ELK GROVE, Calif ., July 2, 2009
Teacher Gives Sex Tape to 5th Graders
Home Movie Accidentally Included in DVD of School Year Memories Seen by at Least One Student
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(CBS)
Parents of students who attend Isabelle Jackson Elementary said that the woman is a good teacher, but just made a mistake that may become the most embarrassing moment of their life.
The offending DVD starts with a menu screen that displays various school trips and functions, and when you click on one of them, you see kids in a classroom sharing stories. They start clapping, then the video suddenly cuts to sex.
"It goes from my son, straight to her on the couch," said 'Joe,' who saw the video along with his son and did not wish to be identified. "My son's reaction was, 'Dad, is that Ms. Defanti?'"
"We were up till midnight doing the 'birds and the bees,'" he added.
The person in the video turned out to be Isabelle Jackson Elementary fifth grade teacher Crystal Defanti.
"All she could say was that it was a horrible mix up," Joe said.
The teacher called his home the day after his child got the DVD, crying hysterically, profusely apologizing and asking the man and his wife to call every parent they knew to stop their kids from seeing the DVD too.
The Elk Grove Unified School District says they are investigating, but legal experts say it's unlikely that the teacher will lose her job.
"It's felony stupid, but it's not a crime," said defense expert Ken Rosenfeld. "Is it something that she should be disciplined for? Absolutely, but fired for? She didn't intend for this to happen."
Joe doesn't care if the teacher keeps her job, he'd just like some help from the school.
"Maybe offer some sort of counseling for my children, ask me how my children are doing," he said. "I want somebody to ask me the kind of questions my kids are asking me."
School officials say a new DVD will be sent to students once it has been reviewed.
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See all 91 CommentsSchool officials say a new DVD will be sent to students once it has been reviewed. "
Seriously? What ever happened to parents owning up to their job of giving their children a talk. Counseling??? I don't think we're going to have a massive cult suicide of elementary schoolers from that school just because they caught a second of their teacher naked.
We have made great advancements in this society, technology in the forefront. With this comes greater responsibility, for all we have gained, we have also lost.We no longer enjoy some of the simpler freedoms, but we have amassed a world at our fingertips.
We can cry and mourn the loss of yesteryear all day, but we can't go back.
So what's my point? Yes - she made an irresponsible error.It was really poor judgment not to preview those DVDs. Should she be made a scapegoat for the failure of the educational system? Should she be fired? No, neither, that's ridiculous. Should she be disciplined and make a formal, public apology? Yes, and I'm sure she will.
The bottom line here; some pubescent children saw sex. Big deal. If you haven't educated your children about sex at this age, you should be disciplined. Lord knows there are far worse evils they are seeing every day. Think for a minute about the violence in tv, movies, video games, and news programs we routinely shrug off. What's more damaging? Sex between two consenting adults or man kills wife and self in apparent suicide-pact. More at 11.
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