Teacher Sex Scandalls
...that some teachers have been using their position in authority to persuade youngsters into performing sexual acts. Prosecutors have stated that more teachers are abusing their position of authority, making it a crime, such as the case of Richard Neal Willetts; a 26-year-old man indicted for sexual acts performed on a minor while under his direct supervision. (KHNL.com, 2007) The heinous acts of these teachers are everlasting and leaving society with detrimental effects. Irregardless of where the responsibility falls; governments, communities and the general public should all come together to better educate and eliminate any possibilities of an adult utilizing his or her authoritative figure into manipulate the feeble minds of adolescents and stealing their innocence. While many individuals in authority have committed such acts, examining the lasting affects of those acts can be explored through case studies of educators who have used their position to manipulate young minds into participating in such acts.
Every time a new teacher/student sex scandal arises, the idea can be an overwhelming concept to grasp. 'Teachers are very extraordinary, and we place significant trust in them to do what is morally and ethically right.'(Grace, 2007). Teachers are paid to educate the youth, yet more and more scandals are finding their way into the halls of the educational system. Scandals surrounding teachers has become increasingly more prevalent, yet one must ask how an educator would find kids attractive, especially since many of those kids have barely gone through puberty. Furthermore and sadly enough, according to Steven B. Blum, psychologist for a sex offenders' program in Nebraska stated that male adolescents do not consider such acts as victimization but rather a blessing. It is in later years that those wounded become enlightened to the harm caused....
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