HIgh School Sex -It's More Than Just Sex

If you are thinking I am going to share personal history, I'll play a little of Garth Brooks' "Old Stuff":

"Oh the stories we could tell
If it weren't for the code of the road,,,"

Just a marketing ploy to get one's attention. Speaking of marketing, now that we know some people pay $4000 an hour for sex activity in New York, it may be surprising to know that one can get a blow job in Immokalee, Fla for $2. One can use their own calculations and variables to figure out how much that comes to in an hour. In case you wonder how I know this bit of information, look back on my post (it may be on my adjacent blog) of my days working for the U. of Miami on a nationwide AIDS research project. I have to admit, the packaging of the $4000 woman and the $2 woman says it all.

High School Sex. I graduated in 1971 from East Bay H.S. A male school employee was boinking one of the senior girls. I later found out he also was boinking another girl who was two years younger. What I am not sure of if he started on the second girl before she graduated. What I am sure of is he and I were in the same place with her one night, but it was after she had graduated. I didn't ask then, and I am not asking her now.


Fast forward to 1998. I know a high school girl who was boinking her soccer coach when she was in school. Also, during the late 90's, I knew a married woman was involved with a married AP. I saw them several times in the same vehicle at various places. I saw his truck at her mother's place. I also heard the rumors of how the windows on a school room were covered over and the room would be locked when the two of them were together. She became pregnant. They are now married.

Today we have an article from the Tampa Tribune - Are More Teachers Crossing The Line? .

This sentence grabs my attention:

""I'm doubtful that there's an epidemic going on," Finkelhor said. "I do think there's more reporting. One of the things that's changed is the very large liability lawsuits that happened in the wake of the priest abuse stuff. I think that has sensitized schools to the liability that they themselves may incur if they don't really take a very proactive stance with regard to these things.

"There was, perhaps, more in the past, a tendency of them to try and keep it under wraps. Get rid of the teacher. Negotiate something out, but not allow it to get public."".

I have expressed my thoughts about how important "image" is to our local school system here: Image More Important Than Substance? .

I don't have many guests register at my motel. I seem to think that a few drive by and look to see what the marquee says, but they never check in. Maybe they have read the lines behind the above flower vase. Maybe they know the words in the rest of the song -"you can check out anytime, but you can never leave" (Eagles).

Timing is everything. I did have a guest drop in here: Where Does The Money Go and How Does One Know .

This person writes: "Next year )we have heard rumors) resource rooms are coming back--even for higher functioning kids who are doing well in FUSE classes. I'm so sorry that this has all come down to politics and money, money, money. Parents should check this out-- it is NOT Least Restrictive Environment"!"

I learned a long time ago that parents can do what school employees can't. Despite the disparaging things that have been said to me and about me, I know that there are a lot of teachers silently begging for help. Some are openly begging for help.

I know what it's like to be told I was a "malcontent", that I used "broadbrush attacks" and that I only complain about "isloated incidents". But I also have the records to show how one administrator and one teacher lied and altered documents. Sort of like the blue dress evidence.

Here is an example of what parents did that school employees wouldn't. "Old news is still bad news, but how many know it?" . Real Professionals would work to correct this problem. I have reason to believe that efforts are strengthened to keep the public ignorant.

I remember my fraternity parties with the loud music playing and a very crowded dance floor, and the obligatory kegs and 55 gallon can of Everclear and fruit juices. One of the brothers would reach over and grab my date's ass and I would get slapped because I was the closest one to her. To make the metaphor clear, teachers are getting slapped by the parents because of what the administration is doing.

The house of cards is falling down. Blaming it on the kids and parents to maintain an image takes a lot resources. These resources could be put into developing an honest relationship with the public.