Teacher in Doylestown, PA suspended for blogging...

Jstas
Jstas Posts: 14,809
edited February 2011 in The Clubhouse
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2011/02/09/bucks-schoolteacher-suspended-over-blog-about-students/
The Central Bucks School District has suspended a high school English teacher after parents complained to administrators about her blog in which she railed on her students for more than a year.

Phrases on the blog include; “Frightfully dim,” “Rat-like,” “Am concerned your kid is going to open fire on the school,” “I hate your kid,” and “Seems smarter than she actually is.”

Truth hurts, I guess.
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited February 2011
    not saying I agree, but the teacher doesnt seem to bright either if she thought she'd get away with something like that.
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited February 2011
    True, but there is a little thing called the first amendment. Precedence was just recently set with a case of an employee getting disciplined for posting on fb or some s@#t like that. This is just a feel good gesture by the school board to appease the parents...
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  • Cayuga
    Cayuga Posts: 480
    edited February 2011
    If you hate the kids, get out of teaching
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,957
    edited February 2011
    amulford wrote: »
    True, but there is a little thing called the first amendment. Precedence was just recently set with a case of an employee getting disciplined for posting on fb or some s@#t like that. This is just a feel good gesture by the school board to appease the parents...

    I guess that if the teacher was blogging on school time, then they may have a leg to stand on. Even though free speech may apply, you still can't say whatever you want without consequences. Much like walking into a theater and yelling FIRE.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,809
    edited February 2011
    DSkip wrote: »
    There will be kids you hate to be around, no matter how much you love teaching. Doesn't mean you should quit because of them.

    Man, I'd be a horrendous teacher if that's the case!
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  • ryanjoachim
    ryanjoachim Posts: 2,046
    edited February 2011
    Jstas wrote: »
    http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2011/02/09/bucks-schoolteacher-suspended-over-blog-about-students/



    Truth hurts, I guess.

    I'm with you on this. The only reason she should get in trouble is IF she used any actual student names, or used vulgarity in describing the students.

    I work in a 6-8th grade school, and I (and most teachers here) think the exact same thing as she does about some students. Why? Because it's true about some kids.

    I don't think it was a blanket statement from her about all the kids in her classes, or all kids in general. There are kids who embody the meaning of the words she used.

    Granted, she could have found a better way to vent than putting it online, but as long as she didn't specify a student's name I don't see much wrong with this.
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited February 2011
    ryanjoachim wrote: »
    I'm with you on this. The only reason she should get in trouble is IF she used any actual student names, or used vulgarity in describing the students.

    I work in a 6-8th grade school, and I (and most teachers here) think the exact same thing as she does about some students. Why? Because it's true about some kids.

    I don't think it was a blanket statement from her about all the kids in her classes, or all kids in general. There are kids who embody the meaning of the words she used.

    Granted, she could have found a better way to vent than putting it online, but as long as she didn't specify a student's name I don't see much wrong with this.

    Pretty sure if someone says 'I hate your kid', there was probably names, or at the very lease clues about who she was talking about.

    I'm all for your right to free speech, but as a teacher, you cant post Johnny is a dumb **** online and expect to get away with it.
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