I’m getting pretty sick and tired of horny pedophiles preying on innocent children; especially when those horny pedophiles are teachers who have unrestricted access to kids each and every day behind closed doors.

You know what else I’m sick and tired of?

Co-workers and family members acting surprised when they find out that someone they’ve known for a really long time likes to perform lewd acts on children as a hobby.

Here’s the deal. I find it really hard to believe that a man like Mark Berndt — a third grade teacher at Miramonte Elementary School in Los Angeles for over thirty years who was arrested yesterday on charges of lewd acts on children — didn’t exhibit any unusual behavior that might raise red flags among his co-workers.

According to authorities, Berndt duct taped his students and photographed them with giant hissing cockroaches on their faces and mouths, and spoon fed his semen to the kids.

You guys. He spoon fed semen to children.

Someone capable of doing something like that has got to seem a little off to coworkers, right? You can’t sit there and tell me he didn’t have some sort of tick in his right eye or a cackle to his laugh or a hitch to his step. There had to be something strange about him that no one could pinpoint but everyone chose to ignore.

My question is, where was Miramonte Principal Martin Sandoval when the students at his school were being subjected to these heinous acts by one of his teachers? Is he not responsible for knowing what the hell is going on in these classrooms? This wasn’t just an isolated incident or two. There were dozens, possibly hundreds of children forced to endure what Berndt referred to as “games.” It boggles my mind that no one on campus ever thought, “Hmmm, that Mark Berndt sure seems like a strange fellow. Maybe we should GO IN HIS CLASSROOM ONCE IN A WHILE and see what the heck he’s up to.”

The cops found over 400 photos in this sicko’s house at the time of his arrest. That’s a lot of pictures. And I know that the media is reporting that none of the children ever complained about Berndt, but you know what? I taught Kindergarten for several years and even though kids don’t always talk to adults, they talk to each other. And it’s up to us, the grown ups, to pay attention enough to hear them. I don’t believe for one nanosecond that the kids who were forced to sit there with giant bugs on their faces and eat from a spoon while getting their picture taken didn’t go out to recess later, look at their buddies and say, “Dude, that was kinda weird, right?”

Is this guy gonna go away for a long time? Probably. Is someone else going to take his place? That’s probably already happened, my friends. We’re just too busy ignoring the signs to notice.

So while we sit and stew about the guy who’s already behind bars, what are we doing about the guy who’s still in the classroom?

If you’re a teacher or a principal, PAY ATTENTION.

If you’re a parent, LISTEN TO YOUR INSTINCTS.

If you’re a pedophile posing as an educator, WATCH OUT, because we’re catching on and we’re coming after you.

Before I end this post, can I get a hell yeah! for the photo processor who actually did his job and contacted the authorities when he developed some of Berndt’s photos and realized this guy was off his rocker?

As for Mr. Berndt, I wish him a lifetime of opportunities to get a taste of his own medicine.

And somehow I don’t think it will be spoon fed.