Comments | aliki: A teacher and her graduates

aliki

A teacher and her graduates

Oct 12, 2016 19:03

I've been teaching for 11 years now, and having taught approximately 60 - 80 students every year, I have somewhere in the neighborhood of 700 graduates who have taken my class. My school is unique in that we are not a local high school but one that receives students from all across the district (and actually, all across the state of New Jersey, ( Read more... )

work, teaching, rant

Comments 8

tediousandbrief October 13 2016, 15:58:41 UTC

Out of those reasons teachers were fired, the only one I can really understand would be maybe the last 3 or so, especially calling a parents the "c" word. I think I recall a few of those being from private religious schools (at least the getting pregnant while being unwed).

It really is quite terrible that that's how teachers are viewed and that something like posing on a yacht in a swimsuit or posting a photo of them (assumingly over age) drinking wine on vacation would get them fired. That's just totally and completely wrong.

aliki October 16 2016, 01:31:47 UTC

Suspended, maybe; or reprimanded... but fired? For a non-public post on social media?

tediousandbrief October 16 2016, 17:29:29 UTC

I would agree with suspending or reprimanding them, but I could see someone getting fired over those. Not that I'd agree with it.

aliki October 16 2016, 22:48:11 UTC

Yes, because are held to higher moral standards than any other job, or anything the parents might say at home...

ellinou October 13 2016, 23:57:43 UTC

I think you wouldn't behave drastically differently. Being a teacher doesn't stop some people from being complete idiots, so why should the opposite effect apply?

That said, I do agree that the scrutiny is ridiculous. But I don't think it applies only for teachers. You can find stories of people being fired from any kind of job for innocent posts on social media. Though it is true that for "public" jobs, that effect is intensified.

aliki October 16 2016, 01:30:49 UTC

Really? I don't know any other profession where you would be fired for posting a photo of you enjoying a glass of wine while on vacation.

Like, not even one other job.

belenen October 22 2016, 06:14:27 UTC

I think we have a different definition of 'innocuous'! Those last three seem like red flags for bad teaching!

aliki October 30 2016, 22:40:26 UTC

Red flags for bad teaching, but I wouldn't say it's a reason to lose your job over. We all have bad days and rant on our private journals, don't we?