Oyster-Adam teacher arrested

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Always thought he dressed inappropriately for a teacher who is around kids. Short shorts and very tight t-shirts, sometimes showing his mid riff. He was attractive and good at teaching so everyone looked the other way. He was friends with all the best teachers at the school and they protected him, not the kids.

Wow. See how the school *and* many parents chose to ignore the RED flags?
Even though people like to swear there were no indications for concern,
there usually in fact, are.

But, SOMEONE just needs to have the guts to be "JUDGMENTAL"
or at least don't give the pervert a free pass with your kids.

If you do, your poor child will likely need YEARS of THERAPY
to recover from your "non-judgmental" mistakes. Ooops!

Even the children in the class who he didn't yet molest,
need help to process this violation of their trust in their teacher.

It's horrible for everyone in the school and in the community.

So, a beloved and award-winning teacher should have been disciplined or fired because he sometimes wore tight shirts? You sound ridiculous. You, and a few others on this thread, are trying to make sense of something that is frightening and devastating. Hindsight is always 20/20. It's much more difficult to see these "red flags" when you're dealing with a charismatic "wolf in sheeps clothing" who is committed to deceiving you and winning your trust. Please don't kid yourself that you could never be conned. And don't insult the familes who were victimized by this predator.

[Anonymous]

The fact that a perverted male teacher was able to be feeling up a boy's penis in a forth grade classroom is a travesty. In one of the very best public schools in Washington, DC.

My best friend's mother taught there for over 20 years. I don't believe she would have allowed such a thing to happen at her school. She was never afraid of being politically incorrect. She was very well liked and respected among both her colleagues and the parents there, at the time. My, how times have changed. And no one there has stepped-up to the plate to fill her shoes. Apparently.

Those here saying there's not much anyone can do about it, should be ashamed of themselves. How quickly you'd change your tune if your boy is next at his school.

If you think these children should be responsible for protecting themselves from their classroom teachers, I guess at least you can tell yourself, oh well. Just another kid's life ruined. Who cares?

[Anonymous]

On a similar topic how would you guys feel about having a transgendered formerly male teacher? Part of me is really supportive of the idea because it shows a model of courage and then part of me is like after this a little worried but maybe that's my own weird prejudices I have to deal with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The fact that a perverted male teacher was able to be feeling up a boy's penis in a forth grade classroom is a travesty. In one of the very best public schools in Washington, DC.

My best friend's mother taught there for over 20 years. I don't believe she would have allowed such a thing to happen at her school. She was never afraid of being politically incorrect. She was very well liked and respected among both her colleagues and the parents there, at the time. My, how times have changed. And no one there has stepped-up to the plate to fill her shoes. Apparently.

Those here saying there's not much anyone can do about it, should be ashamed of themselves. How quickly you'd change your tune if your boy is next at his school.

If you think these children should be responsible for protecting themselves from their classroom teachers, I guess at least you can tell yourself, oh well. Just another kid's life ruined. Who cares?

Be quiet! You don't know what you're talking about, and you certainly don't know anything about Oyster. Focus on your own children and their school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:On a similar topic how would you guys feel about having a transgendered formerly male teacher? Part of me is really supportive of the idea because it shows a model of courage and then part of me is like after this a little worried but maybe that's my own weird prejudices I have to deal with.

You can start a new thread for that. It's completely unrelated here. And you know it.

[Anonymous]

No it is related because there was this whole line of thread for excluding men completely from the profession of teaching. But what about transgendered folks?

[Anonymous]

Frankly I think it would be wrong and a bad idea to exclude either men or transgendered people. I think they can all add to creating a more diverse and multi perspective experience in a school and show how different people with different identities and genders can approach life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The fact that a perverted male teacher was able to be feeling up a boy's penis in a forth grade classroom is a travesty. In one of the very best public schools in Washington, DC.

My best friend's mother taught there for over 20 years. I don't believe she would have allowed such a thing to happen at her school. She was never afraid of being politically incorrect. She was very well liked and respected among both her colleagues and the parents there, at the time. My, how times have changed. And no one there has stepped-up to the plate to fill her shoes. Apparently.

Those here saying there's not much anyone can do about it, should be ashamed of themselves. How quickly you'd change your tune if your boy is next at his school.

If you think these children should be responsible for protecting themselves from their classroom teachers, I guess at least you can tell yourself, oh well. Just another kid's life ruined. Who cares?

Be quiet! You don't know what you're talking about, and you certainly don't know anything about Oyster. Focus on your own children and their school.

As shameful as it may be, the whole world now knows that a 10 year old boy there had his penis violated by his perverted teacher.

Do you know how smart people respond to such horrific acts?
They say, "Never again."
That's what my people say, anyways.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The fact that a perverted male teacher was able to be feeling up a boy's penis in a forth grade classroom is a travesty. In one of the very best public schools in Washington, DC.

My best friend's mother taught there for over 20 years. I don't believe she would have allowed such a thing to happen at her school. She was never afraid of being politically incorrect. She was very well liked and respected among both her colleagues and the parents there, at the time. My, how times have changed. And no one there has stepped-up to the plate to fill her shoes. Apparently.

