tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post5491683366517028259..comments2024-03-27T01:27:21.576-08:00Comments on The Immoral Minority: English teacher puts abilities to use and writes novel, resulting in suspension. Wait, what?Gryphenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356503547155430235noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-24869724496713510432012-12-12T09:43:17.680-09:002012-12-12T09:43:17.680-09:00Classrooms may be the same everywhere. The people ...Classrooms may be the same everywhere. The people inside the classroom and their personal situations are not interchangeable. <br /><br />But think about it. If she were an attorney writing a book that included former clients and the partner in her firm realized she had done so, that partner would have her escorted from the building immediately for her lack of professional judgement. The same situation applies here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-25109054593112758842012-12-12T08:11:20.601-09:002012-12-12T08:11:20.601-09:00Teachers are getting fired these days for things t...Teachers are getting fired these days for things they post on their Facebook pages if the Parent Brigade deems their personal info too racy or controversial. And even twenty years ago I had a gay male high school teacher, a beloved figure, get fired from his teaching job because of the following: a parent of a student who attended our school reported seeing this teacher quarreling with a man presumed to be a friend or boyfriend in the parking lot of a store that sold video pornography. The parent complained, the school board fired the teacher. At no time were there ary children involved with that incident; just a gay man having a bad day arguing with a male companion in a parking lot where adult porn was sold. No child porn. No child anything.<br /><br />These things are getting more and more common. If you're a teacher or you work around children or in a school setting, there's an expectation to relinquish your privacy and to avoid anything "adult." Sad stuff.<br /><br />Media Insider aka JenniferAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-11644896477271021492012-12-12T05:16:00.670-09:002012-12-12T05:16:00.670-09:00Hey Boscoe, it's about former students, not ki...Hey Boscoe, it's about former students, not kids still in high school!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-54458273972380803342012-12-12T03:16:38.340-09:002012-12-12T03:16:38.340-09:00Have you ever taught school? Classrooms all over t...Have you ever taught school? Classrooms all over the place are basically the same. I've taught in public and private schools in many different places and they are all interchangeable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-36412625187481490102012-12-12T03:14:59.015-09:002012-12-12T03:14:59.015-09:00Do you ever read the stuff that comes on a dvd bef...Do you ever read the stuff that comes on a dvd before the actual movie or TV show? It says the same thing as her dedication. Learn to read for comprehension, dope.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-50308926598913472302012-12-12T03:13:09.158-09:002012-12-12T03:13:09.158-09:00I've read the bible cover to cover and some of...I've read the bible cover to cover and some of it was quite racy. Maybe we should make sure the precious snowflakes can't get a hold of that tome as well as this teacher's book (and several thousand classic works of literature as well).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-17785659464064484252012-12-11T20:21:53.796-09:002012-12-11T20:21:53.796-09:00Frankly, the book must have been too thinly disgui...Frankly, the book must have been too thinly disguised if the superintendent knew to ask her if she wrote the book. This makes me think the teacher was severely lacking in judgement for writing a book too close to reality and then admitting that she wrote it. I wouldn't want a teacher lacking in judgement in my child's classroom. She should have made her main character a librarian or politician or anything else but a teacher.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-37670186712012180012012-12-11T19:13:12.929-09:002012-12-11T19:13:12.929-09:00mlaiuppa, you are my next best friend!mlaiuppa, you are my next best friend!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-29798787617083652082012-12-11T17:58:36.177-09:002012-12-11T17:58:36.177-09:00Because consenting adults and pedophiles are on th...Because consenting adults and pedophiles are on the same playing field?mlaiuppahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13792165896828163411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-5870876215052827562012-12-11T17:53:05.775-09:002012-12-11T17:53:05.775-09:00Maybe if teachers were paid better, they wouldn...Maybe if teachers were paid better, they wouldn't have to write best sellers.mlaiuppahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13792165896828163411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-22367067901047469302012-12-11T17:48:38.453-09:002012-12-11T17:48:38.453-09:00You know, there is generally no better admission t...You know, there is generally no better admission that one has had sex than being pregnant - do we fire pregnant teachers? <br /><br />And what about a couple mini-me rugrats - do we expect teachers to hide their kids? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-51649468103631108192012-12-11T17:46:53.691-09:002012-12-11T17:46:53.691-09:00Because priests are supposed to be celibate and th...Because priests are supposed to be celibate and they have a private employer, namely the RCC which says it is a sin to even THINK of sex. <br /><br /><br />tell me - do you often mistake apples for kumquats? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-82260186987175061752012-12-11T17:44:12.668-09:002012-12-11T17:44:12.668-09:00Yes First amendment issue. Unless she a) names n...Yes First amendment issue. Unless she a) names names or b) talks about it in class. <br /><br />I hope she rakes whoever suspended her through $ hell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-27593151595091695862012-12-11T17:36:31.568-09:002012-12-11T17:36:31.568-09:00The situation may be completely benign or it could...The situation may be completely benign or it could be more complicated. Being a published author and being a child abuser aren't mutually exclusive. Certainly, the dedication page isn't acceptable evidence that the book is, in fact, fiction. I'd expect Palin critics to be among the most skeptical of such claims.<br /><br />The author's use of a pen name is an acknowledgement of the potentially eyebrow-raising nature of the book. By not ensuring her pen name remained secret, she revealed she may not be too bright or.....???<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-13838688891994486282012-12-11T16:34:02.047-09:002012-12-11T16:34:02.047-09:00Wine coolers and a tent is the obvious answer.
