Young white dancer with her two black instructors handcuffed by Houston Police

[BlueStreak]

49. I don't deny that. I think you are stating the obvious.

With regard to the concerns that parents should have. Statistically speaking, most abuses of young girls are by men. But I wouldn't be that much happier if the 20 and 28 year old (or whatever the ages are) were women or a man and a woman unless they were part of the kind of professionally managed school I described and carried the protections I described.

But that is me -- and being n the business of mentoring students, I may be cautious to a fault. The original objection was the police action. I think it is fair to say that the visual profile of this particular trio, in that setting, at that hour was something that reasonably could bear investigating. Cuffing seems way over the top if the young men had a letter that could be verified, but I don't know if there is more to the story that resulted in the cuffing. I did watch the video, read the entire Kos article and tried to follow the link to original reporting, but that didn't work.

Regarding male teachers disappearing from schools, I have not noticed that in my community. I am in public schools several times a week and I see plenty of male faculty. In my own personal knowledge (not a scientific sample), I can only think of two cases in the past 5 years where a man left the profession other than for retirement or health reasons and one of them had been shot by a student, so I really can't blame him for wanting a change. And offhand, I can think of 40 male teachers I know pretty well who have been with the district for 10 years or more.

I certainly agree with the point that it is important to have good male role models in the teaching profession.