Those here saying there's not much anyone can do about it, should be ashamed of themselves. How quickly you'd change your tune if your boy is next at his school.

If you think these children should be responsible for protecting themselves from their classroom teachers, I guess at least you can tell yourself, oh well. Just another kid's life ruined. Who cares?

Be quiet! You don't know what you're talking about, and you certainly don't know anything about Oyster. Focus on your own children and their school.

As shameful as it may be, the whole world now knows that a 10 year old boy there had his penis violated by his perverted teacher.

Do you know how smart people respond to such horrific acts?
They say, "Never again."
That's what my people say, anyways.

And you can start by making sure that it doesn't happen to your own children. Focus on home first--it sounds as if you need to do so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The fact that a perverted male teacher was able to be feeling up a boy's penis in a forth grade classroom is a travesty. In one of the very best public schools in Washington, DC.

My best friend's mother taught there for over 20 years. I don't believe she would have allowed such a thing to happen at her school. She was never afraid of being politically incorrect. She was very well liked and respected among both her colleagues and the parents there, at the time. My, how times have changed. And no one there has stepped-up to the plate to fill her shoes. Apparently.

Those here saying there's not much anyone can do about it, should be ashamed of themselves. How quickly you'd change your tune if your boy is next at his school.

If you think these children should be responsible for protecting themselves from their classroom teachers, I guess at least you can tell yourself, oh well. Just another kid's life ruined. Who cares?

You are absolutely insane if you think your best friend's mom knew everything that happened in every classroom. Of course, she wouldn't have ALLOWED it. But it seems like it was unlikely she would have known.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:On a similar topic how would you guys feel about having a transgendered formerly male teacher? Part of me is really supportive of the idea because it shows a model of courage and then part of me is like after this a little worried but maybe that's my own weird prejudices I have to deal with.

This is entirely unrelated. Unless you are really only asking the extremely limited set of posters who have indicated that they do not want male teachers in the classroom whether they would allow them back in if they became trangendered. Either way, it needs a new thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On a similar topic how would you guys feel about having a transgendered formerly male teacher? Part of me is really supportive of the idea because it shows a model of courage and then part of me is like after this a little worried but maybe that's my own weird prejudices I have to deal with.

This is entirely unrelated. Unless you are really only asking the extremely limited set of posters who have indicated that they do not want male teachers in the classroom whether they would allow them back in if they became trangendered. Either way, it needs a new thread.

Exactly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But what if the allegations turn out to be false.... this guy's life is ruined. sad situation.

What you apparently don't understand is, by the time the police are actually arresting someone, 99% of the time there is MORE THAN ENOUGH evidence to arrest. The truly sad thing is how much evidence it usually takes to get law enforcement to actually act. I worked in this field in a past career and it is shocking how obvious the abuse can be (once it's been discovered and children have been interviewed) and yet without damning evidence like video or pics it's shocking how much it can take to get law enforcement to act.

By the time someone is actually being arrested, especially someone like this, it's dramatically likely it's true. Also likely that only the tip of the iceberg is known. I've seen cases move forward where so many of the victims' allegations werent' even included, for various reasons.

NO this is not true. I have a friend who worked at a camp that was falsely accused by a girl who said he videotaped her changing clothes. The girl wanted attention - she set him up. She owned up to it, her friends confessed that she bragged about it. Yet, he was arrested and yes, his life is ruined. He moved overseas to get away from the mess. And in this day and age, you can google a person, and their name shows it. It absolutely ruined his life.

p.s. I don't know this teacher, have nothing to do with the community. PP is just wrong, people are falsely arrested and accused ALL THE TIME. PP is the one who doesn't know what she is talking about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The fact that a perverted male teacher was able to be feeling up a boy's penis in a forth grade classroom is a travesty. In one of the very best public schools in Washington, DC.

My best friend's mother taught there for over 20 years. I don't believe she would have allowed such a thing to happen at her school. She was never afraid of being politically incorrect. She was very well liked and respected among both her colleagues and the parents there, at the time. My, how times have changed. And no one there has stepped-up to the plate to fill her shoes. Apparently.

Those here saying there's not much anyone can do about it, should be ashamed of themselves. How quickly you'd change your tune if your boy is next at his school.

If you think these children should be responsible for protecting themselves from their classroom teachers, I guess at least you can tell yourself, oh well. Just another kid's life ruined. Who cares?

You're quoting absolutely no one here. No one is saying that "not much can be done about it" or "oh well". Quite the contrary, I think everyone here is trying to make sense of how this happened in a school classroom. I think most of the posters are bright enough to realize that background checks are not particularly useful unless someone has a criminal record. Discriminating against all male teachers is not legal and not useful, and likely harmful to students who benefit from having excellent teachers and role models. I think many posters are rightfully curious and concerned about the current safeguards and policies in place at O-A, as well as all DCPS schools. Being flippant and contemptuous is not constructive, nor does it provide any insight as to how this escaped the radar.

[Anonymous]

14:47 is a mess. He keeps digging his hole deeper and deeper. He's a dead giveaway.