Hot For Teacher
Debra LaFave, the Florida teacher who got in trouble for boinking a fifteen year-old student, has gotten off. Of course, so did her boyfriend, but for him it only took about 90 seconds.
Sorry, couldn't resist.
Anyway, LaFave had the charges dropped, and then stepped headlong into blaming the media and talking about God's plans for her life. She blamed her behavior on her bipolar status, and challenged the media and the rest of us, the little people, the peons, the schmucks, to "read a book or an article on mental illness."
Okay, I think I've had enough. The day I get chastised by a low-rent Jennie Garth who can't even wait until three when school is over to cheat on her husband is the day I relent my obligations, and let Toby Keith lead us all into war.
Deb? Hon? Look, I really don't care what you did. Growing up, one of my favorite movies was "My Tutor." I wish guys everywhere had teachers like you, decently attractive women with absolutely no self-esteem who owned a cool car. But you've gone too far.
Understand this. Nobody has to care if you're crazy. It doesn't matter what you say you are, bipolar, depression, mood swings, Asperger's, erectile dysfunction, uncontrollable falling down syndrome, Beatlemania, Dutch Elm disease, nobody cares. The cause of despicable actions is irrelevant to anybody except psychiatrists, therapists, and other people who can get away with wearing bow-ties.
Why you did it, no one will ever care about. It was weird, and illegal, and you have the misfortune of being a blonde woman in her mid-twenties who got caught in a sex crime on a slow news day. The only way the story could have been bigger would be if you went to Aruba and turned up missing after sleeping with the kid and blowing the President.
Don't blame this on being bipolar. Van Gogh was bipolar, and he painted "Starry Night". You were bipolar, and you gave a high school freshman a hand job while you let one of his friends drive you around.
It's all in what you do with your disability, Deb.
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When I worked at the mental health center, our director made the comment, "Don't let them get away with that, mental illness is no excuse for rude behavior." Wonder what she would say about Ms LaF!
A few years back my particular disorder was removed from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Now I can only blame my kids for the crazy things I do.
I didn't even know there was a manual for mental disorders. How many pages of it am I listed on?
Yup, the DSM. That's got all the crazymakers.
There was a Weekend Update several years ago when a similar story came to light. Norm MacDonald said, "And she's known as the Best Teacher Ever." My husband said this is a common male fantasy -- getting it on with the teach. Of course, if it were a male teacher getting it on with a young girl, it would be totally different. Ah well.
Of course. If it were a guy teacher with an underage girl, it's a clear-cut predatorial relationship. If it's the other way around, it's the plot of "My Tutor."
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