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To: Brumar89 who wrote (518079)	10/3/2009 8:12:53 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1584007

His DL tells nothing about when the incident occurred. It seems Jennings thought the kid was 15 at the time - he said so: I said, “What were you doing in Boston on a school night, Brewster?” He got very quiet, and he finally looked at me and said, “Well I met somebody in the bus station bathroom and I went home with him.” High school sophomore, 15 years old. That was the only way he knew how to meet gay people. It doesn't say his age.....it simply says 1987. It was Jenning's first year of teaching so we're talking after school started in September. According to the guy's license, he turned sixteen in July. From your link: "I remember Brewster, a sophomore boy who I came to know in 1987, my first year of teaching at Concord Academy, in Concord, Massachusetts. Brewster was a charming but troubled kid. His grades didn’t match up with his potential, his attendance could be irregular, and he often seemed a little out of it. He was clearly using some substance regularly, and was not very happy with himself. But I didn’t have a clue as to why—at least not at first." a quick look at its Amazon page suggests it encourages the discussion of homosexual relationships in school. I don't think thats appropriate for elementary schools. As do most people. Hetrosexual relationships are discussed in elementary school. Why can't gay ones be discussed as well?

To: Brumar89 who wrote (518079)	10/3/2009 8:26:42 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1584007

Let me add something else.......teachers back then were never advised on to deal with sexual matters among students. In this century, we are told to stay out of sexual discussions with students. The best we can do is refer the student to the guidance counselor or call the student's parents. In the case of the 16 year old in Jenning's school, telling his parents may have been a very dangerous act and I would not have done it unless I knew the parents and thought they were aware enough to deal with the problem effectively.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (518079)	10/3/2009 8:29:02 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1584007

Now its looking like Brewster made up the story about having sex. Former Student Defends Obama's 'Safe Schools' Czar in Underage Sex Case The ex-student at the center of a controversy involving "safe schools czar" Kevin Jennings is defending the U.S. Education Department official against charges he failed to report an alleged case of underage sexual activity involving the former high schooler and "an older man." The ex-student at the center of a controversy involving "safe schools czar" Kevin Jennings is defending the U.S. Education Department official against charges he failed to report an alleged case of underage sexual activity involving the former high schooler and "an older man." The former student, referred to as "Brewster" in media reports and in previous writings by Jennings, said he was actually 16 years old and of legal consensual age at the time of the 1988 incident in Concord, Mass. Media reports had said the teen was 15 at the time, which would have made him underage. “I was 16 when Kevin gave me the advice he gave me. I was born in July of 1971, and the conversation happened in 1988,” Brewster told FOX News on Friday. "I had no sexual contact with anybody at the time, though I was entirely legally free to do so," Brewster said in an interview with Media Matters, a left-wing group. The latest statements by "Brewster" are not entirely consistent with Jennings' various accounts of the 1988 incident, including at least one reference in Jennings' writings and speeches to a "15-year-old" to whom he said “I hope you knew to use a condom.” "I said, 'What were you doing in Boston on a school night, Brewster?'” Jennings said to a rally in Iowa in 2000. “He got very quiet, and he finally looked at me and said, 'Well I met someone in the bus station bathroom and I went home with him,'" Jennings recounted. "High school sophomore, 15 years old … I looked at Brewster and said, 'You know, I hope you knew to use a condom.’ He said to me something I will never forget, He said ‘Why should I, my life isn’t worth saving anyway.’'" Click here to hear the full audio tape. A letter filed by Jennings’ lawyer in 2004, however, states that Brewster was 16 at the time. The lawyer’s letter also stated, in response to an NEA official who accused him of “unethical practices,” that there is no "factual basis" to claim that Jennings "engaged in any unethical practices, or that he was aware of any sexual victimization of any student,” despite Jennings' earlier statement about using a condom. In his 1994 book, "One Teacher In 10," Jennings simply refers to Brewster as a "sophomore." In the same book, Jennings says on page 25 that Brewster's relationship was with an "older man." "On a hunch, I suddenly asked 'What's his name?' Brewster's eyes widened briefly, and then out spilled a story about his involvement with an older man he had met in Boston." Whatever the precise circumstances of the "Brewster" case, Jennings on Wednesday issued a statement acknowledging the criticism of his role in it. "Twenty one years later I can see how I should have handled this situation differently," he wrote. "I should have asked for more information and consulted legal or medical authorities." "Teachers back then had little training or guidance about this kind of thing," Jennings said. "All teachers should have a basic level of preparedness. I would like to see the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools play a bigger role in helping to prepare teachers." FOX News' Maxim Lott contributed to this report. foxnews.com