Days after being named teacher of the year at a Colleyville, Texas, school, a band director was arrested on accusations that he sent nude photos to a 15-year old-student.

What an embarrassment for the School District. And this teacher is an IDIOT. He not only ruined a promising career for what? nude photos? MORON. Hard to believe that he was elected teacher of the year.

Maybe all the cute girls voted for him for teacher of the year!

"When you send your child to school, you hope they are placed in a safe, stable environment,"

and you also hope that they are being educated in accredited courses - not sexual molestation. What the hell is wrong with these people out here??? Has it always been this bad or does the news feature more of these creeps than they used to??? Hope this creep goes away for a long, long time.

hey Vivian, where've you been???

Right Vivian. Obama's probably responsible for your inability to understand the concept of cause and effect, too.

How exactly is this an epic failure for Obama?

People who say idiotic crap like that scare me, clearly they are a few sandwiches short of a picnic.

If I was the parent of this 15 year old I would be just as ticked at her as him. What kind of dimwit of a brain must she have to engage in behaviour like that with him? Her first inclination when he started talking nasty should have been to report him to her parents.

Im not blaming her, im questioning what type of head she has on her shoulders to participate in that sort of behaviour.

Clearly, she's a horny little 15 year old...and that should send up giant warning bells to her parents.

Through the dude in jail, he clearly sought out this profession in order to carry out his pedophilia. We dont need to wait until he kidnaps, rapes and kills a kid.

Vivian-

Good one! This guy was named "Teacher of the Year" by People magazine. I'm not sure, but I don't think he's the editor of that magazine.

Wow I didn't see this much vile language towards a person in the threads about all the other teachers that have done this. Oh wait that's right - they were women doing this exact same thing to a boy.

Through the dude in jail, he clearly sought out this profession in order to carry out his pedophilia. We dont need to wait until he kidnaps, rapes and kills a kid.

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Obviously, you must have said the same same when it was a female teacher committing this same crime. Something tells me you don't feel as strongly when it's a fairer sex perpetrating acts like this. Double standards - women are great at them (though they pretend like men are the only ones that have them).

Vivian = troll. Please do not feed! ;)

This is one of those stories that you say,"Please don't let be in my, damn it, not again!!"

Rich kids in Colleyville perhaps?? Surprised he isn't more bruised and battered in the picture.

This ought to show the public that 95% of all sexual offenses are committed by those that are NOT on the sex offender registry. A registry that is a huge drain on tax payer money. Those statistics are from the Department of Justice website.

Please people use common sense, instead of using all the money to pass draconian laws, use them to educate children and teenagers to prevent them from falling prey to these guys.

Vivian is a troll. Don't feed.

Now i guess he will get elected perv and dumb ass of the year all together. She sent nudies to and she's a victim. Before it starts she was old enough to know better.

Good one! This guy was named "Teacher of the Year" by People magazine. I'm not sure, but I don't think he's the editor of that magazine.

Where did you see People magazine in this article?

Vivian, I would love to hear how in the world the Obama Administration had anything to do with this man's decision to commit a crime. Let's see. Where in history have people who have been elected for positions or nominated for awards and then committed a crime? Too many to name. Right and left has nothing to do with right and wrong. Plain and simple. Let's call this exactly what it is - a man making a horrible decision and now going to pay the price for it.

I'm confused. Why isn't this OK? I mean it's OK on TV, we have plenty of examples there to follow, plenty of loose morals, lots of nudity, pregnant teens, guys doing guys, girls doing girls, the whole country is attacking the Catholic Church and it's OK, so why isn't this? It's what we're asking for, come on people celebrate this, don't hate. What a joke we've become.

I find the double standard in these cases annoying. This clown will likely get jail time, as he should. But, a the female teachers doing their students get a slap on the wrist, a finger shake and counseling.

As in the case of a Johnson county, Ks teacher this morning, and she was sleeping with multiple students. A fine, and counseling, no sex offender listing. So much for equal treatment under the law. Justice needs to put the blindfold back on.

If a male teacher sleeping with sixteen year old students sends them to jail and life on the sex offenders list, it should be the same for the female teachers. If one's a perv then so are the others of the opposite gender. Equal time for equal crimes. So why the double standard? A perv is a perv, gender notwithstanding, put them in jail, yes, even the female ones.

