a teacher was buying them for her??? I think the teacher should most certainly be held accountable..who's she going to buy them for next?? Of course, your daughter will need to be dealt with too..but I'm sure you already know that. That is really messed up!

What the F@#&@??? That teacher should be dismissed 4 ever as a teacher and taken to court!!!!

I'd say both parties are somewhat responsible in this case. Seeing as how a teacher provided the means and she broke the rules, the school should have called it even and either punished both or let them both slide. What I don't know is whether or not your step daughter is legal smoking age. If not, that teacher was none too bright for purchasing cigarettes for her. I am assuming your step daughter is not old enough or she wouldn't have to depend on an adult to buy cigarettes for her. I don't know what the laws are like where you live, but buying cigarettes for minors where I live carries a hefty fine.

What the hell?! If your stepdaughter is under 18, your teacher not only violated school policy, but also at least one law. Depending on your local/state laws regarding tobacco in a school zone, she (the teacher) should at least be fined, or possibly "dismissed". However, there is fault on both sides. Your stepdaughter obviously was complicit in all of this, I assume she asked the teacher to provide the cigarettes. I do think the teacher has slightly more responsibility in this case. An adult (who also happens to be an authority figure and possible role model) should know better than to indulge a teen with this kind of request. The teacher could have said "No" and set a good example.

My feelings on this may be a little different than others. While I think that something should be done to discipline the teacher, if I were you, I would try to put some other parents on that task. It creates an environment that is unsafe for all students, so surely you can find others who would be outraged by it. However, there is a real chance that by focusing on what the teacher has done, your child could make herself out to be a victim. IMO your focus as a parent should be to make sure that your daughter continues to take full responsibility. There are going to be people throughout her life who provide her with opportunities to do the wrong thing. Our children are learning awful early to pass the buck. If your daughter had refused the cigarettes, then the only person culpable in the situation would be the teacher. Teach personal responsibility first, even if it comes at the expense of letting someone else off the hook for something they did, this will give your daughter a head start for the real world.

I think that, at the very least, the teacher should be suspended for his actions. In most places, if not all, in the US providing cigarettes to a minor is illegal. When we send our children to school, we trust that the teachers and administrators at that school will protect them from harm. I see providing students with tobacco products as a violation of that trust.

What else is the teacher buying for your step daughter & what is their motivation for doing so? The teacher knows this is wrong so to me there is a hidden agenda behind it , probably buying booze too but you haven't found that out yet. BTW is your step daughter a minor? If so then yes the teacher should be accountable for their actions because they know as well as us cashiers it is a no no to buy or sell tab. & alcohol to minors & the rest of us would be fined & fired just the same. When someone does this for a minor, knowing its wrong its usually because they are reaping a benefit with the minor to be taking the chance on being fined or fired. You may want to talk to your step daughter & ask her this. And yes your step daughter needs to be accountable for her actions too. She needs to know that when your young & either an adult offers or the minor tries to talk them into buying them something they shouldn't have that more then likely that adult will expect something sexual behind it, they won't take that risk for no reason. How do I know this because I to was a teen ager that done the same thing & I learned really quick unless I was dating the person not to ask guys to buy it for me because they want something besides money for buying it for you. Please talk to her before its to late.

I think the teacher should be fired. Also can't you get a fine for buying minors cigarettes.

I agree with you. I don't know how it is elsewhere, but in New York, that teacher would be fined at minimum, and could face jail time. At the very least, he/she should be fired (but probably won't because the union would raise hell).

That is outragous!I myself would go to the school and raise holy hell! First off~your daughter should not have been expelled,especially if she has never been in trouble like this. Detention or school community service would have sufficed. Secondly~the teacher should definately be reprimanded and fined!It is illegal to buy minors cigarettes! Last~has this teacher been investigated as to what else he/she has contributed to your daughter or other students. This teacher could very well be a danger or at the least a bad influence on the children. I myself would NOT let this go!

"Teacher"? My A**..that is a co-conspirator and as such his/her license should be stripped..he/she wants to be "pals" with someone for whom he/she should be a role model..not a role model for sleaze and sucking up. That is unforgiveable.

Well as I myself attended a High School that had a designated approved smoking area, i might be a tad out of touch with the times. BUT to be expelled is a bit extreme to say the least, for starters! Especially since it isn't an illegal drug or narcotic even if they aren't legally intended for possession or use by minors. And HELL YES the teacher that supplied them should be held fully accountable! Of course there is another discrepancy, in my day first off a teacher wouldn't DARE, and secondly if they did they sure as hell never would've owned up to it.

I think buying cigarettes for a child is bad enough, but someone in an Authorative position such as the childs teacher should know better. She should have to pay a hefty fine.

The teacher deserves to be held accountable more than the student actually. Teachers are supposed to uphold certain standards and at the very least, uphold the rules of the school where they are employed. As a matter of fact..if it were my daughter and she was expelled for smoking cigarettes that a TEACHER supplied..heads would roll..legally speaking, of course.

Although the teacher is an idiot,your daughter is still responsible for her actions.

That teacher should be fired! I don't even have anything more to add to that.

I think that the teacher should be held accountable for buying the cirgarettes and giving them to her, however, your daughter is still responsible for choosing to smoke them on school property, which wasn't the smartest thing to do. Though I don't think your daughter should escape punishment because she did do something wrong, I think that expulsion is a little harsh. A suspension would be more appropriate, unless of course, this was not the first time.

That teacher is wrong!!!She should be fired for that,your daughter shouldnt be taking a punishment so severe when the teacher encouraged it,id be out raged by this contact the authorities and take it furthur

I think the teacher should be seriously punished for buying cigarettes for a child.

