Klarinet Archive - Posting 001002.txt from 1999/10

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] re: playing the Clarinet from behind the student
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 21:33:16 -0400

From: Tony Pay <Tony@-----.uk>

> You say that if I explain to the student what I want to do (and why) and
> give him/her the free option to decline, and then on the student's
> acceptance do exactly what I said I would do;

The laws (as I understand them) take into account the reluctance of a person
to decline in the presence of an "authority".

> then the fact that I had explained my intent, in front of others, and
> moreover explained that it was 'innocent' in the sense that the
> described action to him/her was done for the reason I stated and no
> other, and that the student had accepted that, would have no bearing on
> my culpability if he/she subsequently decided to change her mind, and
> then interpreted his/her acceptance of the contact as being the result
> of threat, pressure or harrassement?

You may win in a court of law; however, your name gets dragged through the
mud. In theory we're innocent until proven guilty in the US; however, once
the media gets onto the story ("Teacher touches student improperly in front
of entire class - has he no shame? story at 11") ...

Mark Charette@-----.org
Webmaster, http://www.sneezy.org

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