When she's old enough to be your mother. 
Mar 28, 2007 - Wendie Schweikert, 37, a teacher at E.B. Morse Elementary School, was arrested in February 2006, charged with two counts of criminal sexual conduct after being accused of having sexual relations with an 11-year-old student.
The boy's mother notified police who investigated and uncovered evidence that Schweikert and the child, a fifth-grade student, had intercourse after class once, and the teacher performed sexual acts with him two other times. Schweikert resigned.
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TT - the AP story hints that it might be racism. Schweikert is white, the boy was black.
Predictably, the expanded version of this AP story was headlined as, "In small Southern U.S. county, two white women teachers accused of sex with black boys" in the International Herald-Tribune, the New York Times-owned Paris publication.
For the international audience, there's the local black activist quote,
However, screaming headlines are more exciting. Plus, there's the added bonus that when the new teacher conduct standards in S.C. are implemented next year, agitprop newspapers and activists can claim credit.
Update: CNN has upped the stakes. Now it's not only Racism, it's officially Racism and a Sex Scandal. I would suggest their story, the AP story, and activists suddently becoming, ah, active, are more related the media annual celebration of Black History Month, local political trials and backlash, and educational reforms underway, but that would be cynical.
[Bumped.]
UPDATE June 1 - Schweikert was sentenced to 10 years.
Mar 28, 2007 - Wendie Schweikert, 37, a teacher at E.B. Morse Elementary School, was arrested in February 2006, charged with two counts of criminal sexual conduct after being accused of having sexual relations with an 11-year-old student.The boy's mother notified police who investigated and uncovered evidence that Schweikert and the child, a fifth-grade student, had intercourse after class once, and the teacher performed sexual acts with him two other times. Schweikert resigned.
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TT - the AP story hints that it might be racism. Schweikert is white, the boy was black.
"If this had been black teachers, they would not be out of jail right now," said Corinnie Young, a 49-year-old bookstore employee who is black.NAACP president quote, irrelevant textile mills history, more nonsense, a few supporters, and ending with another quote from pick-a-fight parent.
Predictably, the expanded version of this AP story was headlined as, "In small Southern U.S. county, two white women teachers accused of sex with black boys" in the International Herald-Tribune, the New York Times-owned Paris publication.
For the international audience, there's the local black activist quote,
He suggested that blacks in town are too afraid to speak out: "There's a long history of intimidation and it's a sin. It's unholy in Laurens County to speak out.Some of South Carolina problems with teachers can be illustrated at this TT entry. Or by searching the label South Carolina.
However, screaming headlines are more exciting. Plus, there's the added bonus that when the new teacher conduct standards in S.C. are implemented next year, agitprop newspapers and activists can claim credit.
Update: CNN has upped the stakes. Now it's not only Racism, it's officially Racism and a Sex Scandal. I would suggest their story, the AP story, and activists suddently becoming, ah, active, are more related the media annual celebration of Black History Month, local political trials and backlash, and educational reforms underway, but that would be cynical.
[Bumped.]
UPDATE June 1 - Schweikert was sentenced to 10 years.
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