What is very clear ... he was not a teacher of logic ..........

He is a music teacher but one beet off.

I just sexted myself and BOY, was I disapointed!

People used to shake their heads and ask "What's wrong with kids, today?" Now, it is what's wrong with everyone? The schools need to start teaching both manners and ethics from day one in school, since they are not being taught at home. There has way to many excuses made for people like this..... ADHD, ADD, Bi-polar, etc. I realize it is too late for today's adults but perhaps we would see less of these "it's okay if it makes me happy" cases in the future adults of America. Perhaps it would curb some of the bullying going on in schools and who knows maybe a whole new breed of human beings.

Uh oh. Looks like this teacher made the mistake of not being a hot blonde milf. Now he's in trouble!

@AD ... one beat off. Punny!

I'm with "okicize". Heres a 15 year old girl..who after exchanging emails with this guy and chatting with him on face book just up and sends him nude photos simply on request and she is labeled a "victim"? A victim of what exactly? Of her own stupidity,lack of common sense,or self respect? The only reason she is a victim is the fact of age...not because she was physically forced,black mailed,or abused and cohersed into action.

Irregardless the fact this teacher is obviously 100% guilty of immoral and improper conduct with a minor for his age and position...this girl is no victim! She was a willing participant. And now that the cats out of the bag...she is a complete innocent who was victimized by the evil dooer of the century. I'm not defending this guy in the least...but come on man...she knew exactly what she was doing.

What i'd like to know is how in the hell "teacher of the year" can go this far and not be suspected one time "between the thinking it and the doing it" in such close proximity to others ...in a school with only 700 or so students and 15 students per class? You mean to tell me not one single soul, student or teacher noticed something amiss? That this was his first time and he hasn't been panting after girls in every class long before he found one willing to participate?

I'm sorry..but unless these people in colleyville are the densest,most unaware people on earth there is no way in hell some sort of suspicion wasn't raised at some point. I grew up in a rural community and wen't to a school with a student body of 750 at the most and you couldn't sigh without everybody knowing it from up one side of the hall and down the other and...no one and i mean no one ever got by with anything for long. It was like living in a dormitory full of FBI hopefuls all trying to be top of the class in observation and investigation.

To the Colleyville Independent School District Officials:

"Great selection for Teacher of the Year!"

That's why they want to be teachers..can be around the young and innocent all day.

Plenty of teachers do this..in the news every week about some.

I like the one in the news yesterday..making out on a park bench with her student..she was a hottie!

kind of a hard one to fight in court ... when you have your jones hanging there!!!

Maybe a sex education defense or body art!!!!

@Vivian, C'mon now, exactly how retarded are you? How is this a failure for the Obama administration when it happened in Bush's homestate, and there were at least the same amount of these cases while Bush was in office?

How come you moron's try to turn every little thing into a political debate? I guess that guy that ate the other man's face was an obvious Obama failure also?

Friggen morons.

While it is plain to see that Obama and the Democrates have nothing to do with this......you and people like you commenting on every little story no matter how ludacris and trying to make them a political debate against Obama IS an epic failure for the republicans....because it shows everyone just how insane and ignorant you guys really are.....spotlighted right there in every public forum for the world to see.

Good Job

@ Blondeness032-Oh please!! It is NOT the school district's job to teach students ethics and morals. That is their parent's job. Teacher's have enough on their plates already. Yes this teacher was completely stupid, but what about the student?

How is she a victim when she willingly particiapted in the sexting? Where were her parents? When I was in high school my parents were always wondering what I was doing, where I was going, and who I was going with. My parents did the right thing and kept tabs on me while giving me more freedom as I earned it. If parent's aren't going to take the time to check their kid's behaviors and responsibilities, then their kids will end up as dumb as this, "teacher of the year."

I agree with Hunt and some of the other postings here. The teacher IS at fault. No doubt in my mind. But what about the 15yr old? Is she a victim? Was she forced to send pics of herself to this teacher? Doesn't seem that way.

On Tv and in the movies this is just "Normal". We have shows of pregnant teens and gay/lesbians. We have sex education and Sensitivity classes. We teach Gay history. But we can't have religion. NO..that's not allowed. More and more kids are on drugs for behavior problems for one reason or another. We have boys going to school dressed as girls, and then complain when they get picked on. WTH?

