Teacher suspended for facebook slam against student

[knight_shadow]

Why are teachers friending students' parents? That's just asking for trouble.

I'm still on the fence about the student suspension, but I honestly don't see any issue with what this teacher wrote.

I guess folks are just too damn sensitive.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

Why are teachers friending students' parents? That's just asking for trouble.

I'm still on the fence about the student suspension, but I honestly don't see any issue with what this teacher wrote.

I guess folks are just too damn sensitive.

I'm friends with one of my kids' teachers. She happens to be a friend outside of being the music teacher for the district. Teachers and parents are sometimes friends. Teachers don't immediately stop being friends with people just because they got a job in a district where they know some of the kids parents.

Teachers are people too. They have friends.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by AGDee

I'm friends with one of my kids' teachers. She happens to be a friend outside of being the music teacher for the district. Teachers and parents are sometimes friends. Teachers don't immediately stop being friends with people just because they got a job in a district where they know some of the kids parents.

Teachers are people too. They have friends.

I realize that teachers are real people lol

If they were friends before, a phone call, e-mail, or message on Facebook could have squashed this "issue."

[ree-Xi]

Originally Posted by AGDee

I'm friends with one of my kids' teachers. She happens to be a friend outside of being the music teacher for the district. Teachers and parents are sometimes friends. Teachers don't immediately stop being friends with people just because they got a job in a district where they know some of the kids parents.

Teachers are people too. They have friends.

Online friendships between adults, yes, but between a teacher and a student? It's not the age difference that bugs me (I have two teen nieces on my FB), but the fact that the teacher is an authority figure. I just don't think that the two should be on an even playing field like FB. Of course, said teacher can set certain settings to private and such, but unless the teacher and the student were already "friends" (as in your case, AGDee), I think that the potential for miscommunication, accusations of nepotism, and just the blurring of boundaries increases.