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Thursday, August 31, 2006
John Mark Karr - A Teacher For Your Kids? A former Ashville, Alabama high school teacher is accused of raping a 15 year old student in June of 2005 and faces charges of second-degree rape, second-degree sodomy and second-degree sexual abuse if convicted. During the second day of Donnie McKay's trial, he testified they were "friends" but there wasn't any inappropriate behavior. He didn't dispute the 688 cell phone calls between him and the girl from February to June of last year. August 30, 2006 A Southwestern Kentucky high school teacher was arrested yesterday afternoon and charged with third-degree rape. He was let out on a 200-thousand dollar bond today. August 29, 2006 Kenneth Thompson Anderson, a teacher in Tennessee, faces 25 counts of felony sex crimes: three charges of rape; 13 counts of statutory rape; and nine counts of sexual battery by an authority figure. 24 Feb 2006 A Laurens, S.C. elementary school teacher was arrested Friday and charged with two counts of criminal sexual conduct with a minor after a parent claimed the woman had sex at the school with one of her 11-year-old students. The list goes on and on. A US Department of Education study released in June last year found that 7 percent of pupils were victims of physical or sexual abuse by teachers or other school employees. If the average class size is 30 students, statistics say that two of those students will be victims of some type of abuse. Possibly, even sexual abuse. Teacher or sexual predator, wanted and/or known by the police at the time, male or female, the same name fits them all: pedophile. An exclusive pedophile is attracted to children only, while the non-exclusive is attracted to both children and adults. Believing that they aren't doing anything harmful, the pedophile continues abusing until caught. After all, in their mind, they are doing nothing wrong and refuse to take responsibility for their behavior. That, and the fact that the sexual preference involves children make pedophiles treatable but not curable. So, what do we do about teachers that are also pedophiles? One must argue the fact that not all teachers are sexually attracted to children. The second argument centers around the problem of being reactive, rather than proactive. Although we can look at traits and behaviors, past transgressions that are suspect and give a battery of tests, nothing can determine if an educator is, or ever will be, a pedophile. The only thing these items can accomplish is to violate civil rights. The bottom line is, these cases should never happen but they do and we report them. We report them because they shock us and make us shake our head in disbelief. It's time we report them for people to take action. Blogger News Network is advertiser-supported, and your visits to our advertisers help BNN to meet its expenses. Help keep us afloat! posted by M. Lanphier at 7:53 PM |
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