I just don't get it.

How is she a victim when she willingly particiapted in the sexting? Where were her parents? When I was in high school my parents were always wondering what I was doing, where I was going, and who I was going with. My parents did the right thing and kept tabs on me while giving me more freedom as I earned it. If parent's aren't going to take the time to check their kid's behaviors and responsibilities, then their kids will end up as dumb as this, "teacher of the year."

I'm sure this teacher didn't use any pressure or coercion at all.

Well, he won't win that title again, I feel bad for his wife and family.

if you want to blame the Obama administration, I will blame the governor of Texas, Perry. Isn't Texas supposed to be so holy and righteous. Where is the moral outrage from the religious right on this? Guess what she should be in trouble too. Why would you send a nude pix of yourself to a teacher? Girls are evil and stupid too.

The fact that this teacher sent a nude photo of himself to a student reflects poorly on his judgement and moral sensibility, but it does not have anything whatsoever to do with his skill as a teacher. He may be the greatest music teacher in the world for all we know.

Anthony Weiner...enough said!

Nic: "If a male teacher sleeping with sixteen year old students sends them to jail and life on the sex offenders list, it should be the same for the female teachers"

It is. Do your research, Nic.

His resume:"

"References available on request"

"Pics of my junk available on request"

Stuck: "How is she a victim when she willingly particiapted in the sexting?"

Because she's the child and HE IS THE ADULT. Children follow adults' leads (especially "role models" like teachers).

C'mon! Get a grip!

Vivian's not a troll. Vivian's an arse whole.

His complete lack of decency and moral turpitude aside.... he doesn't watch the news or read the paper? Brett Farve and Rep Anthony Weiner were completely ridiculed and embarrassed for doing the same thing. no pun intended, but these things always get out. Idiot.

It could have been far worse...we could be talking about this in a home school scenario.

@ WHAT?-4099780. You wrote "It is. Do your research, Nic."

With all due respect, I beg to differ.

"The Los Angeles Times, By MAURA DOLAN, Times Staff Writer, August 16, 2002

There are 351 men in California locked up in a state mental hospital as sexually violent predators, prone to attack again and again.

Then there is Charlotte Mae Thrailkill.

The 43-year-old mother of two is California's only female violent sex offender, confined to a maximum-security state mental hospital after experts decided she was too dangerous for release.

Only a handful of women, including Thrailkill, have ever been confined to mental institutions under state laws that allow for civil commitments of sex criminals after they have served their prison terms.

Women are less likely than men to commit sex offenses, but they also are less likely to be reported and prosecuted. Many experts contend that women commit sex offenses far more often than is generally believed.

"It happens a lot more than gets reported, and I think part of that is due to our culture," said Steven B. Blum, a consulting psychologist to a sex offender program in Nebraska. "There are a lot of women who have sexual contact with teenage boys, and they don't get reported."

In the state's regular prison system, only 103 of the 9,746 women behind bars — 1.06% — are there for sex offenses, including statutory rape and lewd acts with children. That compares with about 12,500 men, 8% of the total male prison population."

I read on here a couple weeks ago about a female teacher in FL found guilty of sexting and having sex with her 13 and 14 yr old male students. She got lifetime parole. Zero time behind bars. The main gist of what I gathered from the comments left by others is this. It's wrong for a male teacher to have sexual realtions with young felame students. It's not so bad when the teacher is a female and the child a young boy because young boys don't mind having sex with their attractive teachers. Ok folks, any adults having sex with any child is WRONG. Young boys like having sex so really no crime has been committed? That's too close to Sharia Law. Sharia law says if a woman is raped and gets pregnant as a result of, then no rape occured. She obvisouly enjoyed it or she wouldn't be pregnant. She is branded an adultress, shun by her family and comminuty and her only "winning" move is to marry her rapist. Do you buy that crap?

If there's a difference then by all means, tell it.

Also, you need to update your research source (s). It's a slow day and I've been reading off of several sites what kind of sentences female teachers get as opposed to their male counterparts. Only one thing comes to mind. Where are the equal rights activist on this matter? Silent. Big surprise.

