http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/02/nyregion/02facebook.html?ref=education
This article talks about a first grade teacher from Patterson, NJ. She posted, " that she felt like a warden overseeing future criminals" on her Facebook page. Parents were outraged and asked for their children to be taken out of her classroom. The teacher has since been suspended with pay because of her comment. She said that the comment was made in her own personal time to her own friends. A lot of attention has been given to this comment and many question her professionalism.
I think that this was very stupid of this teacher to post something like this on her Facebook. By posting this on Facebook, it made her feelings totally public, it may have been meant as a comment to friends, but then talk about it in person to your friends. Anyone can see a comment like that if it is on a social network site. Even if you have a protected profile, people who are not your friends can see what you are doing. If one of my friends comments on one of their friends comments, but I am not friends with that other person, I can still see the post and any comment that has been made to it. I may not have any idea who that other person is, but I can sure find out how they are feeling. Facebook or other social network sites are great, but they are not a place for secrets or publishing your life story. Information flows, especially juicy information. So all future teachers or anyone going into any profession, remember to keep your thoughts about the job to yourself or a TRUSTED friend.
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