Teacher-Student Sexual Relationships

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Student and teacher relationships have many benefits for both teacher and student in the classroom. There are many different types of these relationships, from being friends to being mentors to even being something of a mentor or parental figure. However, in recent years, a new type of relationship has come into existence, one that is neither healthy nor legal. When student and teacher relationships blossom into something that is more than just a friendship, people can get hurt, families can be torn apart, communities baffled, and fellow students put at a disadvantage. These illegal sexual student relationships are wrong. The punishment for these crimes is more than fair and if anything should be worse for these teachers. Teachers have always strived to have good relationships with their students. It increases attentiveness and learning in the classroom and it makes school more enjoyable and bearable for both teacher and teachers. All teachers have different methods as to how they create these healthy relationships with their students, and each are effective in their own way, and they must be, children spend around 5 to 7 hours a day, 5 days a week, for about 10 months (California State University). One of the most famous stories of positive student teacher relationships was back in the early 1990s, in Long Beach California, at Woodrow Wilson High school. The popular Freedom Writers movie, made in 2007 was in fact based off of a true story. Erin Gruwell, an English teacher at this, one of the most infamous and dangerous high schools in the country, has one of the most celebrated and amazing student teacher relationship stories to this day. She is able to change the lives of her students, from unmotivated students, to students t... ... middle of paper ... ...fair with 15-year-old Pupil after Taking Her on Trips to the Seaside and Hotels." Mail Online. Associated Newspapers, 24 Mar. 2014. Web. 26 Mar. 2014. Edmonds, Lizzie. "Headteacher, 36, Had Affair with 15-year-old Pupil after Taking Her on Trips to the Seaside and Hotels." Mail Online. Associated Newspapers, 24 Mar. 2014. Web. 26 Mar. 2014. "Erin Gruwell - Freedom Writers Movie - The Real Story." ChasingtheFrog.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Mar. 2014. "Female Teachers Having Sex, Inappropriate Relationships with Students." Yahoo Contributor Network. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Mar. 2014. Jauregui, Andres. "Brianne Altice, English Teacher, Allegedly Had Sex With 15-Year-Old Student." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 30 Oct. 2013. Web. 26 Mar. 2014. "The Positive Teacher-Student Relationship." The Positive Teacher-Student Relationship. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Mar. 2014.

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