RE: Teacher may lose job after derogatory comments about her students on Facebook
February 17, 2010 at 8:22 am
(February 17, 2010 at 5:23 am)leo-rcc Wrote: It's stupid. The private life and writings of a teacher is none of the school's business. The teacher will go to court, get a settlement, and find a better job hopefully.
Perhaps, but getting a job? Not a chance. School's are inherently timid (at least in the US) and the paying rate for teachers is incredibly low, making an impossible situation where even the most milquetoast candidate can be shot down on grounds of being too great a risk to the district.
Seen it happen too many times and have talked with teachers about their rather miserable experience. The few who do well are active in pursuits outside of school, have connections, and are genuinely happy with their jobs. The rest are rather jaded, frustrated people, unable to teach the way they think is most effective due to policy and state standards boards (and conduct laws) and unable to redo their career path.
Being a teacher sucks in the US.
(February 17, 2010 at 7:13 am)padraic Wrote:(February 17, 2010 at 5:23 am)leo-rcc Wrote: It's stupid. The private life and writings of a teacher is none of the school's business. The teacher will go to court, get a settlement, and find a better job hopefully.
Yes it's stupid. The teacher is in the right and will lose the war.
She really should have known better. Civil servants know not upset those in the sheltered workshop. (in the US I gather that includes school boards)
She is not a federal employee - but yes, she will lose the war, one way or another, by virtue of having offended the community, and by extension, school district at large.
Still, I hope that a judge will pass a ruling favorable to common sense.
