...is his use of nonstandard English!
From today's Dallas Morning News
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/080807dnmetteachertrial.35121b8.html
Teen: Ex-substitute showed students porn
Plano ISD: Girl testifies that accused man asked her to pose topless
11:12 PM CDT on Tuesday, August 7, 2007
By TIARA M. ELLIS / The Dallas Morning News
tellis@dallasnews.com
McKINNEY – A former Plano school district substitute teacher was "more like a friend," a 17-year-old girl testified Tuesday. But that changed, she said, the day he took photographs of her posing topless in his classroom.
Jason Joel Pearce is on trial, accused of sexual performance of a child and sexual assault of a child, charges to which he has pleaded not guilty.
As testimony got under way Tuesday in state district court in McKinney, the 17-year-old testified about "volumes" of pornographic photographs that she said Mr. Pearce showed his students, the e-mails she and the substitute exchanged, and how he'd write passes for her and other students to get out of class to visit him when he was substituting at Plano's Bowman Middle School and later at Williams High School.
Mr. Pearce, 33, worked for Plano ISD as a substitute for 359 days at all grade levels between April 2001 and May 2005, when he was taken off the district's substitute list. He previously worked as a substitute teacher in the Richardson school district for about a year before being banned in 2001 for communicating inappropriately with students at Berkner High School.
His arrest raised questions about how substitute teachers banned by one school or district for their conduct can continue working elsewhere.
On Tuesday, Mr. Pearce was described by his attorney, John Hardin, as a polite man who has Asperger syndrome, a disorder that he said prevents a person from processing social information accurately.
"Surely this anomaly will require a lifetime commitment to treatment, counseling and medical intervention," Mr. Hardin said, promising that Mr. Pearce would testify to explain his actions.
Mr. Hardin said, "No matter how inappropriate the behavior of J.J. Pearce might have been ... you will be able, we hope, to see that it does not rise to the level of criminality under the law."
The girl, who remained on the witness stand all day, testified that in May 2005, just after her 15th birthday, she went to Mr. Pearce's classroom during his off-period. There, he gave her a gift, a bottle of lubricant.
Then, she said, he asked to photograph her. She agreed and posed. Afterwards, she said, he asked her to put on a bikini top that she had brought to school. She did, and he took more pictures.
"He told me to take the bathing suit top off so he could get some pictures topless," the girl testified.
Prosecutor Jessie Allen asked the girl why she did what he asked.
"Because I can't say no," she said, adding that she had had an abusive boyfriend and was hit whenever she told him no.
She said Mr. Pearce touched her breasts and then stuck his hand down the front of her pants and touched her genitals.
During a search, police found photographs in Mr. Pearce's backpack of the girl posing in sexual positions.
She and Mr. Pearce even swapped photographs, the girl said. She gave him her school picture in exchange for the black-and-white head shot he used for acting auditions. On his picture, Mr. Pearce wrote: "You're my bestest student ever." And in a note that police found at the girl's house, he referred to himself as her "first husband."
Sexual assault of a child is a second-degree felony punishable by two to 20 years in prison. Sexual performance of a child is a third-degree felony punishable by two to 10 years in prison.
Testimony is expected to continue into next week.
Originally posted by der schwarze RitterWhats the debate here ?
...is his use of nonstandard English!
From today's Dallas Morning News
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/080807dnmetteachertrial.35121b8.html
Teen: Ex-substitute showed students porn
Plano ISD: Girl testifies that accused man asked her to pose topless
11:12 PM CDT on Tuesday, August 7, 2007
By TIARA ...[text shortened]... 0 years in prison.
Testimony is expected to continue into next week.
Sounds like they are both at fault...the teacher for the usual reasons and the dumb arse kid for the other......
Chops his balls off and send the kid to a re-education camp for inept morons......😀
Originally posted by RSMA1234Maybe the debate is: Should employers have the right to get a fair answer to inquiries about a candidate's performance at a previous job?
Whats the debate here ?
