Florida teacher resigns after writing to his 11 year old student: 'You Know I Truly Love You'

Not a drag queen.

Lol.

What a weirdo.

If he hadn't told her to keep it secret, he might have gotten away with it.

That was the kicker.

Heterosexuals are SICK and DIGUSTING

What exactly is the crime here?

I believe he passed the note in class, r5.

Ew, he really IS creepy!

And that note is just ridiculous.

The penmanship is ... interesting.

Sucker for love. Why not just fuck her?

I'm glad he was caught before anything else happened, but just to play devil's advocate: if it were a female teacher who had wrote to the girl, would charges still have been filed?

🎵 AND AAAAAIIIII….. WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOUUUU…. 🎵

Creepy. Especially the handwriting

Light of his life. Fire of his loins. His sin. His soul.

Sadly, the girl was unable to read the letter, since the letters in the words were all joined together. She had to show it to her parents to know what he was saying.

R9. In today's society? Yes. They probably would have labeled her a lesbian whether or not she was one.

Nice handwriting.

Not defending him by any means, but I'm getting serious arrested development/Peter Pan syndrome vibes from this guy.

His handwriting, contents of the letter to the girl, the twee bowtie. He also apparently told one of his 11-year-old male students (after the kid's mother sent him an email asking about his homework): "Be a man and ask me yourself if you have a question. Don’t have your mommy send me messages."

He probably genuinely didn't consider his behavior wrong because he thinks of himself as one of his students' peers.

Contents of the letter.

[quote]You made me mad the other day and made me throw away my note back to you. I guess I will start over. I am sorry for putting slime all over you yesterday. I thought we could have some fun together but didn't think about you getting upset with me. You know that I truly love you and no matter what that will never change. I really love being your teacher and more importantly, I love how close we have gotten this year. We have had a lot of fun this year and made memories that I will always remember. On another note, I will say that it bothers me when you look directly into my eyes and lie to me. You forget that I know you pretty well. When you put your head down, ignore me, etc. I know something is wrong. You then typically will talk to all of your friends right after you tell me "I just don't feel well," which is a lie. Why do you do that to me?? I love that you are in my class and that we've gotten so close this year. I don't think you are that weird anymore :) I am glad that you like school and I hope that I play a huge part of that. Starting today, I will try my best not to smile at you anymore. I know you "hate it" when I smile or therefore happy! So l'll stop. I hope you'll write me back but I won't expect anything. :( Love, Mr. Williams (your favorite teacher "only because I have to be") P.S. I'll keep our notes between us and won't show your friends. So, you do the same.

That's so frightening. A man suffering from psychosis is in charge of a classroom full of kids? Delusional ideas of reference involving a child who is on his care 5+ hours a day?

The letter is odd. It sounds like it was written to a peer/friend, rather than a young child and a much older adult. As a teacher, I don’t really see it as grooming. However, I could see how it could be perceived that way.

Dude even sucks at being a pedo. He probably could have gotten away with it if he didn't put the bit about not telling anyone in writing.

R20 he didn't tell her not to tell ANYONE, just not to tell her friends.

Truthfully, if he took out that part and the sentence "You know that I truly love you and no matter what that will never change" the letter would almost, ALMOST seem deceptively innocuous. That's the weirdest part about this whole thing to me.

Of course, it's Florida.

Meanwhile, the handwriting looks like it belongs to a 10-year-old girl. Arrested development, for sure.

Mild case of gayface

Red flags galore.

Gross - what on Earth would drive any grown man to write a letter like that to an 11 year old?

JFC - what a headcase - writing like he's a 10 year old girl and getting mad because she won't smile at him?

And the female teachers fucking their students - as young as 12 - those cases are so frequent. Every other month there's another case.

Back in my day, my teachers held us up just above contempt. There were a few 'favorites' - the suck-ups or troubled kids who needed extra love or attention. But most of my teachers were stand-offish at best.

Her mom, she doesn’t understand

R25, it's actually way more common more male teachers to abuse their kids

There were abusive teachers "in your day" - it just didn't make headlines

I see nothing wrong with sending that to an 11-year-old.

This is almost as creepy as the teacher who stalked an 11 YO student, for her to read over summer break. He wrote 60 individual notes, one for each day they were separated, and asked her to read one each day. This guy was voted "Teacher of the Year". He looks a little autistic and special, but how could a grown adult be so needy and sick?

This is almost as creepy as the teacher who stalked an 11 YO student, and gave her a bunch of love notes for her to read over summer break.

Over the years, my kid has had some great teachers…but not that many. Many of his teachers and administrators are stunningly unprofessional and, yes, seem to see the students as their peers. It does appear to be a profession that attracts nut cases and bullies.

Even the most polite and gentle questions will cause them to lose their shit. They are so unaccustomed to being questioned about anything. They are attracted to the profession because they perceive children as being at their mercy. Many are bullies.

It is a very hard job. Our district pays very well, but many don’t. For the districts that don’t pay well, you have to wonder what draws people to the job. Many times it’s not a good motive.

You all talk about his handwriting when the picture clearly states: Stock image of handwritting.

Agreed R31. We moved to a town in NJ that has an exceptionally good public school system and even here there are some nutbars and have been some scandals. Just a few months ago a middle school teacher went on leave for mental health issues and a month or two later caused a townwide school lockdown for threatening to pull a mass school shooting "tomorrow". He went through a psych hold/evaluation process and is now being criminally charged.

I used to judge parents who opted to "homeschool," but now getting to know the underbelly of public education, I can see how if this (my town) is as good as it gets, there are surely some places where homeschooling is indeed the better option if you can do it. Most families with full time working parents cannot, and are at the mercy of the public education available to their family.

R32 we're referring to the vid at R7 that shows the actual letter he wrote. STFU.

Say what you will ('cause I know you will), but I never trust a grown man who wants to spend copious amounts of time with kids who aren't his own.

[quote]Jesus wept

Would jesus like a tissue?

[quote] I believe he passed the note in class

Was he also eating a meatball sandwich right out in CLASS?