Should a grade school teacher held responsible for a young girl getting raped on the school playground?
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highly likely, but there are several variables that must be questioned.\n\nI would get a really good attorney if I were you
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Yes\n\nWell, if they are like pedophiles, then definitely\n\nIf it was like an accident mistake type thing, then no.
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Whether or not you can get into trouble, you need to figure out what's best for this little girl.\n\nYou could certainly get into trouble if the mom spins a different story of why you have this girl.  Also-- if you were to leave this child alone you could be guilty of endangerment-- she's not old enough to look after herself.\n\nHowever, I don't believe you have a "duty" or reponsibility to report the rape, as someone above suggested. Unless you are an employee of the state, are  a social worker, doctor or attorney, no such duty exists. That said, it's not a bad idea-- however, if you follow my advice, the police will certainly be involved anyway.\n\nYour best move is to call child protective services in your state to advise them of this situation. While not a perfect agency, they generally mean well, and will try to protect this girl from being in harm's way. This is not your problem, and you should not put yourself in a bad situation just because this little girl is in one.
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HELL NO she should not be fired for doing this, and this moral prissiness and fake outrage are indicative that people STILL stereotype teachers in a way that NO OTHER profession gets stereotyped.  Who would care if your banker made a porno?  Who would care if your plumber, your hairdresser, or anyone in any other field did this, and then went on with his/her life and went into a completely different career?  NO, she should ABSOLUTELY NOT be punished for actually being a woman and having a sexual side to her, and that's the real situation here.  \n\nIt pisses me off as a teacher NO END when I hear this kind of crap because it's all about people's limited, narrow ideas of what teachers are, and what they're supposed to act like.  DAMN AND BLAST this nonsense!  What BeckyW said was a load of crap, too.  You don't need to look at this from a parent's point of view; or rather, that particular parent might open up her mind a little and understand that none of us -- not one! -- are paragons of virtue.  We are all sexual beings, and our jobs have not a damn thing to do with this.  People may have many careers in their lives.  \n\nWhat bothers me is the mean, vindictive spirit behind all of this.  If I read the question correctly, some boys (in her class?) found the video.  Nice use of research skills, buttheads.  Sigh.  Let's turn this question around and shine a spotlight on the people who most need to answer for their behavior: the EXTORTIONISTS and BLACKMAILERS -- these boys -- who dug into her past without any known provocation, found this, and then used it to exploit her, embarrass her, make her uncomfortable, and make her professional life very iffy and uncertain.  Why?  Why in God's name would someone stoop so low, and do something so rude, obnoxious, stupid, hurtful and insensitive?  \n\nCan we please just stop, stop, STOP blaming the victim here?  Look instead at these idiots who started this whole mess.  It seems to me that because this woman is actually a functional human female who actually enjoys her sexuality, this is a threat to some people, especially immature s-h-i-theads who have nothing else better to do than to ruin someone's life for NO GOOD REASON.  \n\nSpeaking as a teacher and addressing those who said she actually needed to be fired, and speaking as someone who has a private life, get off your damn high horse.  I'm not addressing the person who asked this question when I say this; I'm addressing the prissy moralists out there who need to pull their heads out of their a-s-s-e-s.  \n\nQuit with the fake moral outrage.  Live in THIS century and THIS decade.  Realize that your job has nothing to do with your private life.  Realize that no one ever needs to be exploited and blackmailed professionally for something that happened YEARS ago.  \n\nIf anyone should pay for this, it's these boys who did this horrible, exploitative, mean-spirited, rude, obnoxious thing to this innocent professional who is there to make a difference.  \n\nAnd oh yeah, by the way... it's not a crime, morally or legally or socially, to have a dayjob and an active sex life.  \n\nCheers, K who is against stereotyping and stupidity
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Talk to a counsellor or the principal at the school.  They have to know when a teacher is mistreating a student,  It needs to be dealt with by the principal for the safety of the students.
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Nah, I think it is crazy to think that you (or whomever!) would be punished for being raped by an underage person. It isn't as if you initiated the sex and it was non-consensual so you really couldn't be prosecuted.
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They do that in many countries.  But I don't think that that would be the proper punishment for theft.  Now, if someone sexually molests a child, yes, their hands should be cut off.  Along with other body parts.
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some boys are innocent. some girls are innocent. so the answer is: Either. or neither. it depends.
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i believe that the difference is that rape involves penetration. molestation is just touching without permission. either way its a police matter and they should be consulted
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I agree that teacher's should be held responsible to an extent.  You have to take into consideration that a child's education has 3 influential factors, the teacher, the parents and the student.  Most teachers (the ones that are in teaching because its their calling) do their best do get students to learn.  From working with them individualy, tutoring during free time and after school.  But when a student does not put forth the effort and he does not have parental support at home there is only so much a teacher can do.  By the way teachers do not get high salaries, they do not get paid like the educated professionals they are.
