Teacher: "Mono Is A Disease Whores Get" - Student Suing

[matcom]

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Mononucleosis, the class was told, is a disease that "whores" get.

Former students at Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School say that was part of a lesson given by a teacher who disclosed a student's case of mono and explained it was spread by "sexually active girls."

Now, the target of those comments -- 2004 graduate Rebecca Alvarado -- has filed suit against two teachers, the dean and principal at the all-girls Chicago Catholic school, claiming her privacy was violated and her reputation damaged.

The lawsuit, recently filed in Cook County Circuit Court, seeks in excess of $450,000.

Alvarado claims English teacher Judy Neary drove rumors that Alvarado had a disease "whores" get. She also names math teacher Nancy Vandertuuk and dean Carolyn McGovern in her complaint.

School's lawyer vows fight

Alvarado, who was hospitalized in March 2004 and missed a month of school because of mononucleosis, hepatitis, jaundice and dehydration, provided student affidavits claiming teachers drove rumors of her illness. She said she doesn't know how she got mono.

"People were saying I was a slut because of this," Alvarado said. "Everyone was staring at me like I was a freak. And when I was walking in the hallway, they'd point at me and laugh or say 'There she is. That's her.' It was terrible."

Sister Rose Wiorek, Mother McAuley's principal, said she wasn't aware of anybody on her staff discussing Alvarado's illness with students. John Coleman, an attorney representing the school, said, "We'll contest this in every fashion."

Alvarado's mother, Maricela Herrada, said she called McGovern to explain her daughter's illness.

http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-mono09.html

[Fenris]

1. No, whores get crabs, HPV, genital warts, herpes, etc.

If you remember your "Pretty Woman," whores aren't s'pposed to kiss johns on the lips. ;)

[Dr.Phool]

4. Hey! I had crabs the other day, and I'm no whore!

I bought them at Costco. Big Dungeness ones.

[xmas74]

2. I had mono when I was 14 ( and no, it did not come from

kissing!). Does that make me a whore when I was a virgin until I was 18?

[ET Awful]

7. Of course it does . . .

You let everyone see your dirtypillows didn't you!!!



:evilgrin:

[xmas74]

14. Not until I was 16!

And then it took quite a few Natural Lights in my system!

[Dr.Phool]

3. It was obviously

The wrath of god being visited on her.:sarcasm:

[sniffa]

5. y'know who'd have an interesting take on this?

that banned guy.


i'm gLad to see the cathoLic schooLs stiLL stuck in those ways, some 30-40 years Later.

[blue neen]

6. I got mono when I was 37 years old.

I had already been married for 12 years when it happened. The doctors couldn't even explain how I got it.

This girl needs support, not cruel teachers.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

8. I got mono when I was in second grade....

and I was never a whore. Obviously, it didn't come from kissing because second graders aren't into that kind of thing (at least I wasn't).

[amazona]

9. ha you go girl!

I had a boyfriend who had mono who was celibate! I think it is just a disease that those susceptible to it get, like everything else. (P.S. Believe me, I didn't keep the bashful boy very long, but we were very young, and most parents would no doubt applaud his choice to stay pure, and I did meet him at church so what did I expect?)

The conservation movement is a breeding ground of communists
and other subversives. We intend to clean them out,
even if it means rounding up every birdwatcher in the country.
--John Mitchell, US Attorney General 1969-72

[MadHound]

10. What a stupid teacher!

Hell, my sister got mono in the fifth grade, and growing up I knew several people who got it, no from being a slut, but from being forced to spend seven hours inside a crowded building housing lots of sick people. This building was known as a school, and diseases run rampant there.

This teacher should be sued, and have her teaching license yanked to boot. That is one of the dumber, more inappropriate things a teacher can say, especially about a student.

[argyl]

11. Whores DO get mono. So do high school students. The "kissing disease"

You can't get the clap off a toilet seat but you can get mono by using a drinking glass after someone else.

This is a liberal arts high school? After this teacher is sued and fired she can find employment at one of the fundy high schools that seem to be sprouting up like mushrooms after a spring rain.

[miss_kitty]

12. I'll bet if that teacher got fired

she could get a job at Bob Jones University.

[MountainLaurel]

15. Actually not

Since she was teaching at a Catholic school. To the Bob Jonesers, Catholics are a bunch of Mary-loving idol-worshippers barely a step up from the Mormons.

[miss_kitty]

17. I know

she just seemed like she had *THAT* philosophy down...

[madrchsod]

13. i posted this earlier but it`s worth another look

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a graduate of Mother McCuley.......

[Mutley]

16. just goes to show the lengths

some people will go to in order to spread their own personal propaganda.