Missouri High School Science Teacher Or Porn Star ?

Any sentence that contains “teacher” and “porn star” is going to create a stir, and that's exactly what happened with the news that a Missouri high school science teacher is out of job after revelations she once starred in adult films. Teacher Tera Myers left her porn star past behind her, but apparently it is hard to outrun mistakes captured on videos. After the collision of her porn movie past and her present-day respectability, she is getting more attention today than Charlie Sheen. The 38-year-old teacher and mom was approached by a student at Parkway North High School who somehow discovered Myers' past film work, which led to her placement on administrative leave from a job she has held for four years. She will not be returning to her classroom. I understand the concerns over her past, but I can't fault a teacher who made a mistake a long time ago, put it behind her and created a new, healthy life for herself and her kids. I would have no problem with her teaching my children. Myers also coached volleyball at the school. Myers has described herself as “a girl from the wrong side of the tracks who's made a lot of bad decisions in life. Anybody who's been in my classroom could tell you how much I love teaching and how much I love these students, and that should be what matters more than anything in my past.” I agree. That is what should matter. I hate to sound like a self-help book, but I think a person's worth ought to be measured not by where they started out, but where they ended up. And Myers ended up on her feet, doing good and working hard. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The teacher, Tera Myers, requested the leave Friday after a student approached her about her past, according to the district. Previously, Myers had been suspended from a Kentucky school district for similar reasons. “Out of respect for her privacy and that of her family, the district has agreed to accept the teacher's request to be placed on administrative leave for the remainder of the school year,” a Parkway news release said. Myers will be paid through the end of the school year. Myers was hired after passing standard background and reference checks, according to the district. A Parkway spokesman said Tuesday that because the teacher's involvement in the porn industry did not break any laws, it wasn't revealed in the background checks. The spokeswoman said Wednesday Parkway had called Myers' previous school in vetting her and that the district had had no idea of the teacher's previous suspension or the reasons for it. Myers, 38, was in her fourth year of teaching in the district. She also had served as a girls volleyball coach at the high school. In 2006, she was suspended from Reidland High School in Paducah, Ky., after a student obtained a copy of an X-rated film she was in and showed it to other students. At the time, Myers went by the name Tericka Dye. She decided to fight her suspension and reapply for her job. News coverage at the time showed support from teachers and parents, as well an emotional plea from Myers, but her contract was not renewed. “Anybody who's been in my classroom can tell you how much I love teaching and how much I love these students, and that should be what matters more than anything that I've done in my past,” she told reporters. Later in 2006, Myers told her story on the “Dr. Phil” television show, informing the popular psychologist that she had appeared in her first porn film at the age of 22, while a homeless mother of two, according to the “Dr. Phil” website. “Doing pornographic material has ruined my teaching career and my life,” she said, according to the website. “I was broke and wound up meeting some strippers who introduced me to stripping. I was making a lot of irrational decisions, porn only being the worst.” Myers, who later earned a bachelor's degree from Murray State University in Kentucky and at one point served in the Army at Fort Lewis, told Dr. Phil McGraw that she suffered from bipolar disorder and that when she did the films, she was exhibiting erratic behavior. “I was not who I am today,” she said. “I've gotten on medication. I've found God. I've gotten an education. I've done everything I could possibly do to prove that I'm a different person now. … As a teacher, I can exemplify what it means to change.” She is more than welcome to come teach us a thing or two here at Centerfold Strips. Centerfold Strips Entertainment Tel:877-427-8747 We Bring The Strip Club To You! Email [view link] Web [view link] Twitter [view link] Blog [view link]