Tera Myers, a science teacher at Parkway North High School in Missouri, sought administrative leave after one of her students found out she'd been a porn actress some 15 years earlier. Sad! And sadder still that it's not the first time it's happened to her:

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.

It doesn't seem fair that Myers felt compelled (was forced?) to leave her job because of something completely legal she did when she was 22, though we imagine it's not fun to teach a class of kids who have seen you have sex. (On the other hand, maybe it's best not to assume the worst of teenagers.)

But the real culprit is the internet. It used to be, everyone made at least one pornographic film in their early 20s, and then went on to have successful careers as bankers and lawyers and members of cabinet with no one the wiser. But that was before the internet! Now, your porn career will haunt you wherever you go. Especially if where you go is near a lot of 13-year-old boys.

[St. Louis Today; NYDN]