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Teacher regrets mock 'wedding'

morningsentinel.mainetoday.com — A Falmouth elementary school teacher has apologized for participating in a mock wedding in which he was the bridegroom and the bride was one of his students.

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  • Soar, on 07/08/2009, -4/+184So the ***** what? They were having fun.
  • RegalBegal, on 07/08/2009, -2/+130Ughhh....

    How can anyone construe this as any more than just fun for the kids?
  • casspa, on 07/07/2009, -1/+127Weird?...Yes. BUt I'm sure it was all in good conscience.
  • Animan351, on 07/08/2009, -1/+123I think he thought it through just fine. It's just that thanks to all sorts of bad media, America has turned into a bunch of stuck up fearful ***** that thinks the entire world is out to rape their kids. 20 years ago no one would have blinked an eye at this.
  • Bolinoak, on 07/08/2009, -1/+120And somewhere this is a big deal. But for the rest of us who see this as a teacher just giving the students something fun to do, the world spins on.
  • TheEggAndI, on 07/08/2009, -1/+113THIS JUST IN:

    its now illegal for anyone over the age of 21 to pretend
  • CaptainNoPants, on 07/08/2009, -1/+94The teacher should only regret having to deal with people that blow their top at the drop of a hat. 22 years of service, teaching children and helping them grow, and he's gotta apologize for something as ridiculous as this.
  • kinerry, on 07/08/2009, -3/+77yes, but was she hot?
  • lisaawesome, on 07/08/2009, -1/+65So the only people who complained weren't even parents of the students involved? Sounds like people need to mind their own damn business. I come from a family of all girls and we had lots of mock weddings with adult male relatives as the groom when we were little girls. It's a pretty normal thing for kids to want to do. The teacher was just having some fun with the kids. Big deal. The teacher shouldn't have to feel ashamed for this. Not every adult male is a pedophile. I feel bad for the men of the world these days. They can't even look at a kid without accusations flying.
  • cheesehound, on 07/08/2009, -1/+63None of the calls were from his students' families? So, uh, why's this an issue? Just because bored reporters started calling? C'mon.

    "Telling the audience that there would be no kiss, the teacher took the student's hand and they ran down the gazebo ramp toward the library at the end of the ceremony."
    Weird, that sounds a lot like my wedding plans!
  • nubnub, on 07/08/2009, -2/+53They know
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  • willster580, on 07/08/2009, -2/+47A bit old, but I'd still give her a chance.
  • inactive, on 07/08/2009, -3/+46Precisely, it's a ***** stupid question.

    Of course she was hot. We're not talking about some third-grader here.
  • Chris_F, on 07/08/2009, -2/+43Seems to me like there wasn't any problem. This article shouldn't even exist.

    Thanks for wasting my time.
  • CaptSnuffy, on 07/08/2009, -5/+44Plummer-Motz School
    192 Middle Road
    Falmouth, Maine 04105
    207-781-3988

    Karen L. Boffa, Principal
    kboffa@fps.k12.me.us
  • CaptSnuffy, on 07/08/2009, -1/+39Is there something I'm missing? He was just playing along.
  • Pinkertinkle, on 07/08/2009, -11/+49What about the mock wedding night video?
  • crash331, on 07/08/2009, -0/+35Actually he was. Pedobear was an edit.
  • jefree, on 07/08/2009, -1/+35Sad that we are at this level of worry between adults and kids. This was theater at its worst and none of the kids parents actually in the class complained. Adults are becoming afraid to interact with kids and kids are losing the wisdom that the community teaches and the feeling of being a part of community that is important. Our society is teaching fear. Teach your kids to respect themselves and and not hide things. Don't go over board or the cure for pedo's is worse than the so called cure.
  • elnerdo, on 07/08/2009, -0/+32This guy sounds like a great elementary school teacher, actually.
  • DLun203, on 07/08/2009, -1/+31This is exactly what's wrong with people nowadays. They take everything too seriously. The world is full of crack-pot, over-reacting douche bags. It's time people lighten up. There is no reason for this teacher to apologize.
  • JFitzpatrick, on 07/08/2009, -1/+30I love how people not even involved with the situation are the ones the most pissed off.

