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Tuesday, October 9, 2012

A SEXUAL PAST, OR NO SEXUAL PAST ?- THAT’S THE QUESTION « Teachers Fight Back

A SEXUAL PAST, OR NO SEXUAL PAST ?- THAT’S THE QUESTION « Teachers Fight Back:


A SEXUAL PAST, OR NO SEXUAL PAST ?- THAT’S THE QUESTION

Oh no !  More front page stories about teachers who were fired after revelations that they had previous careers that had sexual elements to them.  Now we have a female  teacher who had a previous career as a model and posed for risqué pictures. A male teacher who was previously employed as a gay porn actor.  Another female teacher who was in porn movies and a female teacher who was selling her “talents” on Craigslist. All were fired after their school districts found out about their previous careers. All the teachers were successful in their teaching careers but were fired once their past was revealed.
Shame on all the administrators who hired these people without ever checking on their previous careers. Isn’t that the first thing you would ask of a new teaching candidate if you were an administrator ? “Did you have a previous career that might in any way be remotely considered to have involved sex or sex appeal?” Doesn’t every administrator ask that when interviewing potential new employees ?  Now all the above cases have resulted in