tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post3683307548503424268..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: Teachers and Facebook, AgainDarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-45535385283822494532010-02-17T18:12:07.621-08:002010-02-17T18:12:07.621-08:00If you work at any job and post your full name on ...If you work at any job and post your full name on Facebook, you do so at your own peril. I have a Facebook to communicate with my friends. I do not friend students and I do not post criticism of my students except in the same general whining that we all do from time to time. For someone to be stupid enough to criticize ANYONE by name who isn't a celebrity is to invite a lawsuit. Someone that dumb shouldn't be in a classroom, even as a student.Ellen Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02845981491726296767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-14111441104342511212010-02-17T03:57:24.993-08:002010-02-17T03:57:24.993-08:00I suggest you consider the whole issue of the Garc...I suggest you consider the whole issue of the Garcetti decision to see just how far our speech rights as public employees extend when it comes to talking about situations at work.Rhymes With Righthttp://rhymeswithright.mu.nunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-69098797306360810772010-02-16T21:33:39.302-08:002010-02-16T21:33:39.302-08:00good call Darren.
I have had words about parents ...good call Darren.<br /><br />I have had words about parents and students on my blog since that first incident, but now I wait until the year is over.Mr. Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13282059797251178491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-86047610161972495912010-02-16T21:00:06.479-08:002010-02-16T21:00:06.479-08:00If she criticized the South, she can't be too ...If she criticized the South, she can't be too bright. I remember traveling to Chicago when I was in my mid-20's (I turned 43 today!) and always having a group of young men hanging around me just to hear me talk. I daresay a man has NEVER asked this so-called educator to talk...probably the opposite. I think her incompetence is evident and she should be shown the door! With a proper Southern accent of course! ;)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202716125247172211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-31580418877735097992010-02-16T20:16:30.928-08:002010-02-16T20:16:30.928-08:00The only time I ever voluntarily gave up 1st Amend...The only time I ever voluntarily gave up 1st Amendment rights was when I joined the army. At that time I gave up the right to publicly criticize the President, the Congress, and the government of the state in which I was currently standing. I don't recall any such giving up of rights when became a public school teacher, except for the "right" to seek the destruction of our republican form of government through communism.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-75100788218281630182010-02-16T19:22:29.456-08:002010-02-16T19:22:29.456-08:00The difference, of course, is that we teachers are...The difference, of course, is that we teachers are employees and the kids are required by law to attend school. As such, we do surrender an element of our liberty vis-a-vis school related speech that a kid would not.<br /><br />Had this teacher been posting on politics or matters not directly related to her school/classroom, I think she would have much more secure ground to stand upon. But when one makes these sorts of statements regarding the students one teaches, their parents, and the community in which one teaches, then the ability to teach effectively in that assignment is gone.Rhymes With Righthttp://rhymeswithright.mu.nunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-61860516866750736852010-02-16T17:48:06.121-08:002010-02-16T17:48:06.121-08:00interesting...I wrote about a student who was susp...interesting...I wrote about a student who was suspended for 5 days for drinking, I said it wasn't enough. I didn't name names, but some how she found out and was a little upset. I said that i didn't say it was her. <br /><br />Interesting topic though. Kids always seem to have 1st amendment rights and teachers don't.Mr. Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13282059797251178491noreply@blogger.com