Should my gym teacher get in trouble for these comments?
Question Posted Sunday November 10 2013, 1:26 pm
so I have this gym teacher in high school teaching my gym class who is young, (younger than 30 I think) really pretty and good looking and red headed, and she teaches physical education and English and so we are doing the swimming unit and while in the pool she was walking around and she then said to me and some of my friends later when we were walking back to to change that she likes the swimming unit the most because she likes to look at all the male students without their shirts on in the water and she can see how fit you really are
the comment doesn't bother me in the slightest , but if some kid who was around me decides to go cry about it, will she get in trouble? I talked to a friend of mine about it (who wasn't there) and he says it is wrong and she should get in trouble but I don't see why, If she was actually doing anything then I would agree. I am not going to say anything, she is a really good and nice teacher and I will not get her in trouble
even if she does get in trouble, should she really
[ Answer this question ] Want to answer more questions in the Relationships category? Maybe give some free advice about: Work/School Relationships? adviceman49 answered Monday November 11 2013, 10:23 am: Twenty years ago nothing would be said of that comment. Today we are hung up on pedophilic teachers in our schools. While she may have meant nothing by what she said; and why wouldn't a physical Education teacher be interested in the fitness of her students. Today that statement could be grounds for dismissal and possibly the loss of her teaching license. Possible even a police investigation of her and even searching of her home and computer looking for child porn.
It would all depend on how you principal decides to handle this and if the boy who was upset by her statement complains to his parents. If he does and his parent file a complaint with the school then an investigation of the teacher has to be started and most likely a police investigation as well.
If a male teacher were to have said something to the effect; the he liked the swim class because it allowed him to see how well the young girls were developing. The same thing would happen to him if a complaint were to be filed. For today these comments are deemed inappropriate regardless of how benign they were intended. [ adviceman49's advice column | Ask adviceman49 A Question ]
lightoftruth answered Monday November 11 2013, 2:09 am: I saw this question a long time ago.
Anyways, she shouldn't be making comments like that. As for getting in trouble, she'll probably end up with a talking to with her boss and such.
I really don't know your school and to what extent they would take the comments. [ lightoftruth's advice column | Ask lightoftruth A Question ]
K3587 answered Sunday November 10 2013, 7:11 pm: Saying anything like that was a really bad plan on her part. Maybe nothing will come if it; maybe not. It could be an innocent (but dumb) statement, or it could be the precursor to the next sex scandal. If it's the latter, make sure you're the "victim". [ K3587's advice column | Ask K3587 A Question ]
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