A show that praises unprofessional behavior and lacks logic

This show, despite provoking interesting discussions, is full of unprofessional behavior and fallacies. This review endeavors to defend such claims, analyzing the first chapter of the show. Therefore, this review contains spoilers of the first chapter.

I will address three topics, regarding some specific situations. During each of these topics, I will present the facts and then I will give my opinion.

1 - Unprofessional commentaries between Suzuki-sensei and Yamazaki-sensei

FACT 1: Yamazaki-sensei implies twice that Suzuki-sensei has a love interest towards Ogawa, a student. The first time, outside the school, Yamazaki-sensei addressed the commentary towards a teacher from another institution. The second time, inside the school, Ogawa was passing through when Yamazaki-sensei made the commentary.
OPINION 1: it is extremely unethical to imply that a teacher has a love interest towards a student. During the first time, Yamazaki-sensei spread such insinuations to a fellow educator. During the second time, Yamazaki-sensei was reckless, since other teacher or students could hear the commentaries, such as Ogawa.

2 - Unprofessional commentaries of Suzuki-sensei, during the conclusion of the butterfly knife incident

FACT 2: Suzuki-sensei qualifies the violent impulses of Toyama as a "rebellion phase" and suggests him to carry a butter knife.
OPINION 2: It is inappropriate to normalize the situation, qualifying it as a "rebellion phase" or making jokes. If Toyma has violent impulses, it is necessary to properly investigate the causes of such demeanor.

3 - Questionable conclusions reached by Suzuki-sensei, about the "incident" between Misaki Yuki and Toono-chan

FACT 3.1: Suzuki-sensei claims that the consent is based on mental age.
OPINION 3.1: It is the law that defines the criterion for consent, which is chronological age. Moreover, it is difficult to establish a mental age parameter and, it is also difficult to assess such parameter. According to Freud, even children have some kind of sexual behavior. A mental age approach has a huge potential of threatening the physical and mental health of the children.

FACT 3.2: Suzuki-sensei claims that being discovered was the mistake of Misaki Yuki
OPINION 3.2: Misaki Yuki had a sexual relation with a 9 years old girl. This was his mistake. Not being discovered would not change eventual physical and mental issues suffered by Toono-chan.

FACT 3.3: Suzuki-sensei claims that he cannot punish Misaki Yuki because he cannot punish other perpetrators.
OPINION 3.3: the fact that you cannot punish all crimes do not entail that you should not punish any crime. Law is a model. You have to endeavor to fulfill this model. Analogically, you should punish a murderer, even though you cannot punish all murderers.

FACT 3.4: Suzuki-sensei leads Misaki Yuki to the conclusion that he and Toono-chan are children (mental age), because: Toono-chan fails to keep the secret and lies about the abuse; Misaki Yuki made the mistake of trusting Toono-chan.
OPINION 3.4: revealing secrets and telling lies while in pressure are not behaviors only made by children. In addition, having your trust betrayed do not entail that you are a child. Adults frequently trust people who end up betraying them. Therefore, it is possible that Misaki Yuki and Toomo-chan have an adult mental age. However, such situation is not proved. Moreover, Toomo-chan is still physically a child.

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