Is Tamara Hoffman another Mary Kay Letourneau?

The state of Washington gave out a sigh almost at once from what I have read. They have nothing to really be ashamed of, after all they aren't the only state, city, village or town to house such an embarrassing underage sex scandal. Amazingly it almost seems the norm these days.

Makes me wonder what happened to good old fashioned values?

Case in point; Tamara Hoffman.

In 2007, Tamara Hoffman was removed from her position as a math teacher from Marcos de Niza high school, after reports she allegedly having an affair with one of her students, Sixto Balbuena. The police weren't able to prove sexual acts had taken place, Hoffman was reassigned to an administrative position, and later resigned.

Proof of her sin perhaps?

Fast forward to her next position (bad choice of words ;)) at El Dorado high school, where she met an 18 year old student, Samual Valdivia and began had an affair with him. An affair that caused his death by the hand of the first student.

This is prime Jerry Springer material.

What happens now...who knows.

Let the court sort it out.

What is more important is trying to figure out how these things keep happening.

Teacher's, male and female are in a trusted position to teach our kids, not harm them, having an affair with a child does harm them, maybe not physically but mentally. Perhaps it's time for stiffer sentences or will it matter?

When a teacher hurts a student in any way, with the intent of hurting them or self serving themselves make the prison time life. No parole.

That might deter the next teacher or person in a trusted position to re-think their intentions.

Just my thoughts.

Comments are welcomed and encouraged.

How can we prevent these situations from happening and ensure our own children do not go through the same thing?