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Teacher harassed by students: Was she asking for it?
BROOKLYN HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER SUES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OVER HARASSMENT - New York Post
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A Brooklyn high-school teacher who says she was threatened, sexually harassed and verbally harangued by her students is suing the Department of Education for turning a blind eye.
Theresa Reel, 49, a social-studies instructor at the School for Legal Studies in Williamsburg, cited 33 incidents of abuse and threats in a complaint filed in Manhattan federal court yesterday.
They include allegations that a student purposely rubbed his elbow on her breast in the school hallway, and that another taunted her, "I have a rubber -- want to party?"
Reel said that all the DOE did was suggest she dress more appropriately.
"It's bad enough to have to endure it, but to know that the people who had the power to make it better don't care enough to try to help you . . . that really hurts," she said.
The suit seeks undisclosed monetary damages. The DOE declined comment.
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Obviously (or perhaps not) I don't think this teacher was asking for it. I don't know what she was wearing, but whatever it was there's no excuse for the department of education to turn a blind eye when students are harassing their teacher. Maybe some people disagree with me. Is this teacher being oversensitive about teaching pubescent boys? Do you think the teacher could be at all responsible for students harassing her? Is there a point at which the teacher might share responsibility? And what about recent stories of teacher-student sexual relationships? What kind of message does this send if the department of education is willing to allow students sexually harassing their teachers?
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