This of course is just one such story like this. We are hearing all the time about teachers falling for students and of course there are many more times that number of students who develop a crush for their teacher. But what is the best way to deal with such situations? Quite often teachers are only about 5 years older then the children they are teaching so it’s often very difficult to detach their emotions. However at the same time, teachers need to be responsible for their actions.
Unfortunately there have also been so many reports of students making false allegations about their teachers and those teachers then are struck off because of no fault of their own. I find it difficult to pass judgement on Colleen McGraham simply because I don’t know the full background of what happened and all too often people lie and make false allegations.