapist, who likes to sodomise his/her victim, and does all cruel things. She definitely didn't.

[gonavy47]

The age of the student doesn't matter. It's the area of public trust that does. When I was a student, teaching was regarded as a profession. From what I've seen in the past ten years, it's just another union job.

[Brenda]

gonavy47 gonavy47:

The age of the student doesn't matter. It's the area of public trust that does. When I was a student, teaching was regarded as a profession. From what I've seen in the past ten years, it's just another union job.

The AGE of the student is what gives her the sex-offender name. Not the fact she was a student. That only costs her her job. So, yes, age (of consent) does matter.
The AGE of the student makes it a crime. Don't be ignorant.

[gonavy47]

I TEACH harrassment and abuse prevention in the Canadian Cadet Movement. If the student is under the age of consent, then it is considered sexual abuse. If she is over the age of consent, then it is considered to be sexual harrassment, only if the acts are unwanted. There is no longer a rape charge in Canadian law. The charge is sexual assault. It does not matter whether the offender raped the person or just touched them, the charge is the same. It also doesn't matter what the age of the student was, as the teacher was in a position of authority. Know the facts before you call someone ignorant of the law.