This is why I have a serious aversion to teenage girls...

My first year of teaching began in August of 1980. I was 21 at the time (I have a November birthday), and taught juniors and seniors. That meant I was teaching boys and girls who were not that much younger than me. Because of this, I worked hard on creating a huge mental block so I would not be tempted to take advantage of the teacher-student relationship. Even if the girl is above the age of consent, as most of my students were, if you get caught, you never work again. And goddess help you if you hit on younger girls:

The Kenner Police Department says it charged an Isidore Newman School teacher with five counts of felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile. Kenner Police said a 16-year-old female accused Michael Lyons of having a sexual relationship with him. Investigators said Lyons was the teenage girl's former school teacher and tutor, and that the criminal activity happened on several occasions in Kenner last year.

Maybe it's because I follow local computer-related stories closer than others, but of all the places in the metro area to commit a sex crime, Kenner is the worst. KPD has a robust internet sex crimes unit, so no doubt it wasn't that difficult for that unit to parlay their success in that arena to reel in this guy. But it's not just one teacher this week:

Destrehan High School Band Director Byron Toups has been charged with molestation, indecent behavior and simple battery with students according to St. Charles Parish Sheriff Greg Champagne. According to a statement from police, Toups had sexual intercourse with a 16-year-old student at his home. In a separate incident, during the summer of 2007, police said Toups tried to kiss an unwilling 17-year-old student during Band Camp at Destrehan High School.

To me, this one is even more of a violation of trust than the Newman incident, because a band director spends a lot more time with students than the typical teacher. There's a simple moral to this story: Don't teach high school if you think you may not be able to resist banging your students. Hell hath no fury like a 16-year old scorned.