Sounds like they are both at fault...the teacher for the usual reasons and the dumb arse kid for the other......
Chops his balls off and send the kid to a re-education camp for inept morons......😀
Or how about: Should a worker's previous employer be allowed to make fair assessments about his work history without fear of legal retaliation?
Originally posted by der schwarze RitterThanks for clearing that up
Maybe the debate is: Should employers have the right to get a fair answer to inquiries about a candidate's performance at a previous job?
Or how about: Should a worker's previous employer be allowed to make fair assessments about his work history without fear of legal retaliation?
Yes to both, but in practise I doubt an employee or ex-eployer can ever be that truthful.
People by the very nature can carry biased views which cloud any fair assements.
I think checks such as sex register ones would be more useful in stopping situations like the above from happening
Originally posted by der schwarze RitterLiving no too far from Plano Texas (go to work there everyday) I'm surprised that any officials in the Plano government would have a problem with this teacher. After all, they are so liberal they are more concerned with making sure that everyday is Earth Day in Plano (they put signs up proclaiming and exaulting this) and the Plano police are more busy handing out tickets because someone is following to close to the car infront of them or somebody (gasp!) is smoking too close to the entrance to a building.
Maybe the debate is: Should employers have the right to get a fair answer to inquiries about a candidate's performance at a previous job?
Or how about: Should a worker's previous employer be allowed to make fair assessments about his work history without fear of legal retaliation?
Some the government officials and Plano ISD folks were probably upset cause they weren't invited to watch or maybe have a 3way with the students
Originally posted by der schwarze RitterCertainly, previous job performance should be available, without liability, the same as other information such as credit rating, driving record, etc., is available to possible employers.
Maybe the debate is: Should employers have the right to get a fair answer to inquiries about a candidate's performance at a previous job?
Or how about: Should a worker's previous employer be allowed to make fair assessments about his work history without fear of legal retaliation?
Sexually 'out of control' teachers is no minor problem. The US Depart. of Ed released a study June '06 that found 7% of pupils were victims of sexual abuse by teachers & school employees.
Another part of the debate could be equity in punishment of these pedophile teachers. I have a list, with photos, of 38 pedophile female teachers.
It seems the prettier they are, the more lenient the punishment. The most memorable/infamous of these being Debra LaFave who received no jail time. Of course, she looked like a Playboy centerfold.
It will be interesting to see the severity of punishment that is rendered to your Texas perp. If found guilty, he better hope he is extremely handsome, or does that only work for the ladies? 😕
The post that was quoted here has been removedDoesn't matter -- even if she's the legal age of consent. Every school district has a "no fraternization" clause in their hiring contracts. They spell out in no uncertain terms that teachers may never have any sexual contact or romantic liaisons with students. It may even be state law in Texas.
Originally posted by SMSBear716Is it really that bad with the city government there? Plano has an exceptional school district (except for the gaff of hiring the deviant in question) and most of the parents there that I know are pretty conscientious about their children's education.
Living no too far from Plano Texas (go to work there everyday) I'm surprised that any officials in the Plano government would have a problem with this teacher. After all, they are so liberal they are more concerned with making sure that everyday is Earth Day in Plano (they put signs up proclaiming and exaulting this) and the Plano police are more busy han ...[text shortened]... were probably upset cause they weren't invited to watch or maybe have a 3way with the students
Originally posted by MacSwainI think they will throw a very big book at him. And once he's in the hooscow, where the guests don't look too kindly on child molesters, instead of Asperser's syndrome, Mr. Pearce will have to get treatment for "sore ass syndrome."
Certainly, previous job performance should be available, without liability, the same as other information such as credit rating, driving record, etc., is available to possible employers.
Sexually 'out of control' teachers is no minor problem. The US Depart. of Ed released a study June '06 that found 7% of pupils were victims of sexual abuse by teachers & ...[text shortened]... guilty, he better hope he is extremely handsome, or does that only work for the ladies? 😕