Just thought this was interesting. It makes the point you shouldn't use your full name because you never know whos reading. Also once its on the net theres no take backs!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110217/od_nm/us_teacher_blog_odd
Thu Feb 17, 11:50 am ET
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – A high school English teacher who was suspended from her job after she blogged that her students were "rude, disengaged, lazy whiners," said on Wednesday that she did nothing wrong.
"Some of the students, parents and administrators don't want to hear the truth," said Natalie Munroe, 30, a teacher at Central Bucks East High School north of Philadelphia.
In a blog that she said was intended to be seen only by a handful of her friends but was shared on Facebook by a student who discovered it, Munroe was highly critical of some students and school administrators.
"My students are out of control," she wrote. "They are rude, disengaged, lazy whiners. They curse, discuss drugs, talk back, argue for grades, complain about everything, fancy themselves entitled to whatever they desire and are just generally annoying."
Munroe, who is nearly nine months pregnant, was suspended with pay pending an investigation into her blog, said Carol Counihan, spokeswoman for the school district.
Steven Rovner, Munroe's lawyer, described her as a "working class hero for teachers" and said if she is fired he may file a lawsuit charging violation of her First Amendment right to free speech.
Munroe said she still wants to be a teacher.
(Reporting by Dave Warner; Editing by Barbara Goldberg and Jerry Norton)
i couldnt believe this piece when i read it. I had to read it a second time because i was so shocked. I think if you are a teacher you shuldntbe posting things like that on the internet, because its almost certain that a student will find it. I also think its a little ridiculous that if she is firedd she will file a law suit even though she is the one who posted those things online. It goes to show you should watch out what you put online because you never know whos reading it. I thought this as a really god artice Erika.:)
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