"The Canadian teacher at the centre of a British schoolboy scandal yesterday accused a disciplinary panel of being "hung up on the sex thing" as it handed her the toughest penalty ever for professional misconduct," reports Sarah Schmidt in the National Post. Amy Gehring, 26, "was found guilty of seven charges of professional misconduct, including sexual abuse of students related to trysts involving British boys, aged 14 to 16." In her trial, a 11th grade student testified Ms. Gehring seduced him at her home when he was a 16-year-old virgin. The article concludes with:
Still, Ms. Gehring said the college need not worry because she has no plans to return to teaching. ''I didn't plan on teaching very long anyways. I didn't go into it for the right reasons.''From the National Post, May 2, 2001.
Ms. Gehring thinks she would have been a natural teacher. ''I know if my heart was in it, I could be a good teacher,'' she said, with a slight British accent still lingering.
