Teacher-Student Relationship
Teacher-student Romantic Relationship
I. Executive Summary:
Morality in the work place is almost a none existing issue, this is because most of the employees in any organization do not know the true meaning of morality. Others think to do good is a moral thing, hence any deeds contrary to that are considered immoral.
Allowing mentorship to turn into romance breaks the trust on which a healthy student-teacher relationship is founded. Most educational institutions have policies that ban such romances. This because not only is it socially repulsive but also it could expose the school to allegation of negligence and possible lawsuits. Moreover, a teacher-student relationship is by tradition, considered sacred.
It is for this reason that the school conducted a thorough study/investigation to know how this student-teacher relationship has developed and how it can be minimized, if not avoided.
II. Statement of the Problem:
1. To identify if there is the potential occurrence of conflicts of interest created while the student is enrolled in the teacher’s class;
2. To determine if the consent to sex by the student is valid and un-coerce;
3. To determine what possible action/s to take to avoid recurrence of the same incident in the future;
4. To determine if social media/networking, like Facebook, contributed to the development of the student-teacher romantic relationship;
5. To determine what course of action/s to be taken to better protect both student/s and teacher/s.
III. Causes of the Problem:
A controversy burst open not so recently in the school where this reporter works; because of an allegedly consensual relationship between a college male teacher and a female student. The male teacher is supposedly guiding his student on the way to a moral and virtuous life. Professionally speaking, it is his responsibility not to send wrong signals by converting this delicate relationship into a romantic one.
One of the male college teachers—who are married with two
I. Executive Summary:
Morality in the work place is almost a none existing issue, this is because most of the employees in any organization do not know the true meaning of morality. Others think to do good is a moral thing, hence any deeds contrary to that are considered immoral.
Allowing mentorship to turn into romance breaks the trust on which a healthy student-teacher relationship is founded. Most educational institutions have policies that ban such romances. This because not only is it socially repulsive but also it could expose the school to allegation of negligence and possible lawsuits. Moreover, a teacher-student relationship is by tradition, considered sacred.
It is for this reason that the school conducted a thorough study/investigation to know how this student-teacher relationship has developed and how it can be minimized, if not avoided.
II. Statement of the Problem:
1. To identify if there is the potential occurrence of conflicts of interest created while the student is enrolled in the teacher’s class;
2. To determine if the consent to sex by the student is valid and un-coerce;
3. To determine what possible action/s to take to avoid recurrence of the same incident in the future;
4. To determine if social media/networking, like Facebook, contributed to the development of the student-teacher romantic relationship;
5. To determine what course of action/s to be taken to better protect both student/s and teacher/s.
III. Causes of the Problem:
A controversy burst open not so recently in the school where this reporter works; because of an allegedly consensual relationship between a college male teacher and a female student. The male teacher is supposedly guiding his student on the way to a moral and virtuous life. Professionally speaking, it is his responsibility not to send wrong signals by converting this delicate relationship into a romantic one.
One of the male college teachers—who are married with two