Your teacher showed you his what?!?!?

Here are my thoughts after reading this very informative post by my classmate, Julie B....


Uuhhh… you mean they don’t do background checks for teachers at public schools in Texas? I’m appalled that this is just now happening. This policy should have been in place from day one! I’m glad I read your post, Boolie. I am thinking back to my days in elementary school now and wondering how many of the faculty had criminal records with offenses that would’ve kept them from getting a job there. How scary! I’m very glad that this is finally being done. I wonder what the numbers are of children who’s safety has been compromised because a trusted faculty member was criminally-minded. And what’s even more frightening to me is that this issue has never even crossed my mind. I don’t know if I speak for anyone else, but I guess I’ve just always assumed that our public school systems hire responsibly and that there WAS a system to keep felons and persons with minor-related offenses out of our children’s schools. Maybe I’m being quick to judge, but I feel like we should be embarrassed as a state that we are just now doing this.