The teacher SHOULD be accountable for buying the cigarettes, but your step daughter should be accountable for her smoking. The teacher didn't force them on her- I hope you aren't kidding yourselves about that. But the teacher not only broke a law (buying smokes for a minor) but she broke the student/teacher boundary.

Yes the teacher should absolutely be held accountable for buying a minor cigerettes. Teachers are suppose to be good role models. If the teacher isn't held accountable than who knows the next time it could be alcohol instead of smokes! The teacher broke the law and is suppose to be encouraging good behavior not bad!!! However, I do agree that your daughter should be held accountable also! If your husband doesn't think it is worth the teacher loosing her job, than maybe you should just confront the teacher. I would let her know that I'm aware of the situation and that I do not approve of her buying my daughter or any other minor cigerettes. Not only because you do not want your daughter smoking, but because it is against the law to buy a minor cigerettes. I would have a meeting with the teacher and inform her that you are aware of this incident and were seriously considering going to the school board with it. Inform her that she could loose her job or possibly even be prosecuted for her actions. That might be enough to make her realize what a bad decision she made enabling your daughter to smoke. I would think that she would think twice before making that mistake again. That is if she values her job and her reputation as a teacher.

it is your daughters fault, she smoked them. the teacher should be punished, but so should your daughter

Well i thnk the teacher should be fired and why would the teacher even by her cigarettes?! I think your right and your husband is wrong I do think you should make the teacher accountable. So good luck with this problem of yours. =)

that teacher needs to get fired for contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

Both at fault, mainly teacher. Teachers are meant to be trusted, she should be fired for that. It is also partly on the daughter because she accepted them and did the actual smoking. But bottem line punish your daughter at home for actualy smoking them, and report the teacher for giving them to her.

i think that what u should do is to buy a pack of ciggarettes and make her smoke the wjole pack and eat the bud and every time she stop burn her with the cigarrete i bet she would never want to smoke another ciggarret

if i remember correctly buying for a minor is against the law whether it alcohol or tobacco...yes your daughter was wrong and taking the punishment but this "teacher" should not be teaching cause obviously she's not that bright

Q: Should a person who bought cigarettes/illegal substances for minor pay for breaking the law? - YES. No sense in letting them get off just because they're rich, famous, discovered a cure for cancer, or a teacher. What kind of example would that set for kids who know this person? "Oh yes, I don't have to pay for the consequences of my actions because I'm special." Q: Should a child be punished for doing something illegal that he/she has been told repeatedly by multiple different medias NOT to do? - Definitely YES. You deliberately choose to ignore a warning/the law, and you pay the consequences. It's that simple. People (kids especially) have to learn that they must take responsibility for their actions. Not doing so is a disservice to the child.

The teacher should definitely be held accountable. Also, I would suggest someone look into WHY she would do such a thing. Was it some sort of a bribe? A deal for something? And chances are your stepdaughter isn't the only one the teacher has done this sort of thing for. It's all very suspicious.

focus on your step daughters behavior and not on the panishment of the teacher

i think they should both be held accountable. maybe the teacher more than your daughter. your daughter is young and we as young people (im only 14 so i may have no idea what im saying) make mistakes. the teacher is an adult and knew better.

oh my, the teacher is totally in the wrong! if your daughter got expelled, the teacher totally should have lost his/her job too.if the teacher hadnt bought them, she wouldnt have been smoking them. i think its the teachers fault....if thats any help.

The teacher should be prosecuted for supplying dangerous drugs to a minor. Nobody knows what pressure your daughter was under to smoke them

Take it to court! Thats a really BIG problem

oh yes the teacher should be in big trouble heck if i was you i would tell the school you are goin to sue them and the teacher watch how quick they put her back in school!

i have no idea why your husband does not agree with you, and do not understand how a teacher can get away with encouraging a child to smoke, speak to the head of year at school about it, she should not be expelled for such a thing she is still a child, but dont tell her that she should have some responsability to

well, the teacher comitted a crime, and teh teacher should have to go to court for purchasing tobbacco for a minor. It's a school so i think its wrong. schools should be tobacco free.

well your kids go to school to learn n you dont expect for you daughter to go to school n for a teacher to buy her smokes as all teachers are ment to provent it as much as possable an i dont think she should be expelled for it as if the teacher didint buy them she wouldent of had them

Wow, what school is this? your right! Teachers are supposed to protect their students. Remove the teacher. and your husband is right! No matter who supplies the drug, your daughter needs to be able to say no thanks.

Your husband needs to wake up. Of course that teacher should be held accountable. Not only was she helping your daughter violate school policy, which was disrespectful of the rules of her workplace and a violation of her responsibility to act in loco parentis, she entrapped your child for giving her the very substance that got her expelled. She gave your child access to something that is highly addictive and extremely harmful to her health. And on top of that, giving a child something that is forbidden and that they won't want their parents to know about is a common technique of sex offenders in grooming an intended victim. Haven't you ever watched To Catch a Predator and seen how often the perpetrators bring along beer, pot or cigarettes? So you may be dealing with a budding Mary Kay LeTourneu there. If it were me, I'd be threatening to get a lawyer if the teacher isn't disciplined. What is it with out of control teachers today? This is the second question like this I've fielded this morning. In my own town, a high school teacher was arrested last week for leaving her two year old at home alone while she went to buy drugs. And when I was still teaching, the teacher in the room next to me was arrested mid year for selling drugs. Why are we having such a moral breakdown of our teachers?

Its against the law and the teacher should be held accountable. Seeing as this is an older question, could you give us any updates as to what happened.