| Blaming the victim is one thing. For the victim or potential victim to review the situation and assess what s/he could have done, could do to avoid such a situation in the future is a wise thing to do. As Paying3tuitions and Oldfort noted, you don't leave your purse/money draw out. True that people should not steal, but if you don't want to risk losing your money, you don't do certain things either. I think anyone who does something like that is certainly dubbed as careless.
My father ran a testing center, and he had to lock those files all of the time, and make sure they were locked. THat was part of his job. If any of those tests disappeared, you had better believe that they would blame the victim (him). He could lose his job. The same with a banker who is careless with his money drawer. Victim or not, his head would roll if someone stole his charge. I don't think we are so much blaming this teacher as bringing up the fact that she was careless. It does not mitigate what the student did. It's a whole separate issue. |