Pretty in probation, or Ugly will get you 6 to 20.

So I stumbled upon this website, Bad Teacher, while checking up on some of the douche bags that comment on the KC Star. Basically the site lists teachers, bus drivers, janitors, anyone who happens to work in or for a school and has sex with a student. Missouri has 33 people listed, Kansas is lagging behind with only 22. The difference in sentences is striking, and as you might expect the length of sentence, if any, varies based on the sex of the teacher, and on the degree of attractiveness. In other words, the hot young female teachers usually get probation while the fugly females and most of the males get an entire collection of Encyclopedia Britannica thrown at em. Let's take a look.

Alison Peck, a 24 year old band teacher from the Springfield area, was blowing a 14 year old boys bugle, even had a motel rendezvous with the kid after she was charged. She got probation.

Teresa Engelbach, 22, of Pevely, Missouri and a former substitute teacher and volunteer track coach at Senn-Thomas Middle School. She also had a taste for 14 year old boys, and received probation.



Cathy Heminghaus, 47, of Ferguson, Missouri a former Special School District teacher at Ferguson Middle School, had sex with a boy between 14 and 16. She is doing a six year stretch. She also isn't much to look at.

Male teachers in general received harsher sentences regardless of how they looked. I didn't check up on Kansas teachers, but I've got feeling the results would be the same. I'm not breaking news here, we all know that pretty, young, white teachers, more often than not get off with probation, while homely female teachers and most male teachers get jail time for similar offenses. Using your classroom as your own personal meat locker is wrong. Your looks and sex shouldn't have any bearing on the case, yet time and again we see that it does. Here's the rub, even I find the act less abhorrent when its a younger, attractive female teacher, and a teenage student. My mind tells me it's just as wrong, should be punished just as harshly, but I don't find myself as outraged as if it were a middle aged male teacher. Now I'll be the first to admit, that is some fucked up thinking on my part. while many may not admit as much, I'm far from alone in this. So I'm interested to hear what you clowns think. Sound off, but be honest, I'm really curious as to why people view one case worse than another based on the appearance and sex of the teacher. I have a feeling female readers will have a different view than most male readers, if everyone is being honest.