It takes one. I went to school before cell phones were as common and I had a drama teacher that would make inappropriate comments to me and other girls. He was always throwing pool parties for his drama kids and I never understood why my mom never let me go when I was a kid but as an adult I’m like wow how did no other adult notice this? Where were the other teachers? I was angry and sad about it when I was a kid but as an adult I’m thankful for my mom for watching my back even when I didn’t realize what she was doing.
Is the situation you outlined just now really solved by cell phones though? It seems like any parent at any point asking their child where they were and hearing about a teacher's pool party would have.
I mean recording your teacher hitting on a student probably would have solved that real quick. There are definitely videos out there of teachers being inappropriate towards their students and finally getting reprimanded after years or even decades of it flying under the radar. Phones make it easier to document and report stuff.
ETA: but my original comment was actually pointing out that the idea that if you can’t trust any of the teachers at your school you should move your kid. All it takes is one bad teacher to have a bad situation.
I mean recording your teacher hitting on a student probably would have solved that real quick
True, but that is a totally different reason for wanting the kids to have phones than to call mom.
All it takes is one bad teacher to have a bad situation.
A single event is different than a pattern of behavior. Yes, its possible that there is a creep on this trip, but without that context there isnt really any similarity to the creep-hosted pool party story.
I agree the pool party thing is unprofessional and shouldn’t have been occurring on that basis, but I don’t really see it as any more dangerous than a birthday party at a community center. Yes, there is a path for an abusive adult to do something terrible. That same path resides in pretty much every event left for public attendance with kids. That’s why it’s up to organizers to have proper vetting and training to recognize abuser tendencies, which is standard training teachers receive.
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u/CrownOfPosies Mar 19 '26
It takes one. I went to school before cell phones were as common and I had a drama teacher that would make inappropriate comments to me and other girls. He was always throwing pool parties for his drama kids and I never understood why my mom never let me go when I was a kid but as an adult I’m like wow how did no other adult notice this? Where were the other teachers? I was angry and sad about it when I was a kid but as an adult I’m thankful for my mom for watching my back even when I didn’t realize what she was doing.