I added that bit about yearbook to my blog post earlier today because seeing my old friend and classmate made those memories resurface.
A short time later, Yahoo news called my attention to
a story about a “teacher” who bad-mouthed her kids on an open blog This morning, I was picking at a scab. After reading this article, the old wound just
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However, I still think it is bad form and that she will get fired for it. I don't think it is a free speech issue. Free speech is not about employment--you don't have to keep someone who does not follow the code of conduct for your workplace. Freedom of speech is supposed to be about freedom from being jailed for your speech.
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These people should likewise lose their jobs.
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There are plenty of jobs where you can go hate what you do without hurting anyone other than the poor bastards that get to spend the day near you. But kids deserve someone who wants to teach them. If you don't want to be there, you are hurting those kids.
I said something to that effect in the posts to that article. you should see the kind of vitriol I got from teachers as miserable as Ms. Munroe. They blame the kids. I think that's fucked up.
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How are kids supposed to go to class and learn from someone who they know thinks of them in such terms?
And you raise a good point - free speech is one thing, but employees ARE expected to uphold a certain standard. The school has a right to nail her ass for that. Excellent.
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Also that teacher is an idiot for posting stuff without a lock key on her blog. I mean that's like basic of the basics...right? Sigh. Although God knows I had students that I couldn't stand but I talked to other teachers at school (that I could trust to keep quiet) about them and asked for suggestions on how to deal with them and find a way to teach them. Not post on a blog about it. There are certain things that you shouldn't blog about.
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