Is it legal for a teacher to invite a student over to study?

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Is it legal for a teacher to invite a student over to discuss material she missed beacuse she was out?? the teacher stated from day one that if you are abscent it is your resonsibility to get the information from another student. It's mighty funny this girl got an "A"????

unless the instructor is certain that the student is over 21, he/she is taking a big risk. much easier to do the appropriate thing. meet the student during office hours at school. just too much at stake. strange that someone would even think about doing something like this.

even so . . . . .i think it is unprofessional and risky regardless.

invite a group over . . that is ok. i've done that with profs. not alone though.

steph

Don't know if it is legal, but I do know it isn't the smartest choice. The teacher/professor is now open to the rest of the class' gossip and claims of unfair treatment.

When dealing with adults, some schools are more strict about professional behavior than others. Of course we all know that the instructor is opening themselves up to criminal and civil charges and risking their teaching credential, job, and reputation. My college (school of nursing no less) had a male instructor who dumped his wife and left his children for one of the nursing students. He kept his job and I guess the gossip didn't bother him. I had him one semester and heard a lot of the gossip. In other schools, he might have ended out on his ear before the ink on his divorce decree was dry. Particularly if I were a man, I wouldn't hazard the risk that someone accuse me of sexual assault or sexual harassment. Group stuff is different. Most of us have gone to homes as part of a group and there is nothing wrong with that.

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When dealing with adults, some schools are more strict about professional behavior than others. Of course we all know that the instructor is opening themselves up to criminal and civil charges and risking their teaching credential, job, and reputation. My college (school of nursing no less) had a male instructor who dumped his wife and left his children for one of the nursing students. He kept his job and I guess the gossip didn't bother him. I had him one semester and heard a lot of the gossip. In other schools, he might have ended out on his ear before the ink on his divorce decree was dry. Particularly if I were a man, I wouldn't hazard the risk that someone accuse me of sexual assault or sexual harassment. Group stuff is different. Most of us have gone to homes as part of a group and there is nothing wrong with that.

Our clinical instructor held study sessions for our clinical group, as well as a get-together at the end of the semester, and these helped us a lot and got us through that shaky first semester. Notice I said "group" though; no one got any preferential treatment, and certainly no private study groups were held.

Is funny no one asked the age of this young lady and the sex of theteacher. Well, she is 20 and he is 48, and out of all the test this year, it just so happens she gets an "A" on this one. Of course this is unfair..we have people struglling to get by with Peds and OB. And she did not ask him..He voluntarily asked her after she missed a day..We all missed a day..we were not over..not that I would want to. I just think it is something unfair and the other students ans I are wriitng the dean.

There is no law in any state that dictates where adults gather in regards to education. Some schools may have policies of faculty and students "fraternizing" but most don't.

In fact, what you are describing is a common practice at some colleges. My husband had a class where one of the teachers traditionally had the exam review at her home, where she served light snacks and they had a group discussion. During the warm months, sometimes they would even gather and have class outside.

However, one on one with the opposite sex....no way.

As Tweety can attest to about every time you turn on the news here in the Tampa Bay area they are hauling another teacher off to jail for "inappropriate" behavior with a student. So while probably not illegal there would be no way any child of mine would be going to any teachers house. What's worse is that now the have a school system investigating a school resource officer for the same thing.

Rj

Remember, nurses are in college, not high school.

Big difference.

Unless the instructor is certain that the student is over 21, he/she is taking a big risk. Much easier to do the appropriate thing. Meet the student during office hours at school. Just too much at stake. Strange that someone would even think about doing something like this.

First sorry, for the triple post,

But what does the fact of if a student is under or over 21?

In every state, you are a legal adult at 18 and can consent to marriage, sex or anything else at 18.

First sorry, for the triple post,

But what does the fact of if a student is under or over 21?

In every state, you are a legal adult at 18 and can consent to marriage, sex or anything else at 18.

OK well, at our school it is a big NO NO ..due to something that happened in the past...

