Being a elementary teacher I’m always kept in the loop about things happening in our profession. Debra Lafave was obviously one teacher who stepped on the wrong side of the boundaries. Teaching is a full time job that requires you to be very careful about what you say and what you do. You are a role-model not only to your students but to your entire community as well.

As for Debra, she plead guilty to two counts of lewd behavior with a 14 year old minor and was sentenced to three years of community control, or house arrest, and ordered to register as a sex offender. I dont condone rape, regardless if it is a male or female, but what was interesting was the way I felt about the whole thing. Do you just put the sole blame on her because she is the adult? How did the 14 year old really feel about his encounters with her?

Being a male, I know that we go through intense changes in our body around 12-14 years of age. Our sexual curiosity increases and our testosterone starts to skyrocket. Im not going to be prude about it because I can admit that I had my share of fantasies of sleeping with the hot teacher or secretary as a young teenager. Think about it. This kid had sex with his 23 year old teacher at least four times. When his friends wouldn’t believe him, he had his cousin drive him around while he had sex in the backseat of a car. At that age, that just boosted your popularity and manhood 100 times fold. The kid probrably enjoyed it. Just being real.

On a sidenote, I bet if it were a male teacher, he would be facing some serious jailtime. How many of you would agree with me on that?