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What exactly is our right to privacy? Contrary to popular belief, our right to privacy is not a constitutional right, but according to Linder (2016), a combination of amendments included in the Bill of Rights are merged to sort of build the right to privacy. Some of these amendments include the 1st. 4th, 5th and specifically the 9th. With that said, I am not sure if Pettit had a right to privacy to violate. The question should be if the Board of Education had a right to fire her because she was in violation of any codes of conduct.
The Codes: An Overview I believe the Board was justified in firing her because according to Shaw (2014), even though the State Board felt that she was a good teacher, by renewing her contract and because they believed …show more content…

She was still a good teacher. If she had never gone on TV I don’t believe they would have ever found out. According to Shaw (2014), she was dedicated to her profession for over 13 years. But then again, once she went on local TV to discuss her private life, it became public and open for scrutiny. What people do behind the closed doors of their homes is their business, but once you invite people in so to speak, then the consequences of your actions is open to all to form opinions and become …show more content…

Whether it is having lunch, going to a movie, or anything that does not have an approval by the school is bad behavior on the teacher’s part. I also don’t think it would be appropriate for a teacher to have students in their home. There is no reason to invite a student into their home. Allegations may occur that did or did not happen. The teacher could be opening themselves up for accusations by the student for any reason, like they may want the teacher to get fired, or even go to jail.
Of course having sexual relationships with students is not only unprofessional and immoral, but also against the law. There have been many instances where teachers are having sexual affairs with their students. It used to be just male teachers having relations with the female students, now it is also female teachers having sex with the male students. This occurs not only on the collegiate levels but it has also happened with students as young as middle school. This behavior is totally

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