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has been charged for carving out an intimate relationship with a 16-year-old male student.

Pretty tasteless and insensitive to use puns when the matter is so sensitive/serious. Also, calling it a relationship. Fuck you, KNEWZ.
Lena Stewart, a 27-year-old agricultural science and woodworking teacher at Nixa High School in Nixa, Missouri has been charged for carving out an intimate relationship with a 16-year-old male student.

LMAO, what kind of news site is this?  The student paper for the school where it happened? >

I mean, that’s just top notch journalism. >

That’s just plane gross is what it is. >

Nah, I’d say it’s cutting edge. >

The writing could use a little polish >

You’re just saying that because they go against the grain. >

I think your delivery was a little wooden. >

Nah, it was pretty smooth. >

I'm on board with it. >

Adults can't have "relationships" with children.
The term you're looking for is statutory rape. >

Legally they can’t call it that until they’ve been proven guilty, or else the newspaper could be sued for libel after a not guilty verdict. So given the nature of their relationship and depth of it is not legally clear or proven, it must be called a relationship. 
Where people get confused in these situations is that this is not a romantic definition of relationship, it’s a legal one: the regular interaction of one person with another. You have a relationship with your barber, or your lawn guy, or the security guard at work. >

“Charged with statutory rape” isn’t opening you up for libel, saying “she is a rapist” would be >

It’s phrased the same way for male violators too. It’s an AP standards thing and seems to come up every single time there’s a news story about this. >

And it’s wrong. I’m not saying it’d be different if she was a dude >

At this point you’re just waxing philosophical >

As someone whose brain isn’t broken in that capacity, as well as someone who works with middle and high school students:
Gross. Just…absolutely fucking gross. >

I can never wrap my head around spending 10's of thousands of dollars on a college education, just to throw it all away for teenage dick. >

Forbidden fruit is the sweetest.  
I've also heard that some of these teachers didn't socialize much when they were in high school and feel a compulsion to make up for lost time. >

I had a teacher like that. She didn't get to the point of porking a student but she pretty much hung out with the "cool" kids in my class and would not only allow their bullying towards me and my friends but actively participate in it too. It's like the lady was trying to make up for her shitty high school now as a teacher. >

I’ve seen that as well. It’s pathetic. >

Female High School Woodworking Teacher Charged With 6 Felonies For Rape of Male Student. >

I can be a woodworking teacher?!? I thought those jobs disappeared in the 90s >

Looks like one position just opened up! >

An open position is what got her fired. >

Also some woodworking probably. >

Came here for the woodworking jokes. >

She thought the woodworking part was a euphemism. >

Did Quagmire write the headline? >

Considering the sentience  
"Lena Stewart, a 27-year-old agricultural science and woodworking teacher at Nixa High School in Nixa, Missouri has been charged for carving out an intimate relationship with a 16-year-old male student." 
is in the article yes you would be correct >

Can journalists stop calling this a relationship. >

It was an ongoing series of communications and interactions, not just a single event, so the word "relationship" makes sense in context. >

Funny, I tend to think of "relationships" as consensual. >

You're thinking of romantic relationships.   A parent-child relationship, for example, exists without the consent of the child. >

"Lena Stewart, a 27-year-old agricultural science and woodworking teacher at Nixa High School in Nixa, Missouri has been charged for carving out an intimate relationship with a 16-year-old male student."
That's a punny lede. >

Not that knewz is the most trusted news site or anything, but maybe an article about rape isn't the best time to throw in a witty play on words. >

Thats probably why they went with the woodworking / carving headline rather than the agsci / plowing option. >

Notice the wording.
"intimate relationship"
No, it was rape. >

Thank you why the fuck do people not use the correct wording for this stuff.
She's a rapist. >

The article says she is accused of one count of statutory rape. 
She is not a rapist until she is found guilty. >

To be fair they have every opportunity to call her an alleged rapist >

You'll note that there were no drag shows involved in this incident of grooming. >

Rape.
Sex with a minor is rape, regardless of the rapist's gender. Stop trying to use soft language to hide the fact that an adult raped a child. >

It wasn’t a “relationship”, she raped him, we shouldn’t have to make that correction >

The article itself even states that the victim felt pressured to continue because he was worried stopping would affect his grade.
If someone feels pressure to have sex, that's rape. >

also in what world does your woodshop grade matter enough to .... well to do anything? >

Your GPA for scholarships and admissions. There may also be woodworking specific scholarships they want to get. >

My Uncle was raped as a 15 YO by a teacher in her 30's.
Obviously not every case is, but it messed him up for life. Unlike women who probably live with physical fear for the rest of their lives, he didn't because his a 6'2 male. But he never had a normal relationship after as he felt women only wanted him for one thing and it turned him toxic. He's a good looking guy but turned into an incel type, but one that sleeps with a lot of women, not sure how to describe it.
Thought all women where who*es, and  worthless. He basically trusts no one because he told some males he respected as when it was happening and they all were happy for him. >

Years ago, when I first started using reddit, I remember reading a comment by someone who had a long term sexual relationship with a grown woman when he was 14. He described how it was a great relationship and how it wasn't bad at all. In fact, it was so good that ever since he aged out of her attraction window and she broke things off he just can't form relationships with girls his age. After years he was still not able to have a meaningful relationship with a girl his own age because no one will ever be able to live up to his previous experience.
He just couldn't see how an inappropriate relationship when he was young completely warped his expectations on what one should be like. He was well into his 20s and hadn't had another "girlfriend" since his abuser. >

Thats like video games. I don't want to play the games I played when I was 14. I want playing games to make me feel the way I felt when I played them at 14. Which wont happen unfortunately. >

My kid goes to school here. Apparently all the students have known about it for months. >

My woodworking teacher was a fat hairy dude who wore Coke bottoms for glasses and soft soled shoes that squeaked when he walked.
go figure. >

Was he a good kisser? >

Mouth was dry always tasted like alder after class >

Can a rapist have a “relationship” with her victim? Good grief. >

I expect reddit comments to make puns about a statutory rape case, but not news articles. >

High School Woodworking Teacher Rapes Student; Charged With 6 Felonies.
Fixed your headline. >

RAPE...the word you are looking for is RAPE... >

That’s not a relationship, that’s rape. >

Sure there will be some people congratulating the guy for "living the dream" making it with the teacher. But honestly this is just as problematic and disturbing as it would be with the genders reversed. >

"Genders reversed" is a very stupid and antiquated example moral nonsense. There are, always has been, and always will be gender differences. Period. Some bad, some "understandable", but things will never be exactly the same for both genders in any facet of life. >


"Genders reversed" is a very stupid and antiquated example moral nonsense. There are, always has been, and always will be gender differences. Period. Some bad, some "understandable", but things will never be exactly the same for both genders in any facet of life.

Can you very specifically define for me how any gender raping a child is an example of antiquated moral nonsense? >

Big Oof my guy. You either deliberately misunderstood or unintentionally didn't understand my post. >

Woman gets 6 felony charges for raping her student. FTFY.