California Teacher, 41 resigns after leaving wife, kids for student, 18

[Deberg_1990]

Can you really stop true love?


http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headline...ormer-teacher/



An angry California mother is alleging abuse now that her 18-year-old daughter is living with her former high school teacher, who left his wife and children to move into an apartment with the young woman.

James Hooker, 41, quit his job after going public with his love for Jordan Powers, who stopped attending classes at her Modesto high school and left home to be with her former business teacher.

The girl’s mother is skeptical of the couple’s claims that nothing sexual happened between them, and exactly when the relationship became physical has become the center of a police investigation.

“She looked up to him,” mom Tammie Powers said. “[He was in the] position of an educator, [and you] don’t abuse your student. Period. She’s still in high school. She still lives at home. She has a curfew. … That’s not OK.”

The couple maintains that their feelings for each other blossomed slowly by spending time together during and after school, and then via phone calls and text messages. The two first met when Jordan was a high school freshman at James Enochs High School, but they say they only developed romantic feelings after she turned 18 in September.

“[He's] my best friend. I mean, he’s more than just a lover,” Jordan Powers said of Hooker, who has a daughter a year younger than her and attended the same high school.

Hooker said that while Jordan Powers was a student in his business class, he didn’t think twice about her. “She was just a student,” he said. “There was no attraction. There was nothing that was out of the ordinary, as opposed to any other student. We were very much a teacher-student role.”

Tammie Powers is unconvinced. As soon as she discovered a long log of text message exchanges, she went straight to the police. She waged her own war on Facebook, posting a letter that went viral telling everyone that classmates took photos of her daughter sitting on Hooker’s lap when she was still his student.

She says that she also discovered 8,000 text messages between the two, along with late-night phone calls and email exchanges that took place when she was still a minor.

“That’s pursuit, in my opinion, with some type of intent,” she told ABC News 10 in California.

But none of the late-night calls or endless texts were a red flag of inappropriateness to him, and says that people looking for proof of an unacceptable relationship before Jordan was 18 are just inquisitive about their connection, Hooker said.

“I think that they’re just digging for something that wasn’t there. I mean, of course, they’re going to be curious,” Hooker added. “But I know for a fact that there was nothing.”

Although Jordan has stopped attending classes, she is now doing independent study through the school and plans to walk at her graduation.

Hooker confirmed that he is under investigation by the Modesto Police Department, but is confident he will be completely cleared of any allegations of inappropriate behavior. He said that he understands that people don’t understand their relationship.

“I think the stigma of the teacher-student relationship just makes it messy, makes it really hard for people to get through to the point that we really do like each other, he said. “We really do want to have a future together.”




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[Al Bundy]

Originally Posted by MTG#10

So some chick is claiming he did this to her 14 years ago? Why is she just now coming forward?

Bitch gotta strike while the Lifetime Movie iron is still hot.

[Setsuna]

"How could he lie to me for all these months and look me in the eye and tell me he loves me?" she told ABC. "I don't know how someone could have such a cold heart."

Sorry sweetheart, I think looking into your eyes while your mouth is full and telling you he loves you doesn't count.

Oh and instead of walking with all her friends she gets to take her test to get her GED! Then somehow go to a college with a professor population age less than 35.

[baitism]

I didn't realize Bobby Petrino was a teacher.

[Msmith]

They get back together again. Love is known no bound.

[Valiant]

Originally Posted by Msmith

They get back together again. Love is known no bound.

Link?

[Predarat]

A sweet story with a happy ending. Best wishes to them, do I hear wedding bells?

[Crush]

Originally Posted by Valiant

Link?

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[Gonzo]

Originally Posted by Valiant

Link?

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lano...ex-charge.html

[Valiant]

Originally Posted by Crush

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Thanks.

[Msmith]

Originally Posted by Predarat

A sweet story with a happy ending. Best wishes to them, do I hear wedding bells?

Somehow I sense a bit of sarcasm in your wish. The reality is that they will probably receive bits for interview in national networks, a book deal or even a movie being made for their story.

[healthpellets]

Originally Posted by whoman69

Some people need to rejoin reality. This 18 year old is not the answer. Jail time should be in his future. Psychological counseling should be in hers.

This is most dumbest thang i done read today. But its only 2pm.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by healthpellets

This is most dumbest thang i done read today. But its only 2pm.

Pete will be posting later.

[Deberg_1990]

This just goes to show you cant stop true love.....

[Predarat]

Originally Posted by Msmith

Somehow I sense a bit of sarcasm in your wish. The reality is that they will probably receive bits for interview in national networks, a book deal or even a movie being made for their story.

You have to admit, they do make a cute couple.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

I smell a VH1 reality show