OK well, at our school it is a big NO NO ..due to something that happened in the past...

I think you and your other classmates are getting ready to get yourselves into some very, very deep hot water.

First of all, how do you KNOW she got an A on the exam? Because she said so? Unless you have seen a copy of her transcript, which I guarantee that you ddin't, you have no idea if she got an A on the test or not. We had a student that did that last year, she always talked about how high her grades were, and it turned out she failed out of our program.

Second of all, do you actually KNOW she went over to his house or is this something she is telling or that you heard from someone else? Was anyone else present?

That is another question that the answer, I can already tell you, is no.

The next place you need to look is your student handbook. Unless it specifically states that a student and an instructor cannot meet outside the class, unless that student is over the age of 21, you have no case....I can already tell you that your handbook has no such policy, because no school has the legal authority to set age limits for the student population if all parties are over the age of 18.

Before you and your classmates make fools out of yourselves, damage the reputation of an instructor, on 100% unfounded rumors for which there is no hard core proof, you can find yourselves the ones kicked out of school and sued for slander.

You NEVER, EVER file a formal complaint to a Dean on rumor unless it's something that YOU have personally witnessed.

Not heard, not think, not suspect....WITNESSED.

So, unless you are prepared to state, that you camped out at his house, watched her drive over there and was given a copy of her transcript, then not a single one of you have a basis for filing a complaint.

You should be ashamed of yourselves.

I think you and your other classmates are getting ready to get yourselves into some very, very deep hot water.

First of all, how do you KNOW she got an A on the exam? Because she said so? Unless you have seen a copy of her transcript, which I guarantee that you ddin't, you have no idea if she got an A on the test or not. We had a student that did that last year, she always talked about how high her grades were, and it turned out she failed out of our program.

Second of all, do you actually KNOW she went over to his house or is this something she is telling or that you heard from someone else? Was anyone else present?

That is another question that the answer, I can already tell you, is no.

The next place you need to look is your student handbook. Unless it specifically states that a student and an instructor cannot meet outside the class, unless that student is over the age of 21, you have no case....I can already tell you that your handbook has no such policy, because no school has the legal authority to set age limits for the student population if all parties are over the age of 18.

Before you and your classmates make fools out of yourselves, damage the reputation of an instructor, on 100% unfounded rumors for which there is no hard core proof, you can find yourselves the ones kicked out of school and sued for slander.

You NEVER, EVER file a formal complaint to a Dean on rumor unless it's something that YOU have personally witnessed.

Not heard, not think, not suspect....WITNESSED.

So, unless you are prepared to state, that you camped out at his house, watched her drive over there and was given a copy of her transcript, then not a single one of you have a basis for filing a complaint.

You should be ashamed of yourselves.

:lol2:LOL..yeah I saw she had an "A" most of us share grades after the test are returned..and on each of her test I know shae never got an "A" I don't think the instuctor is willing to lie under oath that she was not their..and for your information..he openly admitted she was their..when another student tha was just joking mentioned it in class...his words were" Well, yes..I did allow __ to get the material she missed in class and I would do it for any other student". Thank you very much

Then you already have the answer to your question.

A professor isn't going to be dumb enough to admit that in front of all of the students if it was against school policy.

"Coming by to get some material" could mean that he had handouts that he had copies of but didn't have it in an electronic form that he could send her...which is also common. There could be 100 reasons of why he didn't do it in school.

You are also assuming that your classmate is too stupid to get A.

If this professor has a reputation of helping students in this manner, then that weakens your case to nothing.

To me, it sounds like a bunch of young women have nothing better to do than pick on someone.

It's shameful.

Is it possible that you are jealous :icon_roll, because you posted that you flunked out your last semester, and she passed? I would be curious to know if the other students that want to "complain" also are attacking this poor girl and the professor out of spite, and not based on fact other than mere suspicion.

I guess that means that everyone who went from a bad grade to a good grade must have had sex with the professor because God forbid if they got it on their own.

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