If the case is as clear as this one, then yes, the teacher should be held accountable.

The problem lies with the cases which aren't as clear, where the teacher might suspect something is wrong, but have no real knowledge.

I remember a year back or so, there was a proposal here in Denmark to make teachers responsible for asking questions about it and possible having a talk with the family if they suspected something was wrong at home, as in possible abuse.

That's not what teachers are trained to do and not in their job description. They're not trained social workers and we have to be careful in not making them responsible for something, which they cannot know or have no training in dealing with.

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Feel free to adress my arguments if you want to, but wether you accept it or not: I don't give a fuck about that poll.

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So all you have to contrinute is trolling?

I think it's funny that you read the poll, posts away, not respond to the poll, and then whine about my addressing your "arguments"...

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If it wasn't for double standards, liberals would have no standards at all...

I don't think that's funny at all. Regarding the question in the poll, I stated where I stand. I felt free to do the same regarding the law which is discussed in this thread. If you think that this behaviour is trolling, feel free to report the posts of mine to a moderator. Up to then, I feel free to enjoy my freedom of speech, which allows me to aviod any poll I don't give a f*ck about. And I definely don't give a f*ck about this poll here.

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The teacher should be punished, its against the law.

What is the legal age of consent in this scenario?

Andrew

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Doesn't matter since not reporting it is against the law. Also, google "age of consent" and you'll find the lowest age in the US is 16, although there's a weird one for puerto rico which says with parental permission the age (of marriage) can be 'lower' to account for pregnancy, etc. Strangely, in Puerto Rico the age of consent is 21.

if the boy comes to the teacher and says i'm having ass sex with a man, and not i'm in a relationship with a man (relationships can be platonic you know and thus this provides plausible deniablity) then yes the teacher must report it up the chain, or at least to the parents or suffer the consequences under the law.
the kid has to come out and admit the abuse for the teacher to be obligated under the law to say something. he doesn't HAVE to go on an assumption or a suspicision, only a certainty.

Absolutely.

First, if it's the law, and the teacher broke it, then it's self-explanatory that the teacher is liable for the consequences. Laws aren't suggestions or personal pleas.

Second, it's a good law IMO. Primary and secondary school teachers, when acting in their professional capacity given basic education is required by law, have the legal responsibility and control of the children in their charge under the in loco parentis doctrine.

In loco parentis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Given their responsibility for the children, it should expected of teachers that they'd report anything amiss with a child in their care and custody that involves criminal misconducts being committed upon them.

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Steve, you cheeky little monkey, when did you plan on letting the cat out of the bag?

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Whenever someone says "I'm not book smart, but I'm street smart", all I hear is "I'm not real smart, but I'm imaginary smart".

There is a slight difference between the real life scenario and your's, in your scenario the boy tells the teacher it is an older man, in the real life scenario, he does not, despite every article I've looked at saying he did. Listen to the audio yourself. My sound quality on my laptop stinks, perhaps someone can direct me to the mark where he says the boy told him it was an older man.

http://www.breitbart.tv/uncovered-au...ith-older-man/

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Whenever someone says "I'm not book smart, but I'm street smart", all I hear is "I'm not real smart, but I'm imaginary smart".

You mean Steve had an ulterior motive when creating this thread? I'm shocked.

It was so blindingly obvious that I just called his bluff and answered the question as posed.

I'm leaning towards yes on this. Most student don't tell teachers they're having sex. The student telling the teacher in this case would be a warning sign.

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"[T]he illiteracy level of our children are appalling."—Washington, D.C., Jan. 23, 2004

We all knew Steve was up to something.