While I am a homeschooling parent, I defer a lot of respect to quality teachers. In fact, being a product of the public school system myself, I doubt I would have the ability or confidence to effectively educate my children.

While teachers shouldn't have to live their lives in a bubble, there's a general consensus that they constitute role models. As well they should; the time they spend with their students during formative years is substantial, and their influence often colors the world of their charges.

This is why it is so appalling, then, when a teacher violates the trust of their student and engages in sexual activity with the student.

It's also why some people are so appalled and dismayed at the actions of a certain blogger. While I didn't see the inhalant abuse article, I have seen a number of poorly written, reactive responses that have shown his general inability to control his temper. That type of reaction indicates an emotional instability that would be a poor fit for a classroom where a teacher should be in control.

To compare the actions of a teacher with the actions of a woman on disability who has never held herself to be a role model, then, is an unreasonable comparison. LW has been consistently held to answer for her actions, and she has done so with a certain grace. Myrr goes through cycles of throwing a fit,getting exiled, apologizing then being brought back. The only person I have seen reprimanded more often on this site is Sir Peter Maxwell, who is permanently banned, while Myrr will almost certainly talk his way back into the admins' good graces and be reinstated.

This isn't meant to be an attack,as I highly respect all parties involved. But I would challenge you, myrr, to seriously examine what it means to be a role model for your students and in the community. You have the intelligence to be a great teacher; of that there is no doubt. Now it's time to show you have the wisdom to match.