WTF is wrong with you? What if they need to contact them for an assignment. Youre telling me that if a teacher texted "hello" to a student thye should be fired and punished

No, absolutely not. I'm a teenager from a pretty messed up family and the only person I really trust is one of my teachers at school. Sometimes I've been in situations where I've needed to call my teacher outside of school and she's always been there for me. We have a purely platonic relationship and I'd hate for some crazy teachers to force a negative stigma on those truly there to help students.

this story is true, it happened or is happening here in Texas in the Valley, I saw the news just like 2 days ago

Even if the teacher is well intended, he is clearly innapropriate and crossing boundaries. I understand that sometimes teachers want to "give a little extra" for a student they connect with, but doing that in a secretive way is what seems sketchy. When people cross boundaries and hide their behavior, it is something to pay attention to.

Jorge - IF a teacher feels it necessary to communicate with a child about an assignment - they would call during the evening, when the parents are home and at the HOME number. No teacher should be asking to meet a student and for the student to keep it secret from anyone: and I quote "I don't want her to find out, I don't want her to get hurt. I need to see you" Sorry that sounds a wee bit less than a "professional call about homework".

You really are a moron

Most Americans do not realize that EVERYDAY teachers are arrested for sex crimes against students.

This MUST stop.

www,TeacherCrime.com

I am a teacher, too. And as much as I care about my students, I care about covering my ass, too. In this day and age, one has to find the appropriate channels in which to support the kids, even the ones who need special help.

Tamyu, well said but you have to admit this ones a little fishy.

I understand if the girl feels only confident with the teacher and may need to talk to him, but there are appropriate times to talk to and better of if they do it at school and in person. If there is really big trouble going on with the girl as a teacher he should notified the parents to get involve and he should step out. This guy is a teacher thus he should have more common sense. I myself would question it more if he is doing this with all the students, thus would show that he is been a caring teacher trying to help not just one student but all his students that need him, but if he is doing this only with one student, I would be very suspicious about it. He should draw a line between student and teacher. She is his student and he is the teacher, there are not classmates but they are acting like it.

I am a teacher, too, and I find it incredibly egotistical of any teacher to think that they are the only ones that can help a child in distress. Yes, I care about the children, most of us in the profession do -- however, it is our job to educate them according to our state's standards of learning. I don't care what the situation is -- it's not appropriate for any teacher to have a personal relationship with a student for any reason; be it male or female student or male or female teacher. In any school district, there are counselors, social workers, and psychologists. There are also many outside agencies that are affiliated with school districts that are there to intervene when necessary. Not to mention the fact that these students all have PARENTS! Granted, sometimes the problem is the parents, but I maintain that it is the teacher's job to notify the professionals involved to help the needs of each individual student. Teachers who text students should receive a warning, a letter in the file, and if they continue they should be fired.

I understand where you are coming from.However, there is unfortunatley a real problem that too many people I have known have been through this with their daughters, and the male teachers were really up to complete no good. They had ended up doing this to other female students and were arrested. I even saw this with a teacher i had in eigth grade. I know there are female predators out there, too, but i think to a far less degree than with males.It's a real problem. My daighter is in Pre-K but she is beatiful and i know it will probably happen. i was molested as a teenager by a 36 year old man, who was "helping me with my homework." it's hard to tell the good guys from the bad guys anymore.

Hey Tamyu. There is nothin g wrong with an adult authority figure helping a teen. Midnight calls are beyond any resaonable boundaries. So would "I need to see you" sent by the teacher.

There is a time and an appropriate place for everything. This sounds like it was neither. More importantly, a lesson in the real world: perception is reality. If you loose your credability by appearing to be messing around, then it is all over as a professional.

You need to take a sexual harassment class. You might be in trouble with the 14 yrs old and not know it.

Immediately after my son's high school graduation ceremony, I watched as his English teacher handed him a tiny folded paper. He was shocked to learn that it was her phone number.

Ok teacher.What is wrong with the old way of being direct, to the point, and firm with a student. If you "teachers" would try that for a while maybe, just maybe, the children would turn back to their "Parents" for guidence, you know since that is one of our responsibilities. In short as my teachers used to say, keep YOUR nose in YOUR books and on YOUR business and everyone benifets. Oh another thing they used to say " I am not here for you to like me, I am here to teach you, so you will like yourself. I think if a teacher feels a student is having a problem, they should contact the parent with that problem and ask for their permission to proceed in the problem solving situation. What you are doing is nothing more than telling a child " it's ok to hide your problems or feelings from your parents, I agree, they probally would not understand, I will be your friend and together we will tune them out". You know I have met a few teachers since my adulthood, and I must say, I am not impressed. As a child I admired all my teachers. They were the smartest, most proper, well behaved people I thought there could ever be. Now as an adult I can see that they can be very bitter and spiteful having to send two through school. You keep kids trapped up inside all day long and expect them to behave as adults and punish the parents for what rules they break. And YOU are their friends. You allow trends to embarass the less fortunate, push them to be popular, and feel all of them should be winners. I got average grades in school, quit in the 8th grade to go to work, was absolutely not popular, and always picked on. My parents were divorced and moved on the average of twice a year until I was 21. Your numbers say I should be a mill worker, construction, laborer, minimum wage earner, with a week to week lifestyle. Negative. I am 47, drive a new Benz, paid for, live in a brick home, paid for, ride a Harley, oh yeah paid for, 3 other cars paid for, 6 rental properties paid for and I am a Director of Operations for a finance company and own my own home repair business. Your figures are wrong and so are you teachers. All of you people in the education system are to blame for the social depression that has been created over the last 20 years. Again today teachers are no more than puppets handing down assingments that the district sends out for teaching, that makes your job equivilent to a janitor. By the way I went back to school and got a 4 business degree, annual income of around 120k per year and a finance portfolio of right around 3/4mil. And none of my teachers tryed to be my friend. So who's the dummy now.

Sexual harassment because a student comes to me to talk about issues with other students, and I try to find a way to help without getting parents involved and freaking out over things...?

I`m sure if I DID go to the parents, and did nothing to help the situation everyone would be jumping on me for NOT doing my job.

My, how glad I am not to live in the US where everyone is suspected of having some sexual agenda!