Comments on: Facebook flap in Barrow raises troubling fairness issues

By: Boundaries, I has them « Three Ring Mom

Boundaries, I has them « Three Ring Mom — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:07:50 +0000

[...] Teachers are getting fired for calling their students stuck up . We all know Facebook can suck the soul out of your noggin through your webcam’s evil eye, and even the strictest privacy settings can’t protect us from every crazy ex, disgruntled student, or nosy parent out there. It gets even worse when you consider that your colleagues are the ones ratting you out. [...]

By: Jarden

Jarden — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:25:59 +0000

Good grief. Common sense dictates that you don’t put ANYTHING you don’t want everybody to see on Facebook. I don’t feel sorry for her at all. It’s called Using Your Head.

By: TXMAMA

TXMAMA — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:02:48 +0000

Ok so what did you learn today kids?
1. Teachers are not allowed to go on vacation and enjoy them selves like everyone else
2.Teachers are not allowed to relax and have a drink with friends
3.Teachers are not allowed to take pictures and share them with friends and family.
4.Teachers are not allowed to have a life of any kind
Teachers take care of our children everyday and give them tools to use for life, so lets take away any enjoyment they have, and make sure they dont behave like human beings because they arent human “right”? Thier teachers and they dont deserve to have fun,or relax,or take pictures of a vacation and share them with friends and family “right”?
This shouldnt even be an issue, were is the proof ? If the mystery students mom was so worried about this were is she now to back up her life destroying story?

By: GA

GA — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:49:43 +0000

I wanna know WHO that mysterious e-mail sender more than anything about this Facebook-teacher issue..

By: Shell

Shell — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:08:18 +0000

Another good teacher gone over something completely innocuous. This is what makes good teachers throw our hands up and leave. Teachers barely make enough to survive, and have to endure this? No thank you

By: Old Hag

Old Hag — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 01:10:15 +0000

This is intolerable and unacceptable. She should be stoned to death.

By: Parent and Teacher

Parent and Teacher — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:37:28 +0000

If only parents were held up to the same standards, after all, they are role models too. I worked in a small town school (until last year) where we were not allowed to buy alcohol, cigarettes or eat in a bar. We would also get a “talking to” if we were seen in public holding hands with a man, even if you were engaged to that man like I was. All of those things fell under, in their eyes, the state’s morality clause for educators. I never understood how any of those things lessened my effectiveness as an educator.

By: JesusFreak

JesusFreak — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:27:07 +0000

Sad situation for this teacher, hope it can all work out in her favor. In the end, it is the kids that are being deprived of an obviously good teacher. The teacher isn’t socializing in school, she was obviously doing what she was being paid to do. Maybe she will be encouraged by the number of people posting in her favor.

By: Facebook and teachers: Still a potentially dangerous combination for your career | Get Schooled

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:52:08 +0000

[...] student has ever been found. In fact, the district has yet to determine the source of the e-mail. You can read here why I am pretty sure another teacher wrote the incriminating e-mail that led to Payne losing her [...]

By: Apalachee Student

Apalachee Student — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:27:08 +0000

I go to Apalachee and Ms. Payne was replaced with Mrs. Hanna the JV and assistant competitive cheer leading coach. Mrs. Hanna is a HORRIBLE teacher, I’m a 9th grader and my 4th period gym teacher (Coach Holmes) cusses all the time. (ex: someone asked how do you spell “Mitch” and he said bitch but replace the b with an m. how he didn’t get in trouble for that don’t know because Mr. McGee was in the room when he said it)