“A fourth-grade teacher had a side job as a prostitute, and even skipped class after using a school computer to arrange an afternoon tryst at a motel, authorities said Wednesday. Amber Carter, 35, left school early on Tuesday — taking half a sick day — and was arrested in a motel parking lot in Bellefontaine, where authorities had set up a sting operation. An anonymous e-mail was sent to the Logan County Sheriff’s Department on Feb. 4 saying a local woman was posting cash-for-sex ads on the popular Web site Craigslist, Lt. Rob Bibart said. Detectives found the ad and arranged Tuesday’s meeting with Carter, he said. ‘It was done very subtly. We pulled up, I identified myself,’ he said. ‘I put her in an unmarked car and off we went.’ Detectives were uncertain how long Carter had been advertising for sex, Bibart said.” — ABC News (US)

Here is a photograph of Ms. Carter. Let the “hot for teacher” jokes begin. It is interesting to note that school officials “met with the students to answer questions about the allegations.” You wonder what sort of questions fourth-graders would ask about their teacher’s illicit sexual activity. Would they understand the situation? Would little boys fantasize about raising the cash to bang their teacher? Are there little girls who, because they look up to their classroom teacher, will one day start advertising their fleshly wares on Craigslist?

It’s an unfortunate story. Ms. Carter may have erred by using a school computer to arrange her “date,” but at least she was honest enough to use her personal time for the afternoon off. And if you support the legalization of prostitution, which PervScan does, it is hard to see that she did anything particularly immoral. To the contrary, the moral of the story is not that Ms. Carter is a fallen woman or that she corrupts youth. (”She’s never been involved with any disciplinary issues,” her employer stated. “She’s done a very good job.”) The moral of the story is that schoolteachers should be better remunerated for their work. It’s a tough job. Has it occurred to anyone that Ms. Carter may have engaged in prostitution in order to make it possible for her to continue working in a rewarding but underpaid job? It’s entirely conceivable that folks should be not outraged but thankful.

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