Vivian, come on...don't you know Obama is a holy angel of heaven. If you want to blame someone, blame Bush. Bush caused EVERYTHING. He steered hurricanes to the coast, steered those planes on 9/11 and used tax money to cover it up, single handedly sent numerous soldiers to their death without the consent of congress or anyone else and completely thought up the ideas of weapons of mass destruction ALL BY HIMSELF, and he also purposely destroyed the economy ALL BY HIMSELF. I mean, come on Vivian...liberals are correct on everything. Seriously, it is true! There have never been any liberals commit a crime or molest a child or murder anyone, EVER. It is the truth, I swear by it. They are all saints.

And sorry, I do not believe the 15 year old is a 'victim'. Should she be TREATED as a victim against the ADULT? Yes, she should. When I was 15, I was a puberty driven teenager like everyone else, but I knew right from wrong...did I always make the right choice? NOPE, because those hormones are pesky little things. But I knew what was right. So, technically speaking, she is not a victim, just to immature to have self control against the power of the hormones. The adult should have had self control, and thus should be treated with the harshest punishment possible IF the situation turns out as bad as it looks.

Off with his Pee Pee!

My best friend is a 'school cop'. (total waste of money, just ask) ..anyway..

And the 100's of stories I've heard, on how these girls, 14-16, speak to him in his office, the way they flirt, the SLIP of nip or near wide open knees, well, ..just sad.

Not trying to pass the blame, but would love to see the text messages between these two.

And the 100's of stories I've heard, on how these girls, 14-16, speak to him in his office, the way they flirt, the SLIP of nip or near wide open knees, well, ..just sad.

I believe you.

The problem is McDaniel is the adult and "educator". (i'll use the word "educator" very loosely, in this instance.) He knew better but chose to engage in a "I'll show you mine if you show me yours" game with a minor. A minor who was also his student. This went on for two years and just because there has been no "evidence" that it went any further doesn't mean that nothing happened. He's a danger to children.

Oh I totally agree chefaz. Guys like this make me ashamed to be male at times. No excuse on his part, even if he were enticed.

I don't think the adults that are caught in these things, are punished enough, imo. .

You're right though, HE could have ended, actually, shouldn't even have started, this mess, no matter if he was enticed.

(( btw, is it just me, that these Newsvine pages load SOOOOO slow? No problem with any other site I visit, cept here...sighhhhh))

You're correct on all points, including the speed (or lack of it). ☺

How does this become political?, Well the way I see things is these folks are afraid of becoming the Minority, and just the thought that a Black man has become the President makes them very afraid, the thought that the shoe may be placed on the other foot may be shaking the very foundation they were brought up on, maybe now the other side can see what it's like ......... I bet the Pizza guy was stabbed in the back so they would not have Two black guys running for President ... LOL LOL LOL

Sam what in the hell are you talking about anyway? The president is half white and was raised by white people so maybe the other side can see what it's like doesn't really make much sense especially since this article WAS NOT ABOUT WHAT COLOR THE PRESIDENT IS. Vivian has always said random things in the comment section, people who are talking to her/him are wasting their time. Yes there is a double standard when it comes to this, I had a friend who was 13 and dating a 35 year old. This was back in the late 80's but she even had a baby with him and even though I found it disgusting on her part, since to a 13 year old a 35 year old should seem elderly, she was fine with it and he was never arrested or charged with anything. That being said, this girl isn't the one that reported the guy, her brother did, she willingly sent him a topless picture of herself, she knew what she was doing. Yes she is undoubtedly more innocent than him but to this day my friend would not say she was raped by that 35 year old so I know teenage girls and boys can and do know what they are doing. Now if she had hysterically called the cops about the pic of this guys junk it would be a different story.

I can see them doing a photo line-up of men's genitals and asking the girl if she recognizes them

Ummmm you stole that joke from Bill Maher

I wonder how his wife is taking this..

She's holding up pretty well. Seems the teacher told his wife it was just, "junk mail".

The most incredible thing to me is - why do people keep doing this? Do they think they're NOT going to get caught? If you're a Congressman (Weiner) or a football quarterback (Farve) or a Teacher of the Year then you must know, when you do something like this, you're going to get exposed (pun intended).

