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[scarredbyitall]

Don't Arizona educators have anything better to do than start sexual relationships with their underage students? Judging by the news today, apparently not. First there is the story of the high school basketball coach who admitted to police that she's been screwing her student in the lavatory. Amazingly, this woman had taken the place of the

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[sarahsavant]

I just don't get it...how...as an adult...could these women/men be so lonely that they have to try and get some from a teenager?

[scarredbyitall]

Loneliness probably plays a part but I wonder if it isn't more about power. The teacher, by default, has the upper hand in these situations. She/he is the authority. She/he is older. Maybe the teachers think they can't get hurt because they're the ones in control. Joke's on them because now they're going to prison!

[itchyglow]

I've known a couple guys who had sexual relationships with their (male) teachers in high school. They loved it. (And I'm sure the teachers loved it even more.)

[scarredbyitall]

I know some people feel that way, but to me it's one of those boundaries that should not be crossed. The teacher has too much power and the kids are. . . kids. I didn't consider myself a "kid" at 16 or 17, but I look back now and realize how immature I really was. Now that I work with the teens, the issue is even more scandalous to me.