Mrs. Pettits

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From the case study, it is very evident that the Board of Education is seen to have violated the rights to privacy for Mrs. Pettits. In the case study, it is evident that Mrs. Petty went to a private club that is found in Los Angeles. The club that she visited happened was supposed to be private as only club members were allowed and Mrs. Pettits and her husband were members to the club. Despite Mrs. Pettits performing fellatio on a total of three different men in a hours time, she did all this in a secret place that was not supposed to be accessed by her students thus making it not related to her teaching profession in anyway. Additionally, it was very clear that non of the her students could ever get information about what she did in that secret place as she did whatever she could to keep off what she was doing as far as possible from her teaching profession. …show more content…

Additionally, the court did not have any justification to fire Mrs. Pettits because the activities that she was involved in did not violate any of the school rules (Shaw, 2011). Again, the California Supreme Court went ahead to reverse the firing of Mrs. Pettits for what the school has accused her for and termed it as being a homosexual conduct. The court also went ahead and made a conclusion that the teacher had not engaged in any immoral or unprofessional conduct as it was supposed to happen based on the school rules. The other reason why the rights of the teacher were violated is that if having no clear evidence that showed that the teacher was unfit to continue with her teaching profession. As a result of this reason, the Board of Education is seen to have violated the rights to privacy for the teacher by linking her private life with her teaching

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