Sexually Molested??? Were You Ever Taken Out of School as a Child?

Updated on November 03, 2011
M.M. asks from Elcho, WI
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When I was in 2nd grade, me and another gir (l I'll call her Kim) were taken out of school during school hours at least once a week, he drove us to his home on the lake, (I later learned that lake is 5 miles from the school) I can remember riding in his very dirty and messy car, going down in his basement, we played, and had ice cream or sherbert, and playing with my favorite thing he had which was slime with rubber worms in it. I also remember his basement was damp and musty and lots of junk piled everywhere. The rest of it I can't remember, I'm just totally blank. I have asked my parents if she remembers signing for anything for permission or even knew about this and she was shocked to hear that: A) I could ever remember the finer details, B) why would a teacher be taking a kid out of school. After graduation, the memories were re-surfacing more than ever. I went back to my elementary to ask if I could see my records, I learned they only keep the manuscripts and the rest is destroyed. So this has haunted me off/on all thru my life. I have tried to look for Kim, I remember her last name but since she's a girl, it's harder to find us since we usually change our name when married. I've checked Facebook, Classmates.com and just tried Googling her name. There is one that comes up on FB and classmates but when I contacted both, she said it wasn't her that went to my school. I just want to find her and ask if she remembers being taken out during school hours, if she knows why and if she remembers anything else that may have happened. Anyone know how I can find her? She moved away after the 6th grade and no classmates I keep in touch with haven't heard from her either.

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R.M.

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This is my opinion: hopefully you will find it useful --

In my experience, the most traumatizing events of my life are the ones I remember the most vividly, and I've had a few. I remember being molested quite well.

The "repressed memory" theory that was so prevalent a couple of decades ago has been mostly debunked, although obviously, no one can say for sure if people have repressed memories or not. After the repressed memory fad was over, it was discovered that most people's "repressed" memories were fictions, invented by their brains later on.

From my experience, if you were molested, you would remember it. Other than the fact that this guy taking you into the basement was definitely odd, do you have bad feelings about that memory? My mother actually had a male friend (not the molester, another guy) that would show me and another kid pictures of naked people, when I was about 11, and to this day I remember it as being kind of fun, not bad. (And I'm really not perverted these days, I promise.)

I think you should stop your search. Why are you trying to dig up dirt that probably doesn't exist? There is no reason to make yourself feel bad. If you are trying to find out just out of curiosity, then go ahead, but if you are searching under the assumption that you will discover some molestation that you don't remember -- let it go. It's not healthy.

Not everything in our lives needs to be dissected. Sometimes being happy and moving forward is the best way to go.

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K.F.

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Instead of finding her it would seem to me that you may want to get help, closure and clarity for your own peace of mind. Sounds like you could use some healing and you don't need her for that besides you don't know where she may be in her heart and in her head regarding what may have or many not have happened.

I was sexually molested and abused. Before I was ready to deal with it I wouldn't want anyone to pull up that personal pain and all the junk that came with it. I know the people that abused me abused others too and we all deal with it in our own way and haven't connected in any way and that is fine with me.

Again, I say to you deal with you and in time perhaps your paths will cross again.

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K.B.

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I don't believe in repressed memories. I was molested and later raped. I never didn't know it, even if I was too ashamed to talk about it.
It is not right to tell someone they were molested, no matter what your intentions. If she was molested, she remembers. If by some miracle she was able to repress it, why would you want to put that pain on her?

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☆.A.

answers from Pittsburgh on

Since you know the location of the house on the lake...look through property records for the year you were in 2nd grade. Then you'll have the name of the man. Search public records for his name & address. Check the offender registries.

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J.T.

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hire a pi to find her. i would actually go to therapy and even try hypnosis to find out what happened to you before getting her story. if your looking to her for what happened to you and your not remembering it might alter your recolection of the time you spent at that house. why on earth did no one notice that the teacher was taking kids from school durring shcool hours and in his car. its totally odd. you should also look up that teacher and find out what ever happened to him. was he arrested, is he still teaching? i dont mean for you to contact him but just look up on the computer and find out or ask the pi to help you. hope you find kim.

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H.B.

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maybe try looking for her parents? im sure they would still have the same last name and could tell you where to find her.

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