It appears I'm in the minority on this one:
An elementary school teacher has been charged with having sex with one of her students, a 13-year-old boy, at his home and at school, authorities said Tuesday.
Pamela Turner, 27, was charged Monday with 15 counts of sexual battery by an authority figure and 13 counts of statutory rape for acts between November and January.
Turner, who teaches physical education at Centertown Elementary, lived at the boy's house "for a brief period of time when she was moving from residence to residence," Warren County prosecutor Dale Potter said. The boy's parents did not know anything about the relationship, he said.
Let's get these out of the way off the bat:
"Man, where were the teachers like that when I was growing up?"
"All 13 year-old boys think about is sex anyway, what's the big deal?"
"That kid will forever be a stud to his friends."
I've heard variations on all of the following on different message boards, blogs, and in actual real-time conversation about this story, and it's bullshit. She was 27 fucking years old, he was barely a teenager. If the genders were reversed, everyone would be howling for the teacher to have his balls sawed off with a steak knife.
This isn't about having crushes on our teachers - I know I did - but whether or not everyone singing this poor kid's praises missed the part about this being an "elementary" school. We're not discussing a 17 year-old high school senior trysting with a teacher's aide, but contact between an alleged adult and a boy 14 years her junior who is still a couple years away from shaving.
The issue isn't if the boy enjoyed himself, but rather what the hell an adult woman was thinking when she abused her position by having sex with a child. "Hot for Teacher" fantasies aside, Turner is - if convicted - either a child sex abuser or a statutory rapist.
Conviction on all counts could be punished by up to 100 years in prison. But Potter said it was more likely that a conviction would mean a minimum of a year to several years in prison.
Everyone hooting about what a lucky SOB the boy in question is should think about how they'd feel if it was their son involved. Would you therefore not have a problem with a 27 year-old man having sex with your child?
Just asking.
Ew...I just...ew. Sadly, I never got to have any teacher crushes. St. John's wasn't really much good for hot teachers...actually there are some teachers that I find attractive now that I didn't then, but that doesn't really have anything to do with this post...so...yeah, I'll shut up.
OOOH OOOOH I did have a mega-crush on the TA that taught my stats class in college! Does that count? He was hot...
I wish i could think of cool double-standards like this.
but i wrote about NBN being bisexual. that's good, right?
Who thinks it's cool for a teacher to molest a student? Regardless of sexuality or gender?
If this is the story I remember, I do remember wondering what on earth was the matter with the woman. I think she's married, too.
Oh, and ditto that comment about the St. John's teachers. Although I did like one of them conversationally..
To Nicole: Yeah, I think now I would totally have a crush on Dr. Cook...ahh Orson, your little beard and biting wit are so very attractive...
:P
Thanks for saying that, Pete. I thought maybe it was just a girl thing that I was sickened by this.
Any lunkheaded male who thinks this is every young boy's dream doesn't remember anything about being a little 13 year old boy. He is a child, an awkward, vulnerable, confused preteen who's still trying to remember to brush his teeth and put deodorant on every morning! What the Hell is wrong with this teacher and what the Hell is wrong with these neanderthals who think sex between a grown woman and a little boy is anything but criminal and perverted?! OK, I'll stop screaming now. GAAAAAAAAKKKKK!!
AMEN....I know this girl very well and I found it shocking to hear from her estranged husband. Being a friend and female, I didn't want to believe it and blamed it on everyone else but her....BUT, I find it hard to believe given the circumstances and some other information heard that she didn't do it. It is devistating more to me that so many chat and blogs have centered around "hot for teacher" and "I want to be her parole officer" and "free Pamela" BS. It is incomprehensible that she did something like this and even more that sick men out there are getting off on this. All I have to say is THIRTEEN!!!!!!!
What is a 13 year old doing in an elementary school? He should be in 8th grade at a junior or middle school!
"What is a 13 year old doing in an elementary school? "
In the absence of social promotion, he's been kept back a year pr two. It's one of the reasons that elementary teachers aren't as wild about keeping kids back as they might otherwise be. Pregnant elementary school students are tough to deal with.
Apparently I have not been reading the same blogs as you. Feel free not to point me toward them.
If these allegations are true, this woman has sexually abused a child and should be punished as such.