Teachers & Social Media

Quote from redass : She's too stupid to be a teacher and should be fired. But she is nice to look at, so she'll land on her feet / back.

Quote from highfloydelity : Okay, so you admit you were wrong when you said she called a student 'cute'?

I was slightly off in the quote, but I think a certain level of attractiveness is implied in the term 'jailbait' which is the real problem word.

5 year olds can be cute.

Calling them 'jailbait'?

It is a parody. I think we better give her the benefit of the doubt on this until all the facts come out. I'm pretty sure I knew of more interesting things in the world by the time I was that age.

On a side note, has anyone else noticed the number of times Aurora Colorado has been in the news lately? Every since the theater shooting. Maybe I'm just noticing it because I have family there now. Which segues to my next point. Next time I'm visiting I might need to hire a math tutor to help me freshen up my differential equations and vector calculus.

Quote from msummers80 : I think we better give her the benefit of the doubt on this until all the facts come out.

have you not seen the images?

Quote from empiretc : have you not seen the images?

Quote from msummers80 : It is a parody.

of what?

Quote from Danman114 : of what?

Naughty teachers would be my guess. Hopefully they will make a movie so we can get to the bottom of this.

She made a parody of stupid teachers by being a stupid teacher herself, which happened to involve being stupid in her interactions with students? They should make a parody about firing her by firing her. From what I understand, there are plenty of teachers looking for jobs right now, it shouldn't be hard to find one that won't be drawing stupid attention to herself.

Be willing to bet the students pay more attention in her class than their others...

According to OP's article, her friends had access to the account and posted pics as well. Which sucks for her, but she's kinda responsible for it being her name on the line. It's not like the account was set up completely anonymously and she didn't know about it.

Teachers (and others in public position) are forced to have an interesting relationship with social media. I find it best to remain abstinent (or close to it) and others agree with me. For some people, that kinda sucks. But it's something that you need to accept comes with the job. Sorta like if you're a superstar athlete, you can't go out to Disney World without people recognizing you and mobbing you (unless you rent out the park). But I know tons of teachers who are afraid of pics of them getting posted. Plenty of stories of colleagues who've asked friends to take down pics where they're in the background drinking a beer -- even though they're of legal drinking age. Simply the "better safe than sorry" bit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4GZFbCqx18

Quote from Dumpsterdiver : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4GZFbCqx18

lol, i was thinking about the scene from Varsity Blues.


without a doubt, she is going to reap any and every benefit this publicity grants her. which is sad, really.

Quote from kharvel : Of course it is OK. An employer can fire an at-will employee for any legal reason including moral turpitude.

Do you think teachers are at-will employees?

Is anyone genuinely saying that this woman is really fit to be teaching our youth? The problem isn't teachers in general, the problem is apparently not properly vetting them