Teachers Beware

Mar 25, 2009 18:09

Teachers Beware
So...there are alot of people who are teachers; they should be careful on what they put on the internet. There was an web article by the NEA (National Education Association) speaking about this issue. I believe it is not fair, but I am realistic.

Here. Read it let me know what you think... Leave a comment

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alphafemale1 March 25 2009, 23:08:56 UTC
It's unfortunate, but like you, I am a realist. Teachers are held to higher standards. Crappy, but true. And unfair, but common.

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selayna March 25 2009, 23:53:40 UTC
Teaching is a job. Posting many of those things on a public profile would've gotten people in other areas of employment fired or reprimanded, especially in a state like ours. These people are calling women whores and bragging about doing drugs, so as far as I'm concerned they should have been fired AND stripped of their teaching licenses - not just for being bad role models, but for being idiots. I don't want them around children at all. If you work with minors, no matter what your profession, posting sexually explicit photos and materials where those same minors can find them is unacceptable.

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praxia March 26 2009, 17:20:35 UTC
truth.

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corporalyoyu March 27 2009, 02:10:14 UTC
I understand this and agree with you on those specific cases. What I resent is the fact that , as a teacher, you lose any right to be yourself if that self isn't completely PC. I'm sick of the fact that I can't even dye my hair an unnatural color without someone questioning my teaching ability. Parents and admins like to hide the fact that teachers are humans. They have their strengths, weaknesses and unique qualities. If you don't appear to fit into the cookie cutter, you're out. For instance, bellydancing is even questionable to employers and parents. And if I ever mentioned the fact that I was Atheist, forget it.

That said, the examples that they gave in that article are severe and ridiculous. Most of them deserve what they got. It's the little things that get me heated.

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