Perve or praise? A whole new meaning to "First Chair"....

Saginaw, MI: Middle School Female Band Teacher found guilty of having sex with 6 students.

There's a blog sponsored by the Kansas City Star where one can hone in on the subject - and it was fairly wild, fairly interesting, fairly bizarre - and even a liberal old shit like me was kinda shocked by a few comments....

My personal opine is that any sexual conduct between teacher and student is inappropriate - to take "advantage" (could that possibly be the right word?) is wrong, and also illegal.

That said - I married someone seven years, four months younger than I. I was 30 - but what if I'd been 21? Would that have been right? Did I purposely "prey" on one younger? Of course not - but I have eyes, ears - and I too was a former teacher and there were some very valid points made - and again, an interesting read for the most part...

Teacher is 32, students were basically 16 years her junior. If the 48 year old male teacher fired on the 32 year old Band Teacher - "even Steven?" No, of course not. But as one pointed out - what's the real meaning when you hear someone say "wow... he/she is really going to break some hearts one day."? There is sexual content there - I don't care what anyone professes otherwise - but I guess the difference is to act upon makes one a predator by law.

(Victor are you saying you wanted one of your 8th grade girls basketball players to swing by your apartment after practice?) Of course not talkback, but again, I'll also admit to remember thinking "this young lady is going to be a knockout someday." Am I sick? No, I don't think so.. I never once had the notion nor the want to jump in the sack - and yes, I see something wrong with the thoughts of wanting to jump in the sack - and much worse, to actually do so indicates a very definite mental abnormality.

I remember coming out of practice one day to find a "love note" on the windshield wiper of my car... I knew who had written it - her behavior had suggested same - and to be quite frank - it repulsed me. One of those situations where you wanna ask someone "smarter", "Wiser" how to respond - but also one of those situations where you simply can't. I didn't do anything. I didn't approach her and admonish her - and no talkback - I didn't buy some Boones Farm and ask her to my place - I simply ignored - and as I always was - was very careful with any verbiage between me/her and any of the youths..

Dads of kids 14-16 wrote into the blog "Hell Yeah... way to go son!"... Mothers wrote in "You perve.. what if this were your 14-16 year old daughter?"... Many asked if this was a new thing... Many replied it had been going on for years - and there were personal experiences...

Ok, so... when I was a senior in high school was I ever attracted to a female teacher? Of course. Had any action been taken on that - would I have been a criminal? Would she? Would it have affected me for the remainder of my life? Who knows...

Gracie teaches middle school... I remember saying one day "Holy shit, I wish I woulda hada hot teacher like that when I was in 8th grade." Is that ugly? Beautiful? Perverted? Normal?

I guess it dwindles down to the difference between desire and desirous. If I'm a 32 year old 8th grade band teacher who desires the French Horn player - there's something wrong with me. If I, however, find the French Horn player desirous - it is an observation - not and act - and maybe simply nature.

If I'm a 17 year old high school student who desires my pretty English Teacher - then slap me and remind me what she'll look like when I'm 40 and she's 55! Ok, maybe said tongue in cheek - but I see no harm in seeing her as desirous. I think it's fairly normal preparatory thought toward a future life of wonderful sex.

Anyways.. if you'd like to read - it's at http://blogs.kansascity.com/crime_scene/2006/07/middle_school_b.html

Brings a whole new meaning to "One time... at band camp"... Hehe. Happy day, bye bye now.. Victurd.