Crimes Against Children - The "Educator" Edition
There was a time in the not too distant past where if you dared to ask a teacher any question about their personal lives it would likely be met with the slightest of scowls and a quick rebuff. Even the most liberal of teachers declined to share their personal lives with the children they taught. Perhaps the reason was two fold: It would definitely blur the line, dare I say a sacred trust, between the teacher and the student they were in charge of by getting too personal. It would also equalize the relationship between the teacher and the student giving the student an elevated status (or the teacher a dumbed-down status) that was certainly not deserved or advantageous for either. Indeed, the educators personal lives were their own and their professional and personal lives never crossed until the day finally came that students were friends instead of children who needed instruction and little more. Now let’s fast forward to the 2010’s and beyond and we will find a much differen...