Hot For Teacher

After completing a little over two years of her house arrest sentence, a judge decided Tuesday that Debra Lafave will be released from house arrest on July 11. Lafave was a middle school teacher who was arrested back in 2004 for having sex with one of her 14 year old students. She will now be on regular probation. Hearing the news reminded me of a few years ago when this all took place and the double standard this case represented. With respect to the fact that the victims family refused to have their son testify, Lafave's sentence was merely a slap on the wrist. Now 27, she is and was a very attractive MARRIED woman. For her to seek the affections of a 14 year old boy shows a deep mental disturbance and the need for ongoing medical treatment ordered by the court at the very least. Lafave later admitted to having bipolar disorder. I am sure of two things. If this had been a male teacher with a female victim, there would have been a prison sentence and more of a public outcry. At the time, I remember the running joke was that the kid was lucky and some wished that it had happened to them in school. To be fair I am sure that many people were properly outraged, but even when we do not have a "typical"victim, the law and reaction of society should be applied equally.