Are you OK, Mr. Koyamamoto?
Sex abuse by teachers plagues Shizuoka Pref.
The Yomiuri Shimbun
静岡県民として、とても悲しいです。小山本先輩、流れに身をまかされないようにしてくださいね。文中の語句、説明してください。（ますだ）
SHIZUOKA--Alleged sexual transgressions by teachers in Shizuoka Prefecture have become so common that the area's leading educational administrator recently declared himself helpless to stop them.
よりかねさん
There have been five disclosed cases of alleged sexual improprieties committed by school teachers in Shizuoka Prefecture, including a school principal, since August alone. In those cases, the teachers were fired for sexual harassment or arrested for voyeurism.
寺門さん
The latest came on Oct. 17, when a 47-year-old teacher at Shizuoka Prefectural High School of Science and Technology was arrested on suspicion of indecent assault on a female student.
しょうへいさん
The prefectural board held an urgent meeting of school principals on Thursday. At that meeting Toru Abe, chairman of the prefectural board of education, said with a bitter expression, "Speaking for myself, there's no longer anything I can do."
竹石さん
The board has taken such measures as revealing the names of offending teachers who received disciplinary dismissals and conducting training sessions for teachers. It also has organized study sessions with outside instructors and held group study meetings in an effort to prevent such incidents.
However, a high school teacher who had been through a training session was arrested on suspicion of using a camera to look up a woman's skirt in September. The teacher, who was arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting the female student, had also gone through a training session.
Students have harshly criticized teachers and the authorities, saying: "Who will protect us students?" and "What the hell are teachers doing?" But some school officials have voiced sympathy for the chairman's remark, which reflects a sense of helplessness.
The chairman told the about 120 school principals, "I want you to build human relationships with a sense of solidarity in your schools."
Abe said, "My remark that there's nothing more we can do was a slip of the tongue." Abe said he was hit by a sense of helplessness, as teachers had been urged on numerous occasions not to cause such scandals.
すぎうちさん
"When I made the remark, I was thinking about how I'd had to say the same thing in similar situations again and again [with little apparent impact]," Abe said.
He added: "I regret the remark and think it was improper. I still have to consider effective measures. We have started discussing practical actions."
Hiroshi Asaba, principal of prefectural Shizuoka Senior High School and also chairman of the prefectural association of high school principals, voiced sympathy for the board chairman saying, "The words reflected his stress."
But he added: "We school officials have not given up on taking measures. Though there may be no quick remedy, there are still things we can try."
A senior official of the prefectural board of education said: "The problems are not ending, even though we have taken measures. I wonder what more we can do than we are doing now."
A 17-year-old male second-year student at Shizuoka Prefectural High School of Science and Technology said: "Many female students have begun to distrust their male teachers because of these incidents. When our school held a meeting to explain the situation to all students, a girl began weeping, and I couldn't face the scene.
"If the prefectural board of education has given up and said there is nothing to do, who in the world will protect us students?"
An 18-year-old third-year high school student said, "Because scandals have occurred despite measures by the prefectural board, students just distrust teachers more."
A 15-year-old male student said: "What the hell are teachers doing? I don't trust teachers anymore."
Educational analyst Naoki Ogi said: "Control by superiors alone has limited effects. Ad hoc measures, which are like a cat-and-mouse game, can't work. The authorities should have teachers receive mental health checks by experts.
上にもありましたが、このaloneの用法は？ひじかたくん
"The administrative authorities should not see teachers as the only cause of the evil, but consider what they themselves lack. They should improve the situation while reflecting opinions from workplaces."
(Oct. 24, 2011)
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111023003239.htm
静岡で教師またわいせつ…中学教諭が男子生徒に
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静岡県警伊東署は２５日、伊東市鎌田、市立宇佐美中学校教諭森田智也容疑者（３９）を県青少年環境整備条例違反（わいせつ行為）の疑いで逮捕した。
発表によると、森田容疑者は昨年８月２０日、当時自宅だった同市内のアパートで、男子中学生（当時１３歳）が１８歳未満であることを知りながら、わいせつな行為をした疑い。森田容疑者は大筋で容疑を認めているという。今年９月中旬になって、生徒が通う学校関係者が同署に相談して発覚した。
同県では今年８月以降、教師による性的な不祥事が相次いで発覚しており、今回の事件で６件目。今月２０日には県教育委員会の臨時校長会で安倍徹県教育長が「万策尽きた」と異例の発言をする事態になっている。事件を受けて、安倍教育長は「深刻に受け止めている。教員になった頃の志を思い出してもらうところからやらなければならない」と話した。
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