Or ...Wine coolers and a tent is the obvious answer.<br />Or just contact Tawd, He pimps out women.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-1632321606501431912012-12-11T16:15:35.623-09:002012-12-11T16:15:35.623-09:00maybe the book is really about the school's vi...maybe the book is really about the school's vice principal?<br /><br />that would do it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-40002833282333276492012-12-11T15:52:45.346-09:002012-12-11T15:52:45.346-09:00Sorry, Boscoe, in my opinion the ONLY mistake she ...Sorry, Boscoe, in my opinion the ONLY mistake she made was letting her pseudonym become known.<br /><br />And why did she admit to it in the first place? Had someone asked me ANY question about my personal life that I didn't want to answer I would have told them it was none of their business. And I have done that with my former boss. (Former because I retired.)<br /><br />I'll tell you a little something about Gryphen that I have found to be consistent. He is extremely concerned with children being abused in any fashion. So please don't accuse him of glossing over something as important to him as that.<br /><br />The idea that high school students a.) don't have sex and b.) can't get any pornographic material they want, is totally asinine. Fetishes exist. Even students have them. And they have better sources than you can imagine! They would/will get that book - especially since now everyone KNOWS about it due to that idiot superintendent making a big thing out of this. And if it wasn't written by a teacher, it would have been written by someone else.<br /><br />As has been pointed out many times in this string, teachers are human, too, and they enjoy a good romp in the hay as much as anyone. <br /><br />So the basic question I want answered is why the connection was made between the teacher and the pseudonym?<br /><br />If this teacher has an ounce of brains she would go to court. This is a First Amendment problem from my point of view.Lelandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-10454533807310022252012-12-11T15:26:00.899-09:002012-12-11T15:26:00.899-09:00Take the same story, insert "Priest" and...Take the same story, insert "Priest" and "Boy Scout leader" in place of high school teacher and then insert alter boy and boy scouts in place of students and you see how the subject matter might make some people a little squeamish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-26381921392911112492012-12-11T15:09:30.032-09:002012-12-11T15:09:30.032-09:00The storyline does not include the teacher having ...The storyline does not include the teacher having sex with current students. The character in the book has sex with FORMER students who are post college graduates. Drastic difference between the two.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-47288965466768466542012-12-11T15:06:51.944-09:002012-12-11T15:06:51.944-09:00As if any book could match the rampant sexual thou...As if any book could match the rampant sexual thoughts and fantasies ALREADY present in any teenager's mind :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-58831844442161772792012-12-11T15:02:24.859-09:002012-12-11T15:02:24.859-09:00I totally agree with you. She may end up getting e...I totally agree with you. She may end up getting enough publicity that the book gets picked up by a publisher, though. I'm guessing it's not very good, but that won't really matter. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-52040495284431819412012-12-11T14:17:35.192-09:002012-12-11T14:17:35.192-09:00Actually I can see a problem with a highschool tea...Actually I can see a problem with a highschool teacher writing a sexually explicit novel concerning a highschool teacher having sex with students. I realize you purposely ignored that detail because it might've gotten in the way of your rant, but while I agree with you in principal, I think the specifics of this case could legitimately cause concern with parents and the school would simply have no choice but to respond...Boscoenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-20619928234900779522012-12-11T14:12:47.708-09:002012-12-11T14:12:47.708-09:00Unfortunate. Today's culture is all "Thin...Unfortunate. Today's culture is all "Think of the children!" but I always favored George Carlin's famous rant, "Fuck the children!" (i.e., there are adult things and there are children things; adults should be allowed to do what adults do, and this should be separate from children stuff, but adults shouldn't have to STOP having or enjoying adult stuff because some delicate special snowflake might be "DAMAGED" by that adult doing adult stuff. That's my own very inexpert translation! Go see the original video, it's on Youtube somewhere. :)<br /><br />Jennifer aka Media InsiderAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-57416422566533362122012-12-11T14:12:39.378-09:002012-12-11T14:12:39.378-09:00O/T But Gryphen, you may not know that...
Ashley...O/T But Gryphen, you may not know that...<br /><br />Ashley Judd Runs 4 Points Behind Mitch McConnell In Kentucky Senate Poll <br /><br />http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/11/ashley-judd-mitch-mcconnell-senate-poll_n_2278977.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-45469388106622102932012-12-11T14:08:58.156-09:002012-12-11T14:08:58.156-09:00I hope she sells millions of 'em.I hope she sells millions of 'em.<br />Randallnoreply@blogger.com