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Originally Posted by Rerun
You are assuming that there was a pre-existing relationship between the teacher and the students before they turned 18. I doubt that. I would think that there was no relationship whatsoever before they took her English class in grade 12 and she may have had sex with students who were not her students at all. Does a teacher-student relationship exist if the person is a teacher but you are not her student?
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If they're in the same school, yes. Of course. It's not quite the same as if she was the class teacher for that student, but the nature of the relationships exists as a consequence of shared context. The context of K-12 schooling has a powerful influence over the nature of all relationships within it. It is a bit like it's own little world.
Edit: Also, the fact that it made a student happy doesn't mean that it was OK. In doing what she did she has likely done a great deal of damage to the school and the foundations of trust upon which schools depend. Teachers are in difficult positions and depends upon relationships of a certain nature in order to be effective. I would think she has done serious damage to the school and to her colleagues.