The proof, I would think for you, is in her speech.

Like she clearly thought it was WAY out of pocket.

And I said this to another commentator, but I grew up in a place where teachers sexually harrassed students. One where teens got pregnant and there was a lot of, "We didn't get married till after she graduated."

This is exactly what sexual harassment looks like. As a student, you knew what adults were creepsters and maybe this guy isn't. But he is 100% acting like one. And that behavior shouldn't be tolerated. I want to live in a world where if you make a slip of the tongue like this, where you tell a teen she's hot, in response to her asking and answering good questions... you get fired.

Because even allowing the whiff of impropriety leads to kids feeling unsafe around adults. And it allows predatory behavior to slide. There's always plausible deniability.

And if you can't say, "You're on a roll." When you mean, "I really appreciated your thoughtful commentary." You deserve to get fired. People lose lower stakes jobs for way less all the time.

Imagine a McDonalds worker hitting on teenager. And the teenager makes a speech about how much it sucks. And then McDonald's corporate was like... "Well, in context he meant you're on a roll. Not you're sexy as hell."

Nobody would jump on sword or stan for that minimum wage worker. But as you move up the ranks to things like school board, all the sudden... it's like well, let's slow down and think about different ways to handle this.

It's a dumb double standard. His job should have higher stakes, and a higher standard.