IMHO, any sexual relationship between a teacher and a student, no matter
> what genders, is totally inappropriate, at least at the high school level.
> Speaking as a retired schoolteacher, I know how poignantly tempting such
> relationships can be. But to enter into physical intimacy with a student has
> to be dangerous if not damaging because it bends the limits that shape the
> teacher-student relationship. Adolescents need limits that are clear and
> firm, not only to rebel against, but to provide psychological safety. The
> limits that circumscribe relationships with their teachers are among the
> most important in most students' lives. Any teacher who has sex with his/her
> student puts that student in danger, which contravenes one of the highest
> core values of any school -- safety.
>
> Pip Moss
> I used to feel cheap 'cause I had no signature.
Thanks, Pip for reminding a couple of dirty old men that adolescent fantasies shouldn't be realised. Something like that can warp a young life completely. Now, if one can convince one's significant other to play 'Teacher' someday.....
Bill Banaszak, MFE