Sure it's wrong and yes he's a turd - obviously. I really, really, really can't understand why someone with some sort of public profile would take nude pics of pics of their dicks and send them to someone else. Jeesh... I wish they'd send one to me. A pic like this from someone who's got some bucks (not a teacher) can turn into a new Mercedes real fast.

They do it because they are so intent on the task at hand,so full of hormones and lust that they lose their frigging minds..and some people actually still believe that an Internet handle or some avatar actually shields their anonymity..they truly believe it! But the real question is..what damn fool adult in their right minds actually believes that a teenager..boy or girl.. who is recieving "prick pics" on their phones isn't eventually going to show it to their closest friends and just have a hoot of a good time laughing about it?

That's the sad thing to me..that there are people out there(deviants or otherwise) supposedly educating our youth yet are so dense that they have no clue about adolescent behavior.

I don't care who it was..if i'd had some teacher mailing me nude photos of herself in the late 60's and 70's..whether i'd shacked up with her or not there is no way in hell i could have resisted showing them off sooner or later...that would be just impossible not to pass along eventually and teenage girls are not one bit different in that respect. You just aren't mature enough at those ages to let the possible reprecussions quelch an instant passport ot adolescent fame and celebrity and good laugh.

@That's What's Up -

I wonder how his wife is taking this..

To the cleaners!

this is why I would not let my middle school daughter on facebook! What the hell are the parents thinking. Arrest the parents too or beat the chit out of them.

Perverts are all over facebook chatting with kids and yet parents let them have unrestricted access to facebook and the internet in general. Parents need to stop letting the internet babysit their kids then act shocked when something like this happens. Why is a middle school girl sending nude pics to a grown man in the first f***ing place? I'd take her phone and cut off her internet access until she is MUCH older after i finished kicking her a s s for sexting a grown man!

Parents wake the hell up!

He's not teaching.

I ask the same question. Not about continuing to teach, but to still having a job at all. He admitted it, fired. Simple. All that is happening now is a lot of time and money waisting. I know if he is found to be guilty he will have to repay the monies earned while on admin leave, but why take that step? The resources spent in investigating this are being wasted.

Most likely because he is an union teacher.

Because the Teachers Union protects them. Their Contracts protects them. They must go through a Grevience Procedure before you can get rid of them.

yoomama, don't think you know what you are talking about. In another teacher of the year story today on Yahoo, the teacher got her pink slip and is being laid off at the end of school this spring. Why don't you and your theories try to go protect her from losing her job instead of wasting your time here?

Most teachers are Liberal Democrats (fact). Many polls show that. They try to push their liberal views upon our kids. My kids have told me many times, of how their teachers praise Obama, and tear down all Republicans. This should not happen. This is what Germany did to their kids prior and during WWII. Control the childrens minds, and you control the country. This is also taught to the teachers while they were in college. The Professors (most are Liberals here too) would push their Liberal views on the teachers.................Do you see where this is going?...........Wake-Up America!

The funny thing about your bogus analogy is this ..

... part of what the Nazis were actually teaching the kids is that the "too academic" Liberal Democrats were corrupting Germany with un-Germanic ideas , that they were part of the (Jewish) conspiracy, and that Germany needed to "erwache!" (wake up).

While the girl may have been dumb, she was 13 and a child. The focus of this should be on the teacher.

I never monitored my kids' Internet usage.

One son now in Med school. Other son plans to attend university in France.

Raise 'em right (**LOTS** of activities = less time for silliness :-). Trust 'em (but keep the invisible leash attached :-). Worked for us.

imhistory2 - I think the point MarilynMD is trying to make is that pedos will always be pedos. Robbers will rob. Rapists will rape.

Victims don't have to be victims however. If the issue is the parents not raising her with the guidance needed to avoid situations like this then THAT is the issue that needs to be addressed. The teacher will be tried and sentenced - that part you can be sure of. How does that prevent her from getting into the exact same situation again though?

