A Chaparral High School teacher was taken into custody tuesday for two counts of sexual misconduct with a student. If charged, Romo will face a number of years in prison, as well as the life-long title of sex offender, denying him housing in certain neighborhoods and from ever teaching again. However, before you cast judgement on him, lets take all of the facts into consideration.
Adam Romo was the mariachi and guitar teacher at Chaparral High School, the school I recently graduated from. I had met Romo a number of times and had a bunch of friends in his classes. From what I could tell, Romo was an excellent teacher who was popular with the students. Before his arrival at the school, Chaparral didn’t even have a mariachi program. He’s onnly 26 years old.
The student in question, whom I happen to know, is a 17 year old senior boy. The age of consent in Nevada is 16 for opposite sex couples, but 18 for same sex couples. I find that ridiculous and offensive, but what I feel isn’t relevent. The student in question, we’ll call him John, was in the mariachi program that Romo taught. A number of the students were staying the night at Romo’s house because they had a performance early the following morning for Mayor Oscar Goodman, the mayor of Las Vegas.
I happen to know for a fact, that John was the one to initiate contact, meaning that it was completely consensual. Now, I’m not as certain about the next couple of things, but occording to the report, the first time, Romo said, “This isn’t a good idea.” But, John pressed and eventually convinced Romo. Then, later on in the evening I THINK, again not sure, it happened again, which is where the second count comes from.
Now, that was on the 17th of November. Romo was taken into custody Tuesday, the 30th. John had told, although I think he may have been bragging, two students. Then, he made the mistake of telling a teacher he trusted, who was honor bound to report it to campus police. So, because John wanted to brag about his conquest, Romo now faces all of this shit.
I’m not saying Romo isn’t without fault. Yes, he knew the consequences should he be caught. He could of said no. However, I’ve read a lot of comments saying he’s a sick pervert who deserves prison. That is a ridiculous accusation. Yes, he had sex with a 17 year old male student. Would this be getting as much attention if the student was female? I really don’t think so. So, because it was a same sex relationship of sorts, he’s a sick pervert who deserves prison. You know what I have to say to those of you who think that?
Fuck you. This man’s life is completely ruined because one fucking idiot decided he was horny and then wanted to brag about it. It makes me fucking sick to think that Romo can no longer do the profession he loves and that this will follow him the rest of his life.
I recently talked with a friend about. I was talking about how Romo’s life is ruined now, and the friend said, “Well, John’s life is ruined too. He has to change schools now and people keep naming him!” Wow, so he has to change to a different school where no one will know that he was the one involved. That’s just horrible.
So, for all you people out there who make judgements without listening to all the facts, what do you think about it now?
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