Topic : 12/06 Teacher Troubles

hello, Im only 18, and im not sure my opinion matters, but, isnt the whole point of school to learn from your mistakes. To make mistakes, and learn from them so that they dont make them again. Why cant a teacher make mistakes too. they are people just like anyone else, and i think that having that past would make her a better person for the job. she can show kids what not to do, and how not to get to the point she was at. I think that parents are way too overprotective of their children. What harm is she going to do for the kids now. she has been teaching for how long. she is deffintly a different person than she was way back when. what do you think shes going to start stripping infront of her class... parents need to take a chill pill. there are alot of people in the world that have had terrible pasts wheter it be drug addictions or alcholics or anything, they clean up their act and make something out of themselves. i think this teacher needs to say hey, you know what, i did do that, and im not proud of it. im sure there are alot of things in your lives that you arent proud of either.. nobody is perfect, and that doesnt exclude teachers.. thats why they are teachers.. to teach.. why cant life lessons be taught aswell!

Dr. Phil I cannot agree with you on this one.  Anna is to be applauded for her stand on this issue.  I agree kids in this country are so out of control because parents have  NOT stepped up to the plate and been parents for far too long. 

I had this same type of situation happen to myself, our school principal, and the athletic director in our school just last year also on My Space.  The students we THINK did the sites had nothing done to them because there is no law to protect teachers from this type of happening.  The only thing the county could do was have their county school attorney attempt to get information from My Space about where and who created the websites and My Space refused to cooperate completely.  They protect the kids in creating these kinds of websites against anyone they choose.  We did NOT sue the students because one of the student's step father is a lawyer and the student's friend's father is also a lawyer ANd then state legislator.  We knew in a small town we had NO recourse on this at all.  The mother of the suspected student teaches on the same campus and she was told about the issue even before I was and she nor her son has ever  mentioned any kind of apology to myself or the other staff involved.  She too has even asked me for money for her classroom programs and other techology favors. 

These are NOT even close to pranks that a huge number of students are pulling all across this country.  These are  hateful, degrading ,intentional acts by young people who do intentionally want to destroy teachers and administrators who work hard to do their jobs every day.  Teachers families and personal lives and dignity are at risk every day they step on campus and even at home IF students can find out where they live. 

Dr Phil is wrong.  MONEY does talk, and in this case it will act as a deterrent for future like action.

MySpace needs to ensure that this type of activity is not the norm; perhaps they should also be sued.  Their lax attitudes and security measures are totally UNACCEPTABLE.

Dr. Phil I cannot agree with you on this one.  Anna is to be applauded for her stand on this issue.  I agree kids in this country are so out of control because parents have  NOT stepped up to the plate and been parents for far too long. 

I had this same type of situation happen to myself, our school principal, and the athletic director in our school just last year also on My Space.  The students we THINK did the sites had nothing done to them because there is no law to protect teachers from this type of happening.  The only thing the county could do was have their county school attorney attempt to get information from My Space about where and who created the websites and My Space refused to cooperate completely.  They protect the kids in creating these kinds of websites against anyone they choose.  We did NOT sue the students because one of the student's step father is a lawyer and the student's friend's father is also a lawyer ANd then state legislator.  We knew in a small town we had NO recourse on this at all.  The mother of the suspected student teaches on the same campus and she was told about the issue even before I was and she nor her son has ever  mentioned any kind of apology to myself or the other staff involved.  She too has even asked me for money for her classroom programs and other techology favors. 

These are NOT even close to pranks that a huge number of students are pulling all across this country.  These are  hateful, degrading ,intentional acts by young people who do intentionally want to destroy teachers and administrators who work hard to do their jobs every day.  Teachers families and personal lives and dignity are at risk every day they step on campus and even at home IF students can find out where they live.