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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone know if Shipley was considered a good teacher. It seems unlikely he put much thought or effort into teaching if crew took up so much of his time year round. Before school and after school. He seemed to live and breathe crew[/quote]

I had him as a teacher 18 years ago for AP Euro back in 2003.  A decent teacher, not the most engaging lecturer and sometimes phoned it in but I still retain a lot of what he taught.  You know, "Joan of Arc was barbecued" and Martin Luther had "95 theses and 95 feces," or the significance of Disraeli and Gladstone, stuff that has still stuck with me.

In hindsight and years of life experience there were red flags back then.

He definitely had his favorites, (all teachers do), the crew kids got special treatment, especially the girls.  
He would sometimes have crew kids over to his house and I think he would reach out to them personally.
He had a chummy relationship with some students, but back then he was in his early 30s and only a decade older than seniors so it didnt seem as weird.

That said, when I found out this summer what happened, lets just say I wasnt surprised, 15 year old me sensed something that remained dormant until this summer.  [/quote]

I hesitate to call it creepy since from the perspective of a kid in his class it was just stuff I heard on the side.  Knowing what I know now both about grooming and from life, I think he was laying the groundwork by giving out his cell phone number and having crew kids go to his P Street house.

I am interested in hearing from people with more recent interactions?

Also what role does the school and MCPS have here?  It is unlikely that all of the predation and grooming occurred solely off school grounds?  At least it appears Alan Goodwin didn’t perform an overt coverup.  I would be sad if he did.

Wow! That is interesting that you were not shocked or surprised. Seems like he was a bit creepy towards girls even back then.[/quote][/quote]

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