I keep trying to find time to post either a bunch of links on recent testing-related news, or a nice in-depth discussion of the tests our students now face, or an amusing discursion on NCLB.
But not only do I not have enough time, I keep getting distracted by tales of adults, left in charge of children, who just don't have the common sense that God gave a jar of mayonnaise:
Marsha Ann Williams, 45, posted a $1,000 bond Saturday after her arrest last Friday. She is under investigation for contributing to the delinquency of minors, according to police. Williams is a former coach at Mitchell High School.About 10 girls between the ages of 14 and 16 attended the Jan. 21 part at Williams' Colorado Springs home, according to an arrest affidavit. According to Detective Brian Steckler, Williams made sexual party favors, including penis-shaped suckers, and a cake shaped like male genitalia.
At least one of the teens used a camera cell phone to photograph some of the girls performing simulated sexual acts on the party favors, according to the affidavit.
Is this child pornography? I would say no, especially given that there was no nudity or actual sex, the photographic images were most likely created by a teen who didn't understand the legal ramifications of such photos, and penis-shaped cakes are possibly far too stupid to be considered pornographic objects.
But was this an incredibly dumb move for someone who was left in charge of a bunch of teenage girls for an evening? Yes, yes it was. What in the name of Jeebus could have made this woman think that it was suitable for an adult, at what sounds like was a party related to a school team or function, to supply sex-related food and toys for girls who were under the age of consent? Did she think it was okay because they were all just being "girlish" together? Did she not realize how easy it is to take photos and beam them to the Internet these days?
It never fails to amaze me how many adults these days assume that sex jokes are proper fun and games and always good for a laugh, even around impressionable, modest or mortified young teenagers that, by the way, aren't their young teenagers.
Posted by kswygert at November 8, 2005 04:00 PM