Things like this need to always be looked at from both sides to correct these types of situations. Obviously there's the criminal - why did they do it? It's too late for them but apply what could be learned to younger people. The victim - could you have prevented this? Sure the victim in any case should be able to do what they want without having to think about taking steps to not become a victim in the first place. However, welcome to the real world. For instance: yes, you should be able as a woman to walk down a dark alley at 2am wearing a short skirt, drunk out of your mind. The reality is - doing so is going to put you in a spot to have a very bad ending. So yes, the victim can be at fault in certain crimes. Doesn't mean the criminal was right, just that somebody needs to have a pow-wow with the victim about their choices.

This girl and her parents - set her up for failure. Somebody should be asking why.

Pedophiles groom victims...you people are sick to think the victim had "no morals" etc. And because a rapist rapes a "victim of opportunity" doesn't make that the fault of the victim...that makes her naive and a low risk victim. He is still a rapist and a criminal, just like this teacher/pedophile (allegedly).

She was the student, he was the teacher. She doesn't deserve any blame. He's a predator.

She takes no blame. She's 15, but she young and dumb. The adult is in the position of power. So, the 32 year old points to the 15 year old and says "it was her fault that I f**ked her?". Are you seriously that stupid?

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Wait, WHY are you blaming OBAMA!?!? This guy has been teaching for 19 years!! Why would this be the President's fault in ANY way?

Put the blame where is should be, on the MARRIED 32 YEAR OLD TEACHER!!!!! and a promiscuous 15 year old girl.

You do realise that 32 minus 19 = 13 right?

So he's been teaching since he was 13 years old? I guess math wasn't your strongest subject.

I blame the student. You can't say no to that.

"Inquiring minds," you are totally correct in asking what Obama has to do with this. The answer is, "NOTHING!" I am concerned about your math skills, though. If this guy has been teaching for 19 years and is 32 years old, he started teaching at 13.

The girl was in middle school when this happened. That would be 6th 7th or 8th grade. That would make her 11 12 or 13 years old at the time, not 15 or 16. Big difference between 12 and 15 folks. Many 12 year olds get into all sorts of difficult situations because they are not able to tell adults in authority, no. They are confused by the choices and are not necessarily able to separate trusted adults in positions of authority into the role of bad guy. It would seem that most pedophiles in teacher or priest positions do not threaten or coerce directly. It is the power difference, the authorit position and most important, the trust. Children follow those they trust. The pied piper taught us that they will trust someone just because he plays the flute and makes them feel good.

If the parents had kept her off the internet or at least supervised her, this could have been avoided. Why didn't the parents instill in her that she should always report to them if someone does something inappropriate? The pedo is certainly at fault but the parents are partly to blame as well.

My son never had unrestricted access to the internet when he was in middle school.

That's why I read this stuff - it's too funny. The gene pool was long ago compromised.

I can say for certain that the union won't touch this guy with a ten foot pole. The will throw him to the wolves which is exactly where he belongs.

BTW: I'm a teacher and in my district we have been told that the union washes their hands of us if we are charged with this type of offense.

you might be told that but the sad reality is because of the union contract this guy will be on paid leave untill hes convicted and fired, and by the time his union appointed lawyer finishes his long drawn out trial he will probably be retired

Why pay Union Dues if the Union won't protect you? Seems stupid! Are you teachers stupid?

Amen. We rejected God so he is leaving us to our own selfish and immoral selves.

Right, because nobody in the clergy would ever do anything immoral or inappropriate with a child...

Sometimes the clergy are the worst offenders which is very sad and equally as disturbing. That doesn't change the fact that we have rejected God and his teachings and that we suffer the consequences.

Yes, that's what it is. Not the fact that inappropriate behavior gets reported quicker and actually gets taken seriously. And now gets (inter)national prominence at the speed of light. As opposed to the 'good ole days' when a kid saying a teacher did something immoral was told to STFU and stop seducing the teachers.

How horrible society has become these days. :eyeroll:

Yeah, lack of religion caused this. What about the wonderful priests? They're very religious. Stick to the thread, we have no idea what this clown's religious background is. What we do know is he is a predator and an idiot.

Knock it off with the whole, "we've rejected god" bull@!$%#. The most corrupt, immoral places in this country are also the most devout. Do a search to see who buys the most porn. Hint, it's a red state.

This is true, however, society has been created this was, and didn't just evolve or change in this direction. She said, "he said I was pretty?" So what. If most of us saw her, we may say the same thing, but that is irrelevant. What is relevant is that she doesn't see herself as being pretty, so she's seeking admiration from others to establish her self worth.

