There must be a weird sort of, well, collegiate feeling bordering on Stockholm Syndrome that makes you go to your boss instead of the cops in that instance. What does the kid have to do with your boss? He's the one getting raped. Save him!

Izze! And I found an apple in my car. So I'm way ahead of yesterday, nutritionally. Also, some cornbread grabbed my eye in the store, so I'll see if I can actually stomach that.

That Walgreens app is totally freaking me out. CVS is just not cool enough.

I'm with Erin, though. I walk in and see a grown man raping a ten-year-old kid, I'm screaming for someone to call 911 until I'm hoarse, and probably jumping him just to get him off the kid.

There is definitely a prevailing attitude in universities I've seen that you deal with even serious crimes internally, not with the local cops. Especially sex crimes. Of course, usually it's the rape of a peer, not a child.

Student newspaper is tweeting from the rally going on at the administration building.

Student is loudly yelling, asking crowd why it is singing and dancing to Will Smith song given grave situation at hand. #PSUCharges

I guess Penn State officials decided if it wasn't on the main campus it doesn't count?

When frisco got undressed tonight, he was a little stinky so I made him take a bath. When he was done, I was playfully sniffing his toes, saying they smelled good. And then frisco says to me, "do you want to smell my butt?". I declined, telling him I was sure it now smelled good, but it did make me laugh.

Ah, he's reached the booty humor stage!

Another weird day. Lots of transitions at work which are messing with my head a little.

I think I was mildly to worse depressed, enough so to be to my detriment careerwise, most of my 20s. No, I know I was. I was stuck. I don't think I really broke free until the last few years. And that's depressing!

Based on the tweets from campus, it sounds like there might be a riot starting outside the stadium. Unfortunately, I think it's a riot in support of Paterno.

Mandated reporter stuff is also not necessarily a report to the cops thing. In my district, we have School Police who are a subset of LAPD. If we suspect abuse we report not to school police to child protective services, THEN regular LAPD, but not school police.

Other weird thing, if I suspect a student of self harm (such as cutting) I don't report it and in fact CPS will not take that report. But if I suspect them of suicidal thoughts, I have to report.

The whole thing is stomach turning.

In slightly lighter news: BRAINS or at least Jell-o Brains.

Kat, you're right; I wasn't specififc enough.

As a teacher, we reported suspected abuse to DPS AND to school officials. Self-harm/suicidal thoughts, to a guidance counselor who helmed further reportage.

At shelters, we reported abuse to DPS, took photos if any marks were visible, wrote extensive documentation, and in certain instances, also called police. Staff therapists were available in those instances -- in addition to regular therapy sessions, individual and group, required by any youth in shelter -- to conduct interviews with youth or sit in on any police/DPS involvement/interviews.

I had a couple of terrible instances when I had to call DPS on women who were in shelter (DV shelter) who I witnessed abusing their children in shelter. The cycle, it is so hard to break...

Ugh. Sorry to be all Debbie Downer, but I am rather adamant and GRR ARGH HULK SMASH when it comes to child abuse.