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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The other possibility of course, is that this guy while 100% a creep and a predator, was also a great teacher. It is possible.[/quote]

Wha? "The other possibility" to explain what, exactly? To explain...why students enjoyed spending time with him outside the classroom? Why students sought him out?

Keep in mind that some parents here have reported that he's widely known to have "favored female students." If a teacher was so great in general as a teacher, the male students would have sought his company, as a role model of sorts.

Or are you saying that he had amazing pedagogical talents, even if he were a predator? That's neither here nor there. Plus, I highly doubt he was an exceptionally gifted teacher in terms of a teaching skill set. My kids have had great teachers over the years and they didn't make them 'stand apart' among all other teachers. [/quote]

Not to "explain" anything, no. It is simply an observation that it IS possible to be more than one thing at the same time. No person is 100% evil, no other person is 100% good. The world is full of hugely talented people on a genius level who make very poor choices when it comes to how they live their lives or treat others.

But I'm interested to hear from the ex students on this board who said he was terrible. It sounds like his "greatness" was all constructed BS and part of the ruse. It amazes me he got away with all of that for 20 years.[/quote]

Sexual predators are often TEACHER OF THE YEAR award winners.  Look at John Vigna at Cloverly Elementary. He has a huge fan club of MCPS staff and parents who all showed up at his trial in matching tee shirts and wrist bands.  The Board of Education didn't even fire him. They LOVED him! Joshua Starr kept him in the classroom.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/he-was-warned-about-getting-too-close-to-students-but-this-maryland-teacher-was-allowed-to-stay-in-the-classroom/2017/08/25/5ac2ad76-7bbe-11e7-a669-b400c5c7e1cc_story.html[/quote]

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