/That's one of the things that drives me INSANE. Never, not once, does it occur to Zoey or any of her friends that a teacher dating a student is UNETHICAL. They treat it like some silly social convention and wonder if Zoey could get away with it because she's High-Priestess-in-Training or whatnot. No. Hell, in Fruit's Basket, Tohru's father was just a student teacher, and he waited until her mother had actually graduated before proposing!/
See, that makes more sense. Let's say that Zoe and Mr. Blake didn't do anything. They just kept to themselves, Zoey graduated, and then she left for college. Say that they met again at a class reunion a few years later, started talking, marveled at how much they had changed, and then decided to go on a date. While this still might be a little disquieting, given their past history as teacher and student, it wouldn't be as bad or unethical. Why?
1) Loren Blake would be Zoey's *former* teacher. As in, he wouldn't have any authority over her anymore. There would be no conflict between duty and desire.
2) Zoey would legally, mentally, and physically be an adult, and thus be perfectly able to consent to such a relationship. The threat of manipulation and coercion wouldn't be there.
Due to those two reasons combined, Mr. Blake wouldn't have to worry about losing his job or abusing a minor and Zoey wouldn't have to worry about entering into an abusive, unequal relationship.
But Zoey seems to long for a relationship with this guy while she's *still in school.* While she is still under his authority and while he still has the responsibility of disciplining her and looking out for her. Zoey, I don't care how young he is, as long as he's your teacher and acts like one, things will never be equal and balanced between you two.
/...You'll see. I will be screaming. It's honestly disgusting./
Well, then I won't look forward to that bit, but I will look forward to seeing you tear it to shreds. ;)
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Date: 2011-04-27 03:11 pm (UTC)See, that makes more sense. Let's say that Zoe and Mr. Blake didn't do anything. They just kept to themselves, Zoey graduated, and then she left for college. Say that they met again at a class reunion a few years later, started talking, marveled at how much they had changed, and then decided to go on a date. While this still might be a little disquieting, given their past history as teacher and student, it wouldn't be as bad or unethical. Why?
1) Loren Blake would be Zoey's *former* teacher. As in, he wouldn't have any authority over her anymore. There would be no conflict between duty and desire.
2) Zoey would legally, mentally, and physically be an adult, and thus be perfectly able to consent to such a relationship. The threat of manipulation and coercion wouldn't be there.
Due to those two reasons combined, Mr. Blake wouldn't have to worry about losing his job or abusing a minor and Zoey wouldn't have to worry about entering into an abusive, unequal relationship.
But Zoey seems to long for a relationship with this guy while she's *still in school.* While she is still under his authority and while he still has the responsibility of disciplining her and looking out for her. Zoey, I don't care how young he is, as long as he's your teacher and acts like one, things will never be equal and balanced between you two.
/...You'll see. I will be screaming. It's honestly disgusting./
Well, then I won't look forward to that bit, but I will look forward to seeing you tear it to shreds. ;)