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Tera Myers

Let me take an unusual approach. I understand the ramifications of the choices that she made in the past, but doesn't she has a right to change and become a teacher if she wishes to do so? I find it very sad that she has to keep changing jobs and probably won't be able to have an average job ever again. Maybe she should work in another field besides teaching.

Myers Tera

I am actually from this area near St Louis and read this story last week. I agree with you, she really should have an opportunity to change her ways as I believe that that was encouraged quite a bit for those that are religious. She actually resigned in this case when she told the school administrator. Her past wasnt caught because she did change her name from job to job, which was totally understandable after her problems in Kentucky. I believe that she resigned because she actually had children and I suspect that they were in the school district and it would be a huge problem for her family (in particular her children) to deal with and not just herself.

It took quite a bit of time between Kentucky and her outting in Missouri. If she really likes teaching, I would recommend that she goes to a K-6 Grade school and the likelihood that the kids are going to be looking at her in that fashion should be much lower. However, she will need to move again.

We had a teacher in my highschool that did a Playboy spread and she was quite often reminded of it. I am sure it was painful for her and she did quit after she got married.

Tera Myers UFO & Writing Art Education Sciences

Maybe the real problem is she didn't disclose her past before signing on the dotted line. I bet if the interviews knew they were hiring a former p-rn star they would have turned down her application. Oh and another thing, how does a kid recognize a p-rn star? Maybes some investigations need to be made into what this kid is watching.

Myers Tera

If I were to make a guess, I would actually look at her children for the source of the leak. One of those things where you tell a "friend" a personal secret but tell them not to tell anyone else and it just mushrooms from there. The only other plausible thought I have is that a kid found some p-rn that their parents might have had. I cannot honestly imagine them searching the internet for old p-rn.

I don't blame her for not conveying everything from her Kentucky experience on her application/resume'. If she does, there is little way she will ever be hired as a teacher. By all accounts, she was a very good teacher and students liked her. There were no complaints against her. It is just unfortunate this past keeps getting uncovered for her.

Myers Tera

If the form contained any questions about her past that is questionable and she leaves out her p-rn stuff then that is a lie. Most official documents tell you that if you lie then you can be held accountable. When she joined the school she was also indirectly joining the state education board so she is a representative. The whole reason she was suspended was because she is a bad representative no matter how sorry she might be for her past she should have chosen another profession where such things wouldn't be questioned.

Tera Myers

I am sure her resume' didn't include anything about a p-rn actress past as it would certain ensure that she didn't get the job. It would be like not telling a new potential employer that you screwed up somehow that cost you your last job, but rather just saying: "I have gotten to a point in my career where the company and my vision just didn't match", "Looking ahead, it is apparent that promotional opportunities will not be available for quite some time". While those are true, you might be leaving something out like "Because I screwed up...".

The only way that she could have lied was to be asked the question "Were you a p-rn actress at any point in the past or present?" in the interview or on a form. However, most companies use the following practices in hiring:

Review Resume' - lies here can get you in trouble...omissions will not.
Interview - here they are actually very much restricted on what can be asked. If you ask about being a p-rn actress, you are discriminating against p-rn actresses. You had better make sure you ask EVERY candidate that question. Honestly, in order to avoid discrimination, you must keep your questions about job related issues to stay safe.
Background check - police records, financial, educational, references, etc...

If it all checks out and they like you, you get hired. She did nothing wrong at all. I am sure her resume' didn't mention her p-rn past as well as I am sure she didn't put former p-rn actors as references. The only one that could have tripped her up would have been the former school that fired her in Kentucky. However, if they did that, they would be pretty ripe for a lawsuit on her behalf. This is why past employers generally only give dates that you hired and left.

Read the story, she was suspended in Kentucky five years ago. She quit this job in Missouri shortly after being confronted by the student. Apparently, she is a good teacher:

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So, you can see why she was able to get good references for the job at Parkway. From all accounts, she was a very good teacher at Parkway and was liked by the faculty and students. Her contract in Ky, was not renewed (in effect fired), but it was for what the school district feared to be a disruption for the students. Interestingly enough, there was evidence that the students had known for several months and didn't appear to be disturbed.

While not being trying to be crude, I suspect as her children leave school and she gets on in age, this will be far less of a problem. However, I am sure that there will be those out there just looking for her in a year book...

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Looking at the dates, her detractors or people just out to be internet celebs may have found her in Missouri.

Anyway, she represents any one that hires her be it a school, retail, nursing home or p-rn industry. If we say she should be allowed to utilize her degree in education, what are her options?

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If we say she should not be allowed to be around young people because of her choices, then her likely choices are book editor or work in a museum. I would feel comfortable telling her she couldn't teach if she was still doing p-rn or was regaling her past p-rn life for students and trying to recruit future stars, but that seems to be anything but the case. The teacher we had in school that did a playboy spread was allowed to continue teaching. She didn't have chats with the teenage girls about the joys of posing n-de. She left after several more years of teaching and getting married. It wasn't disruptive to the class. She was already pretty...high school boy crushes were rampant - that was going to happen anyway.

I do wish her well and think it is unfortunate that this has continued to trail her in life as she does seem to be a good teacher and we need more of them. However, it is also within the schools rights to let her go just as it is within her rights to change her name, move and try again. I am sure she can get hired again if she changes her name as she will get good references from the Parkway School District or she can simply leave that information out and see if they can find it on the Background Check (which I doubt they will)...her foot print in Missouri will be pretty small since she is not filing any lawsuit. The religious part of me says that this treatment of her is wrong as she has repented and sought a new life.

Tera Myers

Even if she got to teach again I don't think it should be at the same school and since this whole 'scandal' is international now she may need to focus more on teaching adults (no pun intended) because I don't know any school that will willingly allow a teacher whose face is all over as the "Former p-rn star turn teacher" to instruct at a children's school. Attached is her then and now.

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Oh, I think she could easily get another job teaching if she changes her name and moves. I am not sure how far she has to move, but definitely out of Missouri and Kentucky and potentially neighboring states. She does that and changes her hair color and style, I see no way she couldnt land a job in another state. It depends on how much she really likes teaching kids and to teach high school, I would say she enjoyes it a quite a bit. Unfortunately, I believe she would have to get further education to teach anyone else other than high school students unless she went the tutor route.

Because it is so international, they will be looking for exactly what is pictured. The only bad part is that there will be those out there that just delight and hunting her down and the number will have grown each time she is found out. However, and for again not wanting to seem to crude, the p-rn tapes that she has made are only going to get more difficult to find. I would really love to know how this kid found out her past in Missouri because it wasnt a group of several students with one working at a video store...

It is agreed that there are no school districts that want to hire a former p-rn actress knowingly, but they were quite happy to do it non-knowingly for quite a while. I am not sure if she is married. Of course, if she were to move he needs to have either a flexible job or skills that are marketable pretty much anywhere.

Edited: Vincenzo on 28th Mar, 2011 - 3:00am