Quote Originally Posted by K7SGJ View Post
It doesn't matter. If a woman swears that you raped her, you WILL be arrested and possibly charged until it's proven otherwise. Same goes with a teacher, I would think, if accused by a student for inappropriate conduct, you will at a minimum be put on leave and more than likely charged until it's proven otherwise. And, if and when proven innocent, this can stay on a person's record forever. How do you think that looks on the teacher's record? I would think it would be a little tough to get another job, or even be trusted by most of the parents in the school in which you worked. Even when proven not guilty. It's kind of like the parent who is accused of beating a child. Whether or not it happened, initially the same action will be taken, and the parent will be assumed to be guilty, even if it never happened. But that is the justice system, and it usually errors on the side of caution.
Yeah, but at least if you retain a highly professional attitude and you avoid anything that can be remotely construed as friendly or personal relations with a student you stand a better chance of not being accused of such actions and, you stand a greater chance of being found not guilty if things end up going into court. Yes it may leave you scarred either way, it may even mean that you may end up leaving the teaching profession even though you did nothing wrong and were cleared. I guess those are the breaks.

Still, if a teacher acts professionally and maintains proper professional distance between his/her students the odds of ending up in such a damaging situation go down. Once Mr or Miss Teacher starts getting too close, too friendly, or, even a little too intimate with a student all bets are off and the road to career ruination, as well as criminal penalties is wide open.

If a teacher values his/her career or likes his/her profession why create unneeded risks and raise the odds of future trouble ?