40-year-old former teacher marries 16-year-old student

[Sequoia]

Wilmington – A 40-year-old high school science teacher and cross country coach has resigned his position and married a 16-year-old student.

Brenton Wuchae coached Windy Hager at South Brunswick High School, where she recently completed her sophomore year as one of the school's top runners. He also lives less than two miles away from the Hagers' home on Oak Island.

Wuchae married Hager in Brunswick County on Monday, according to a marriage license.

Hager's parents, Dennis and Betty Hager, said they did all they could to keep the couple apart after noticing a deeper-than-usual friendship forming between them. The parents said they tried to intervene by talking to the coach, going to school officials, pleading with police and sheriff's office detectives, even other teachers and students at South Brunswick. But the Hagers say they reluctantly signed a consent form allowing their daughter to marry her coach.

http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200770620010

HURL. Maybe their both ugly.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

1. *sigh* I may love some of my teachers, but I'd never effing MARRY them.

Who wants to be married so young?

:crazy:

[Left Is Write]

3. I was in love with my Sociology teacher when I was 16.

He was 32. He had no idea, of course, that I was "in love" with him, because I always tried to conceal my crushes on teachers. Well, he might have guessed I had a crush on him. Who knows.

Anyway...a few years later, he did wind up marrying a former student, someone about my age. She was adult by then, though.

[pitohui]

14. some1 who needs to get away from parents & has an idea of what a 16 yr old is worth on job market

girls have married young to get away from unsatisfactory home lives from time out of mind, i guess only time will tell if she has jumped out of the frying pan and into the fryer

[AllegroRondo]

2. her parents signed a consent form?

WHY??

[JoDog]

5. What were they thinking?

Why did the parents sign that consent form? It's obvious that they did not support this relationship, so why did they cave in? This makes no sense. Were they afraid their daughter would run away with her teacher, or that they would get pregnant on purpose to circumvent them? Even so, put your foot down, people! Send the girl to live with another relative. Tell them that they can do anything they want in 2 years, but until then, explain to the coach that the split second they even suspect he has laid a hand on their daughter, they will call the police. And if the police don't act the first time (which according to the story, they did not), they will keep calling and get a restraining order if necessary.

[hfojvt]

11. the age of consent is probably 16

although in Kansas, there are different laws for teachers, even if a student is 18 (I am not sure about college though, I think it's only minors). Those do not apply, now that he has resigned, but why did she wanna marry somebody who has no job?

[militaryspouse]

6. ..

it won't last. why does ANYBODY want a child when the world is full of adults??

[JoDog]

9. Sometimes it's a control issue

An adult has her own opinions, wants and needs. While a child has all those things too, she can be easier to control in the relationship. The older partner can pull the "I'm more experienced in these things, let's do it my way" card in a lot of aspect of the relationship. Also, a 16-year-old doesn't have a lot of job options, making her more dependent on the older male. A sexual fetish probably plays a role too.

And even if it doesn't last, the teen probably won't be able to file for divorce in her own right until she is 18, depending on the law in the state she's living in when she decides to divorce. So she may be stuck for a while.

[montanto]

10. Yes, and

There are a lot of teachers working out issues that they didn't / couldn't in high school. I know a few teachers who have mildly inappropriate friendships with students. Its weird.

[Orsino]

4. I worked under a headmaster...

...who had married his former student at that same school. A Christian school.

[barb162]

7. Oh brother

I hope no one hires this guy as a teacher again.

[BarenakedLady]

8. Gah

:puke:

[SteppingRazor]

12. In a somewhat related story, dad, 38, kills the boyfriend, 39, of his daughter, 16...

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-620boyfriendkilled,0,4545485.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines

[Sequoia]

15. Those comments are amazing!

Poor dad....RUN!

[jobycom]

13. Maybe he should run for president.

Seems to be a trend. :shrug: