tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post8321454320488422425..comments2023-11-29T13:13:23.022+00:00Comments on newgate news: Jeremy Forrest and the Faustian PactMacheathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-84879223793649472192012-10-03T14:11:15.417+01:002012-10-03T14:11:15.417+01:00Concensus - and common sense.
Forrest seems to b...Concensus - and common sense.<br /><br />Forrest seems to be distinctly lacking in the second; his apparent lack of thought for the consequences of his actions does bear out his father's description of him as 'vulnerable'.<br /><br />What I find, perhaps, most reprehensible in a catalogue of appalling behaviour is the fact that he seems to have done nothing to reassure the girl's parents that she was alive and well.<br />Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-79073094108027010722012-10-02T21:08:18.775+01:002012-10-02T21:08:18.775+01:00Having been in the same game, it was very simple. ...Having been in the same game, it was very simple. In a house full of girls, one took one's pleasures elsewhere and there were many elsewheres. Once that's a known known to all, then it becomes easy.<br /><br />Clear consensus is all it took, unlike today, as you say.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-81893093556641111192012-09-30T21:37:53.692+01:002012-09-30T21:37:53.692+01:00AKH, I think it's all part of the way society ...AKH, I think it's all part of the way society is becoming increasingly infantilised; the media-led pressure to appear young and to be seen to be having fun seems, in some people, to be able to override natural caution and common sense.Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-28314692315129075152012-09-30T19:53:49.992+01:002012-09-30T19:53:49.992+01:00"you have to ask what they are they doing lea..."you have to ask what they are they doing leaving themselves open to it in the first place"<br /><br />Indeed - it seems so very naive. Do young teachers want/need to be liked rather than respected?A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-14269463720991838412012-09-30T17:35:10.553+01:002012-09-30T17:35:10.553+01:00Good point, LR; I don't know enough about it t...Good point, LR; I don't know enough about it to be sure that this would be entirely foolproof.<br /><br />By coincidence, my employers have just clarified their policy; we may not have facebook contact with current pupils for a minimum of 5 years after they have left school. <br /><br />There is, however, the question of pupils seeking out teacher's information through their parents' accounts etc. Since some teenagers are frighteningly expert at hacking or negotiating the shadier pathways of the internet, I prefer not to take any risks at all.<br /><br />Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-57939259571633813482012-09-30T16:49:28.585+01:002012-09-30T16:49:28.585+01:00'Facebook and teachers - like matter and anti-...<i>'Facebook and teachers - like matter and anti-matter'.</i><br /><br />Unless one uses the relevant settings to keep unwelcome eyes away from it, allowing only those invited to see the content. Facebook does allow this, but most don't use it until it is too late.Longriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139120804208136012noreply@blogger.com