tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post8375184196320765163..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: Teachers, Blogging, the First Amendment, and ProfessionalismDarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-7696014579770726082007-10-07T08:38:00.000-07:002007-10-07T08:38:00.000-07:00What a sad state of affairs. It is just one more e...What a sad state of affairs. It is just one more example of how teachers are sometimes treated as second class citizens.loonyhikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05378360383088143368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-62363085290894518722007-10-04T20:34:00.000-07:002007-10-04T20:34:00.000-07:00I was called into my principal's office last year ...I was called into my principal's office last year and "warned" to be cautious about what I post on my blog. Especially since I don't blog anonymously. But I am very careful never to use anyone's real name or dental records.<BR/>Also, the post that my principal had read had been more than a little sarcastic in regards to her overwhelming desire for gains. I had mentioned that if she said that word one more time, I was going to get her a big jug of GAIN laundry detergent for her b-day.Mister Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00797744114515551901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-84008980454490980182007-09-30T12:28:00.000-07:002007-09-30T12:28:00.000-07:00If you have to fight that good fight, RWR, then I ...If you have to fight that good fight, RWR, then I wish you the best. I would think your lefty detractors wouldn't stand a chance. But I've been surprised before....<BR/><BR/>Among other problems here in SD, with its lowest-in-the-nation teacher salaries and toothless teachers union, schools and parents know that teachers often won't have the money, let alone the will, to wage full-scale legal warfare to defend themselves against frivolous claims. Easier to roll over than invest the time and legal fees.caheidelbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03261598066395322681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-14356892268657514122007-09-30T11:02:00.000-07:002007-09-30T11:02:00.000-07:00I agree with you, that your case is not a Dem/Rep ...I agree with you, that your case is not a Dem/Rep issue.<BR/><BR/>However, in my case it most certainly is.<BR/><BR/>I'm just hoping that they don't carry through on the threat -- I'll fight the good fight, but really would prefer not to need to do so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-74477808977706959522007-09-30T06:19:00.000-07:002007-09-30T06:19:00.000-07:00It's not a GOP/Dem issue for me. It's the simple m...It's not a GOP/Dem issue for me. It's the simple matter of parents attempting to use the school district to punish me for speech they did not like, even though that speech took place outside of school. I posted on matters of public knowledge from my home computer to a personal blog. The parents wanted and the school administration upheld sanction against that speech act. That's a scary precedent, no matter which party you belong to.caheidelbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03261598066395322681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-30652614592769103432007-09-29T17:37:00.000-07:002007-09-29T17:37:00.000-07:00Oh, I agree -- especially since tenure really does...Oh, I agree -- especially since tenure really does not exist down here in Texas.<BR/><BR/>Especially since I was recently tipped-of by a local Democrat blogger that a group of Democrats (mostly, but not exclusively, bloggers) have been discussing compiling a record of my "greatest hits" from my blog with the intent to contact my principal to either force my firing or the closure of my blog. Mind you, the posts in question have absolutely nothing to do with school and my blog does not identify my school or include my full name, but are instead commentary on terrorism and illegal immigration that they consider to be "racist" and bigoted, as well as commentary on gay marriage that they consider to be "homophobic"-- and that I am therefore morally unfit to continue teaching in a public school.<BR/><BR/>I guess these folks are so tolerant that they are unwilling to tolerate a dissenting opinion.<BR/><BR/>But then again, these Democrats did warn me that if I voted for Bush in 2004 that my rights under the First Amendment would be in serious danger before 2008!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-80983162307842286902007-09-29T16:10:00.000-07:002007-09-29T16:10:00.000-07:00I have to admit being wary about posting anything,...I have to admit being wary about posting anything, even to a teachers' website, from my school computer. I sometimes send in letters to the local newspaper, and when my opinions have flown afoul of the People In Charge (mainly football coaches) I was subjected to a bevy of borderline abusive emails. On one in particular, when the Texas legislature was dragging its feet on education funding, I facetiously suggested that if school districts wanted to play hardball, all they had to do was suggest that without funding, there would be No Fall Football in Texas high schools. Well the coaches didn't read all the way through, or didn't understand the concept of sarcasm and buried me in threats and innuendo for which I got no support and in fact one former cheerleader turned teacher actively disassociated herself from me. Which I found humorous to say the least. Anyway, parents are so willing to take things out of context, such as when I told a class that had suffered from a round of flu that I would accept their missing work "no questions asked" and was threatened with removal from my job by a walrussy sort of father who simply wanted an excuse for his little darling failing my class. There is not context, the center will not hold, oh heck, I am going back to watch "This is Spinal Tap."Ellen Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02845981491726296767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-76572344887847951622007-09-29T13:34:00.000-07:002007-09-29T13:34:00.000-07:00Sure, it's no way to run a profession, but then ag...Sure, it's no way to run a profession, but then again, does it really surprise you that the teaching profession might be run that way?Lord Floppingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06946455894230825118noreply@blogger.com