Comments on: Facebook in the workplace: Take care on both sides

By: Quiet Riot

Quiet Riot — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:40:36 +0000

STOP – Drop and Roll.

What idiots. Teachers / Policeman / Parents are role models. And yes, drinking is an adult tendency to fire / suspend or tatter this individual for anything legal done outside of school and “off the clock” is an absolute – disgusting – act. How dare those people tell this adult what she can and can’t do; unless its in her “contract” if it is and she is being compensated for bartering those freedoms then that is fine (ie. a “morals” clause) otherwise – they can go pound sand.

By: CC

CC — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:39:57 +0000

Elementary Teacher, well said! Teachers/educators are role models, but we all have our private lives. I enjoy a drink out with dinner sometimes and I feel that there is nothing wrong with that. I am in my 30’s, so there is nothing illegal about having a glass of wine at dinner. Do I get drunk in public? No. I enjoy using Facebook and it has allowed me to reconnect with a lot of people. I use it only on my personal time! I have my privacy settings on the most private, do not post a lot of pictures, and am careful about what I say. I am not taking my page down!

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:25:11 +0000

In your personal life, you as an adult are free to speak in any way you wish. In MY classroom ,however,I am the adult and my students WILL use appropriate language in my classroom even though the halls are full of profanity. As for language in works by Shakespeare, Chaucer, Mockingbird, etc., the key words here are IN CONTEXT. The books and authors you mention have and will stand the tests of greatness as well as time because the language is essential to demonstrating (in Mockingbird, for example) how “man’s inhumanity to man” ( Wordsworth) is demonstrated in the book’s treatment of black people and “different” people, i.e.Boo Radley, of another era. Good literature trancends both its time and language because it mirrors the history and heart of mankind and provides an essential life lesson. Today’s trashy language is used to sensatinalize and sell books and will not stand the tests of greatness or time. But I don’t know why I am explaining this to those who think it is fine to condemn me for refusing to accept their morality when they are unwilling to accept that I have as much right to mine as they do to theirs. Some changes are good; some are not. Every time I watch a TV show like The Waltons, Little House on the Prairie, or Seventh Heaven, I stop and think of not what we have gained and how far we have come, but rather, of what we have lost.

By: Private school guy

Private school guy — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:07:27 +0000

Regarding wine. At a private school fundraising functions wine often is served. At one dinner I was with a group of students who would be videotaping a guest speaker. Wine was served to me at dinner in front of the students. I drank one glass. The students got a better idea of how people are supposed to drink. Today I’m sure most of those students are doing better than the graduats from Barrow County.

By: teacher/parent

teacher/parent — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:31:42 +0000

@Elizabeth-I applaud you for not using ‘trashy’ language in your class room or in your home; however, other people’s lives can not and should not revolve around what other individuals consider offensive. I find censhorship of someone’s language more offensive thatn the foul language itself. But that’s just my opinion, no more valid than yours. Just as others are free to read the novels you mentioned that contain foul language, users of the internet are free to post such language on their private pages. Not only can you choose NOT to read Ms. Payne’s site, you would have to hack into it since you do not have access to it. As much as I repsect your choice not to use certain language, you should allow others the same courtesy when such use impacts you in no way, shape, or form.

By: Go Ashley

Go Ashley — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:29:51 +0000

I just hope she understands that they WILL make her life HELL when she wins and returns. I hope she settles, and takes the money and runs.

Mr. Karp’s email was perfect!

By: Ernest

Ernest — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:12:56 +0000

Excellent post by Mr. Karp. Ms. Payne could probably print that commentary, represent herself against the district with the points mentioned and win. Who knows, there are probably some good lawyers that may want to represent her ‘pro bono’ based on the issues.

I mentioned it earlier and will say it again, I believe the school district should reach out to her and look to settle this quickly and quietly. The sooner this blows over for them, the sooner they can refocus their full attention on educating the children in Barrow County.

By: Ray

Ray — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:57:38 +0000

Somethin’, ain’t it? The Wall Street clown can screw this country six ways to Sunday and get tax payer money to do it, but the teacher gets slapped for a Facebook posting…

If you got a brain – don’t go into teaching. This country doesn’t deserve you.

By: high school teacher

high school teacher — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:49:31 +0000

Dismayed, you speak the truth. To everyone: read the first 40 lines of Romeo and Juliet, the play that’s in every 9th grade English textbook. It’s much more offensive than a picture of a teacher with a glass of wine.

By: luvs2teach

luvs2teach — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:48:11 +0000

V – I was going to say the same thing!