    You know what people like that need? A second job. Something to get them the hell off the phone and doing something productive.
  • mogdor, on 07/08/2009, -1/+27Sounds totally innocent and all in good fun, not to mention it also seems that his students really like him.
  • f4nt0m4s, on 07/08/2009, -1/+26Pretty soon it is going to be a crime to take your kids to the mall during Christmas and let them sit on Santa's lap. Seriously what has happened to this country?
  • AmnesiacJack, on 07/08/2009, -2/+27***** the media and their brainwashing fear machine.
  • paintmeprettyx, on 07/08/2009, -1/+25Pretty sad that most of the world is perverted enough to take this the wrong way. What's wrong with being silly with your students? It's called an imagination...
  • CZDrNick, on 07/08/2009, -3/+25All I have to say is... WHO THE ***** CARES??? What did the teacher do wrong? Nothing... ***** idiots these days... Some times I wish North Korea would start World War Three so we can just wipe the entire planet of humans...
  • rattleme, on 07/08/2009, -1/+23Wow, I guess its now an American right to complain and demand apologies when you deserve to do neither.
  • chadsmith729, on 07/08/2009, -3/+24MY FOURTH GRADE TEACHER WAS A ***** FOX! DEAR GOD THE THINGS I WOULD DO TO HER NOW. WHY AM I YELLING? BECAUSE SHE WAS THAT DAMN HOT.
  • ZenMojo, on 07/08/2009, -1/+21OXYCLEAN TO GET THE STAIN OUT OF YOUR PANTS!
  • senae, on 07/08/2009, -0/+19It's not an issue, and it shouldn't be. Teachers shouldn't be afraid to teach. it sounds like this is going to be one of those teachers that is fondly remembered by all of his students, and people want him to be punished for it.

    Sometimes I think the world is sick.
  • ghostrc, on 07/08/2009, -1/+18I'm surprised this even made the local news, its hardly a story.
  • jhandfield, on 07/08/2009, -2/+19Of course it would happen in Falmouth. Nothing better to do with their time but bitch and complain down there...
  • MercedRocks, on 07/08/2009, -7/+24It's probably legal in Alabama :S
  • HAL90000, on 07/08/2009, -5/+21IT'S A JOKE.
  • techdribble, on 07/08/2009, -3/+19After all these teachers sleeping with their students at least this one is getting married first. j/k
  • piieerrrree, on 07/08/2009, -1/+15What annoys me the most is that it was the students' decision to hold the wedding -- the teacher just went along with it.
    Personally I think that's a great idea, it sets a proper example for the students.
  • Rikushix, on 07/08/2009, -1/+15They didn't fire him, buddy, no need to call down sulfur and brimstone.
  • ffoofighter2001, on 07/08/2009, -1/+14who you callin' digger?
  • diggduggjoe, on 07/08/2009, -0/+13I wonder why when I am in the park with my kids, and some parent-less kid asks me to push them on the swing I say, "NO!"

    The sick ***** who called should be the ones being dragged through an investigation. Sorry, but if every time you see a child you imagine someone is ***** them, you probably are the pedo.
  • inactive, on 07/08/2009, -0/+12Because people watch too much news, where there is a story about some pervert every five seconds.
  • jiesa, on 07/08/2009, -2/+14...As fathers everywhere fear for pedophilia/incest charges of their own.
  • rocknog, on 07/08/2009, -0/+12Of course no text. Pedobear heard "4th grader" and decided to stealthily pop in to see what's up. Now quiet, or you'll blow his cover.
  • canadabluesfan, on 07/08/2009, -2/+12You're an idiot.
  • aamer, on 07/08/2009, -1/+10@thejackyl: it was during a lunch recess if you RTFA.
  • dlan4327, on 07/08/2009, -3/+12Oh *****.
  • Volath, on 07/08/2009, -2/+11Correction: Most of the United States. Not the world.
  • andrewlotta, on 07/08/2009, -3/+12Actually it was a male teacher and a female student.

    But hey, reading headlines is all that matters, right?
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