Was this teacher morally wrong?

[DinoCrisisFan]

Here's an interesting true story I was reading up on the other day. There was this 7th or 8th grade teacher, and he was homosexual. He took away a student's phone, but then he started going through her personal information and her photos because he suspected her of being homosexual. Upon discovering pics that somehow proved his theory that she was a lesbian, he told the student that he was going to tell her parents that she's homosexual, even though she wasn't out of the closet yet. And she begged him not to, but he called them anyway, and when her parents came to the school to pick up her phone, he showed them that their daughter is a lesbian. Do you believe the teacher was morally in exposing her sexuality?

I'm not saying it was necessarily a good idea to put anything on your phone that could possibly even hint at the possibility that you're gay, if you're still in the closet. But you know that teens are always going to have stuff like that on their phone anyway, since sexuality and dating are huge parts of being a teenager, so it could be fairly easy to put pieces together and assume someone's gay just by looking at their phone. I'm also not saying she should have been texting in class, but even if she was, the punishment of telling others, even your parents, your sexual orientation is one of the worst, most degrading things that can happen to a LGBT person, especially if their parents are homophobes. It would still be cruel and unusual punishment for the teacher to do since sending a text message in class doesn't equate to revealing your sexuality.

[PJay]

Totally wrong. There was something like this where this girl had been sexting her boyfriend or the other way around. Whichever one it was the teacher did the same thing, went through the phone, found the photos and the kid got put on the sex offenders register! I just don't understand how the teacher doesn't get done for being a pervert, this sort of thing really makes me angry.

[Sor3]

yes of course he was wrong

[UnknownError]

Yes thats totally wrong. For a start its an invasion of privacy for him to be looking in her phone.
If he was my teacher I would of kicked the shit out him and dealed with the punishments. xP

[Weeping]

Totally wrong. First off, it's so not okay looking through her phone (or anyones phone).
And second, it's totally not okay to tell people what sexual orientation she had.

[SamB]

Yes totally wrong he shouldn't have even gone through her phone

[Fourth Dimension]

going through her phone is an invasion of privacy and where im from the middle school i went to they did that too and they went through mine and i found out they loved me after my parents delt with them taking and going through my phone because at the time i had virgin mobile ugh and you can check how many mins you have used i had just checked that morining i had used 125 minutes and when i got it back it was doubled my call log was erased there were texts i didnt send see thats how they lured people into texting in class and i wasnt even texting he just came pulled me out of class and took my phone all because a friend got her phone taken for texting and they saw i sent her text in the morning before school so yeah i think its bs and an invasion of privacy so he should be FIRED

[Zazu]

Totally wrong. There's a little fucking thing called privacy, totally unbeknownst to this teacher from the sounds of things.

[tyler007]

Yes he was wrong... i sometimes even get mad at freinds who play with my phone or go thur my pics....

[Skeptical Bear]

I hate this shit so much. He had no right to do this. Her privacy was basically invaded and her life secret was splattered all over her parents. I always delete weird stuff in my phone, just in case some nosy bastard wants to go through my shit..

[MoveAlong]

First and foremost, he went through her phone. Wroong. Second, he revealed personal information.

Now, it's okay for him to reveal information he found that poses a danger to her or others. There are laws in some areas about that. However, her sexuality does not pose any threat to her or others - in fact, it may pose more of a threat to her to reveal her sexuality.

So yeah, he was a dick for doing that.

[mr.sexy_bomb]

Wrong first of all teachers aren't allowed to ask you about your sexuality and specially not expose it to someone else

[IAMWILL]

Check the poll, its 21-0.
Firstly that is a complete violation of privacy and two its just messed up.
If i was the girl's father i'd write a report to the school and take my kid out asap.

[TheSingingBird]

Not just morally wrong, completely wrong in every way.

[DreamSeeker]

Just wrong! I find it a complete invasion of privacy, so what if you are! I don't think teachers should do that! Heck I don't think these days (In England) you are allowed anymore. Without a VALID reason to do so

[The Red Devil]

She could and should sue that teacher. That is a complete invasion of privacy and he had no right to do that. That could harm her emotionally and psycologically, and could open her up to all kinds of abuse and harrassment from people, which does unfortunately happen to some people in areas where homosexualism isnt openly accepted.

[willrod]

I'm glad to see that everyone feels the same way. Of course it's completely wrong- it's an invasion of privacy, first of all. Just look at the tragic events last October and you'll see how much invasion of privacy affects people. Also, just like I say to anyone else- her sexual orientation is nobody's business but her own; even though her teacher is gay, doesn't make it right for him to pry information out of this poor girl simply on that fact.

Finally, I am completely against "outing" someone, unless of course they're a politician engaging in hateful homophobic rhetoric- in which case, I'd gladly out them for the self-hating hypocrite that they are. But apart from that one instance, it's nobody's business to go around broadcasting to the world what someone else's sexual orientation is. In addition to possibly causing problems with family and friends, it can lead to emotional turmoil for a period of time. I know full well, because there was one girl who overheard me coming out to a friend and it spread all over the school- I felt hurt for a while, that's for sure.

[Benny.]

Oh whoops I clicked No by accident :/

But I think it's incredibly wrong to do that! If one of my teachers did that to me, I would literally tear into them right then and there, regardless of the consequences

[Lifeguard18]

If I was that girl, I would totally report him to the school board, and possibly sue the shit out of him (if its possible to sue for things like that.) But in general, that teacher should be in huge trouble for doing that. There would be no way I would tolerate that shit.

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[KillerKing]

This story has actually pissed me off a lil' XD, He shouldn't of been looking through it in the first place. Just, URGH I'm so mad lol it's unreal.

[TheBlackRose321]

Yes it's wrong! You just don't do that! >:0

[Lord_Cosby 13]

It's completely, undoubtedly, 100% wrong. That was a private thing and he had no right whatsoever to be going thru the phone, let alone telling her parents about it! That is an invasion of privacy and if I was her dad, I would kick his ass, you don't do that, he deserves to be fired and fined,cause as I said, it's an invasion of privacy.

[bluedreams]

Bloody hell he was, being homosexual himself he should have known better then to do that! He was also wrong for going through her phone just because he thought she was lasbian! He had no right to.

[ShatteredWings]

Is there any way to get that teacher fired?

[Cryofthewolf]

It looks like you answered your question at the end. =-3

Yes, I agree that it is slap in the face of morality. Anybody who does that, gay or not, is very wrong. He could have ruined that girl's life doing that. =-/