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HUGE deal...If you're teaching you're in a position of power, it doesn't matter if the student is the one who "made the first more" or not. Your judgement is being trusted by parents and school officals. If you're smart enough to teach a class, then you should be smart enough to know better than to have sex with anyone under your authority.
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I think this is not the teacher's job, unless they can be certain that there is clear and present danger.\nBut, I would call the police, give them the vehicle license plate and if you know the home address of the driver/children.
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Honey, please don't listen to what the first person wrote. You are not required to dress "conservetly" in order to have an expectation of being free from rape. It is not how a girl/woman dresses which determines if she may become a rape victem, OK? Nothing you do or don't do would make it your fault some sick perverted A-hole rapes. Rape has nothing to do with sex, but everything to do with power and controll.\n\nNow, if you have real concerns about somebody hurting you at school, home or in your neighborhood, I suggest you go and talk to a school official right away. The school counselor would be a good person, or a teacher who you feel safe with or another person you have trust for. If you are safe at home, then I suggest strongly you discuss your fears with your parents. If you have good, decent, hardworking and loving parents, they would want you to take these fears to them. If you were my daughter and had these worries I would want you to come and talk to me.\n\nIf somebody has already touched you in a way you know you should not be touched, it is not your fault. Often those who do things wrong want those they did it to thinking they are responsible for what happened. This is to get you to stay quiet and not tell anyone what happened. Sometimes they will even threaten more harm to you or to harm your family. This is 99% of the time just a threat to get you to stay quiet. If you stay quiet though, they will think they can do this to you again, and maybe do more the next time.\n\nIt sounds like somebody has already done something innapropreate. It sounds like you need some help in getting away from this person. I really srtongly advise you to go to your parents or somebody in charge at school right away. I mean as soon as you read this. \n\nIt is NOT your fault, even if you kept quiet for a time or if you did not scream, or even if you were curious what it might be like. You are a young kid and anybody who would do such a thing took advantage of your young age. That is NOT your fault. It is normal to be curious, all kids are, but that is why it is so wrong for older people to touch kids in innapropriate manners. It is taking advantage of a normal curiousity kids have, normal developmental curiousness. While it is OK to be curious it is NOT OK for anybody to do anything innapropriate with a girl your age. OK? So don't feel any shame if something already happened. Just go and tell somebody so this person can't do anything more to you or to anybody else your age. You need to be reasrred that ALL the fault lies with anybody who would do anything remotely sexual with a girl your age. You are way too young for this sort of behaviors. You are an innocent kid and do not deserve to fear anything or anybody. \n\nI seriously believe something has already happened or you would not be so afraid of rape at your age. Kids your age just don't go around fearing rape for no reason at all. Unless somebody older in your family has put this fear in your head. If so, I want you to understand that there are not really that many bad people in the world. \n\nI will not tell you there are no bad people in the world. You know very well there are. However, there are just way more good, decent, kind, caring, hardworking people than bad people who hurt kids. Even amoung bad people, people who hurt kids are thought of as the worst sort of bad person. Even amoung bad people, people who go to jail for doing bad things, dislike those who would hurt kids. Those who hurt kids have to be kept away from the other people who did bad things, or those others will try to hurt the bad person who hurt kids. So, while there are people who break our laws, people who do some bad things, the number of them who hurt kids is much smaller than you think.\n\nNow, this does not mean there are not people who hurt children out there. There is. But if you take some safety percautions you should be fine. OK? If you don't go out after dark by your
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There are more unconvicted pedophiles walking about and working in the school system unbeknownst to anyone.  Although convicted, rights are still granted to them with strict rules about distance to children, etc.  Each city and state makes those laws, so I would encourage you to seek legislation about the matter depending on where you live.  In my opinion, pedophiles should be inhumanely sent to an island in the middle of nowhere with nothing but a volleyball for a companion.
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No, that's statutory rape. Legally, a minor is not old enough to consent.
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Wow - I didnt know this.\n\nIf its true then it would be an isolated incident and I think punishing the majority from having fun because of an idiotoc minority is not fair.\n\nAs long as this youth is convicted and given an appropriate punishment such that justice is done then fine, plus it will serve as an example to others of what will happen if you choose to harm others with fireworks or otherwise.
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What they say is true, although it's stupid.  If they catch them, of course they can try that, but you can tell them that it was self defence.  If you didn't do that, it could have been worse.  You wouldn't want to be a victim of a serious sexual crime, would you?  So you did the right thing.  You can accuse them for indecent behaviour in public if they try to accuse you for assault.