Thats how I see it too. In regards to @thekingsmen point about teachers doing the same thing - Teachers have a duty to their students and to the integrity of the school system. I don't think its an accurate comparison. With that said, a little bit off topic but, the special ed teacher from Mass shouldn't have been fired. Her special needs 2nd graders and the rest of the elementary school have no clue wtf she's doing either way. If she was in high school, it would be a different story + her pics weren't really porn.
Doesn't matter wither it's teacher or student or vice versa. It becomes a problem when other students know of the matter and it spirals out of control with rumors, fights etc. There was a story years ago about a teacher that did porn( one movie) way before she became a teacher....it bit her in the ass as her past ran up to her. The students talked and the school admin fired her. Was it fair? No but choices like that lead to consequences.