The reason why so many “teacher of the year” award winners end-up going to prison for child sexual abuse is because they have a high degree of emotional congruence with minors. They are predators whose skill set is easily masked as one who understands the thoughts, emotions, and motivations of minors, giving them even greater access.

  • wraith@lemmy.ca
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    11 days ago

    Is it more underreported than the notoriously underreported abuse in schools?

    For real, we are on a post where an abusive teacher got a ‘teacher of the year award’ no doubt in part for her behavior around students.

    I am not doing this to whatabout abuse in the Catholic Church. I left it and won’t be going back. But it’s so odd to bring it up on a post about a teacher getting charged, the school clearly not identifying the problem (they didn’t report it and even rewarded her behavior prior to the reports).

    Schools have a serious problem and I don’t believe we should deflect every time it makes the news. That’s all.

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      11 days ago

      Not doing what aboutism, just trying to explain what their point may have been. I’m a different person than brought it up, so just guessing. Yes, schools have real problems too.