Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Her Parents or Her Boyfriend As a high school teacher, somehow I always hated when students opened up to me and shared with me things that they could not share with anyone else. It was one of those things again when Emily, a White 11th grader, wanted to talk to me. She said she wanted to talk to me about something important and that she needed my help. I am a caring teacher, so I listened. She has been dating an African American student named Willy and she is really in love with him. Willy loves her too. They want to go to the same college and get married after graduating. The problem is Emily has not been able to tell her family about this relationship. She said that her father is not very fond of Black people, and that there is no way he would approve this relationship. She asked me to talk to her parents. I told her that I could not do it. She, then said, she would either kill herself or run away from her house if somebody did not convince her parents. I have to do something, but what? Please advice. Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) This is not a situation you handle yourself. Go immediately to the school counselor with this information. This is not a violation of trust between student and teacher. She has made a threat against herself and her well being and although it may be nothing more than typical teenage angst, in today's schools you cannot afford to take these kinds of things lightly. It is also most certainly not your responsibility to tell her parents that she is dating a boy of a different ethnicity. Tell the school counselor and let him/her handle the situation from there.                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: I think this is the best solution, this issue should be taken to administration and a school counselor right away. I would use this solution. Rated On: October 14, 2016 2:14 am Rated By: Brittany Doxsey                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: yes. Rated On: November 13, 2022 8:23 pm Rated By: buTuDe