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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 88706" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Kathy,</p><p></p><p>I know very well how it can be out of hand. I was close with the daughter of the man I mentioned in my first post. That was not a 'he said she said' but a very clear case of revenge against an administrator who backed up a teacher.</p><p></p><p>I also realize exactly how easy it is to manipulate numbers and statistics. The numbers in the article may be high, or may be low. The research did look to be pretty well done, and based on reports from the states themselves. </p><p></p><p>Either way, I think it is probably very much underreported, and is a sad commentary on human behavior. But the part that truly bothers me is the way many of the adults went from one district or state to another.</p><p></p><p>There are no easy answers. A witch hunt is certainly NOT an effective way to try to handle this. But there has to be some way to deal with this other than to let the abuser just quit and go off to hopefully do something more.</p><p></p><p>I really believe that most people who work in schools want to do what is best for the children in the school. It is the hardest job out there, and one of the least supported and most criticized.</p><p></p><p>But it does no good to the people who are doing their best for children to have a case of sexual abuse not reported to the police. If it is a case of he said, she said, then the police are trained to investigate, to find the truth. TEachers are trained to teach. Principals and other administrators are trained to somehow run an organization that has almost no money, too many students, and not enough teachers/support staff or supplies in such a way that everyone is safe and learns. They simply are not trained to figure out what is going on and what the legalities of the situation are.</p><p></p><p>I do not mean to cause hard feelings, I simply think that it is scary to realize that this happens far more than we had any idea of. By this, I mean having people who clearly abused a child be able to quit and get another job working with children in almost the same environment. I am not at all speaking of hte he said, she said cases, nor am I commenting on amy particular school or school district.</p><p></p><p>Susie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 88706, member: 1233"] Kathy, I know very well how it can be out of hand. I was close with the daughter of the man I mentioned in my first post. That was not a 'he said she said' but a very clear case of revenge against an administrator who backed up a teacher. I also realize exactly how easy it is to manipulate numbers and statistics. The numbers in the article may be high, or may be low. The research did look to be pretty well done, and based on reports from the states themselves. Either way, I think it is probably very much underreported, and is a sad commentary on human behavior. But the part that truly bothers me is the way many of the adults went from one district or state to another. There are no easy answers. A witch hunt is certainly NOT an effective way to try to handle this. But there has to be some way to deal with this other than to let the abuser just quit and go off to hopefully do something more. I really believe that most people who work in schools want to do what is best for the children in the school. It is the hardest job out there, and one of the least supported and most criticized. But it does no good to the people who are doing their best for children to have a case of sexual abuse not reported to the police. If it is a case of he said, she said, then the police are trained to investigate, to find the truth. TEachers are trained to teach. Principals and other administrators are trained to somehow run an organization that has almost no money, too many students, and not enough teachers/support staff or supplies in such a way that everyone is safe and learns. They simply are not trained to figure out what is going on and what the legalities of the situation are. I do not mean to cause hard feelings, I simply think that it is scary to realize that this happens far more than we had any idea of. By this, I mean having people who clearly abused a child be able to quit and get another job working with children in almost the same environment. I am not at all speaking of hte he said, she said cases, nor am I commenting on amy particular school or school district. Susie [/QUOTE]
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