I finished reading an article on the latest eschoolnews website. The article was about instances where teachers were suspended/fired because of what they were posting on Facebook and other social networks. It is always said that once something is posted on the internet, it is there forever. Teacher are the role models for the students. As a future teacher, I need to be conscientious as to what I put on Facebook now. At any interview I go into, they can pull up my page and look into my social life. One tiny slip up could cost me the job. With little openings as there is in the teaching profession, I need to make the interviews that i do get for a job to be perfect. I can set my privacy settings, but that only helps so much. If there is something that I do not want the entire world to know, then i should not post it online.
A teacher in Pennsylvania was posting comments concerning her students that was very rude. She was saying that her students were, "frightfully dim, whiny, utterly loathsome." A teacher has no right to degrade her students, especially when it is made public for everyone to see. The article mentions that the students were scared to have this woman as their teacher because of the remarks that she would make about her students. A teacher needs to be welcoming to the students and create a community in the classroom. I can not believe that a teacher can be so blind that she can post a rude remark like that online where everyone can see it. I want my students to enjoy being in my classroom. I want them to trust me and build a strong bond. If the teacher does not have a strong relationship with the students, then there will be lots of academic potential that the students have that will never be noticed. I want my students to open up to me so I can really get to know them. I need to learn their learning preferences to help them be the best they can be.
Wow. The teacher sounded horrible. In this case, I think the firing was a good idea!
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