What we have forgotten is that the adversary lives, and unfortunately either resides or has established his main hub in the United States. What does he fear? Love... so it's their purpose to destroy ones love for self, and disable or provide obstacles to love others. In this respect, I don't blame the girl. She's been programmed to seek such desires. Look at cartoons. I can show many that where you take a naked female figure, put her on all 4's, slap ears, face and a tail on it, it becomes a cartoon character. However, the image behind the cartoon character is designed to be programmed into ones subconscious. In Lion King, the lion lays down, dust goes up in the air, and spells "sex" before disappearing. Even where the conscious mind doesn't recognize the symbol, the subconscious (running at instant, light type speed) picks up everything, no matter how slight.

Through sex, when two people reach the deepest intimacy, they are physically closer to God than they can be otherwise. The more ancient meaning of sex is "sacred energy exchange". This becomes perverted when it becomes an act with no meaning, aside from two people getting off, instead of experiencing depth through each other. British researchers found that within that depth a chemical response is activated. Unfortunately, the more partners a woman has, the more the chemical that is produced during intimacy is destroyed.

So, in society, we have people getting married because of lust and not real love, and having sex for physical pleasure, without meaning. This is the perversion... and is why many live with little or no sense of self worth. This man may say he loved his wife, but I would argue, not as she deserved to be loved. Doing what he did with this young girl is not love either, in a sense of "love your neighbor, as yourself." When someone chooses love over desire and fear, these acts wouldn't happen, because he'd put her interest in front of his desire.

I have chosen not to believe in any type of god, I rarely attended church as a child and go now only for weddings, funerals and christenings, and yet SOMEHOW, AMAZINGLY, I still grew up knowing the difference between good and evil and practice the good.

So all you Bible thumpers - Quit blaming lack of morals on lack of Faith. One is NOT NOW and NEVER HAS BEEN exclusive to the other.

This man may say he loved his wife, but I would argue, not as she deserved to be loved.

I would argue that he didn't love his wife at all. Love is an act, in how you treat someone. It is not a matter of how someone makes you feel.

Funny thing is that the advancement of society are due to non-religion. Religions took 1500 years to finally say that the Earth is not the center of the universe. 500 years to finally acknowledge the Earth revolves around the Sun.

If they took that long, imagine the amount of people getting burn, kill, torture for being heresy. The crusade and what not.

Religion sure helps a lot of population control throughout history.

I started teaching in 1961 when I was 20 years old. I NEVER heard even rumors of this kind of thing till the last few years. I can't believe it went on then, at least not but in a rare case or two. We were raised to have morals then, though. Most people for the last 40 years or so have not been raised to know there is definitely right and wrong and not this gray area in the middle! These days it seems kids are being raised to believe that you can do whatever you want to and it's okay! I think it's that too many people are amoral and just let their children raise themselves.

In addition, the schools force teachers out at retirement age and bring in new young teachers! They think we older teachers who have proved ourselves and have a record to fall back on are not needed anymore. Just turn these new people we know nothing about loose with the kids! They're more fun for the kids to be around! I never knew fun was supposed to be part of the package when I was a kid. I had fun because I loved to learn, but for today's kids that isn't enough fun! Things won't change until people get serious about life.

Throwing money at the schools and teachers has been proven not to make any difference. When will the powers that be learn that? If one is going to do a good job, he will; money just lures in people who want money.

Society needs to learn that older people still have much to give and when we want to we should be looked to to do it. I WANT a job, but I can't get a teaching job; that's what I want to do and am good at and I never did and never will even think about harming a child. Austin, TX I applied at every school in your district when I was 65; in spite of reading specialist experience and certification, along with many other areas, I never got one call! I begged for a job in any at risk school..........no, too old! You deserve what you get!

samgirl it's more of a lack of home training on both of them, not just the teacher. If this man has god in his life, what will folks say - oh I can't believe he would do something like that. People will do what they want regardless of who gets hurt. He was lead by his dick.

Future ex-wife.

I'll bet he is popular....wit da ladyz.

Teacher of the year is given to one who will spend many hours filling out papers and making scrapbooks and doing other busy work. Who wants that "honor" that much? I had too much to do related directly to teaching to worry about going through all that just for show!

Come on, people! Obama isn't directly to blame for this! I can't stand Obama and pray every day that we can get rid of him before he wrecks our democracy and everything we stand for as a country, but he didn't really have anything to do with this. Quit being so ridiculous! You make us all look bad. I don't think even you believe he can be blamed here. Blaming him for what is IS doing to the country is enough and we need to stick to that!

Really, ignorance is a big part of this Obama bashing! What does he have to do with this?

If a republican was in office, there would be equally moronic people on the other side blaming him. Ignorance is a big part of everyone bashing.

It is ignorant because the problem goes much deeper than the president. Republican, or democrat... it doesn't matter what they call themselves, they are equally pushing an agenda which came into being hundreds of years ago. Although, they use to be more subtle about their destructive acts than they are now.

Teacher developement days???????are you serious? Those are just additional paid days off for teachers. And they are union meetings. Get real. Thats why around here those days are during deer hunting. Teacher gets day off paid....didnt use vac......perfect

Harry you should use spell check.

As a former teacher, they aren't just "additional paid days off." We were required to attend classes, curriculum meetings, etc. all day. For myself, they were wasted days that I'd have much rather spent teaching my students.

So, Cameron Ford, Dawud360, do you find this comment as moronic as those blaming Obama? Or is it only those who bash people on your side who get that label?

And for the record, I DO agree that those who blame this on Obama are morons. I just don't see the logic into stretching that to mean that everyone who opposes Obama must also be a moron.

NO...this is not th way of Texans!! This @!$%# happens all over the world everyday. Jeez, pull ur head outta your butt long enough to realize you have no clue what ur talking about!!

the problem is US parents do not teach their kids about sex. too embarrassed to discuss the topic. Sex education and human nudity needs to be accepted as a routine part of growing up, to take the "mystery" out sex.

dtrump,

My niece, who will be a senior next year has been taught about sex. She knows what it is and what the parts look like. Feel free to come down here and become a teacher, send her a nude photo. You had just better make sure my brother can't find you!!

Leddeck, You are just an ass!! Grow up!! Ther is always one like you on here no matter what state is mentioned. Still working on your GED??

TXHorseman - I don't think d.trump was implying that we send sexually provocative photos to whomever we please. Way to take things out of context.

Simply put - in America we like to make everything taboo and restricted. The more you do that, the more inclined people become to disregard the 'taboo' implication and do it. Many other countries don't have the drugs, sex, firearms, and alcohol issue we do. Obviously we're doing something wrong - or our kids are just naturally less capable in this world.

Think about it. Child kills brother on accident with daddy's sidearm in 'X' city. Now, how often do you hear about that in the country? Not often, if ever. Why do you think that is? Probably because in the country most kids are taught about weapons, their use, and how to handle them. In the city they're a 'no no' item.

See the difference? In most parts of this country kids are taught nothing.

John,

Simply put - in America we like to make everything taboo and restricted. The more you do that, the more inclined people become to disregard the 'taboo' implication and do it. Many other countries don't have the drugs, sex, firearms, and alcohol issue we do. Obviously we're doing something wrong - or our kids are just naturally less capable in this world.

And how does this have to do with and adult teacher asking for and sending nude photos with a 15 year old ??

Although what do we really expect when our schools are advocating and teaching about sex (and sexually related topics) at younger and younger ages, rather than teaching abstinence and letting the parents teach about sex.

Newsflash... teaching abstinence DOES NOT WORK. It may work for a few, but not for the vast majority. And sex ed does not promote sex, it is to teach kids about the risks and consequences of their actions in hopes that if they do become sexually active they will do it safely.

And maybe you missed it, but sex ed also teaches kids to recognize predatory behavior, gray rape, etc.

It's a consideration of the job that wasn't there before. There should be, as part of the curriculum for those getting teaching degrees, classes that deal with advances and inappropriate behavior towards the teacher from students. They should also include, although it should be common sense, courses for teachers on what they should not do and inappropriate student/teacher interaction. These classes should be taught at the same time the courses of school law are taught to tie them nicely with what the legal ramifications are.

While this may help I am sure there will always be some idiot who just doesn't get it and says or does stupid things anyway.