In one of my earlier classes today, our teacher showed us a recent case in Douglas, Georgia about a thirteen year old student who was suspended for writing on her facebook that one of her teachers was a pedophile. After her family got upset and accused the school of "invading her privacy" her suspension was revoked. Do students have the right to say whatever they want on their facebook about their teachers? Calling someone in power, like a teacher, a pedophile could RUIN them! The father of another student stated in the following video that it was all in "conversation...we all say things in conversation that we shouldnt". While that is true, we DO all say things in conversation that aren't always true or moral HOWEVER it should be the parents job to teach their children the fine line between what you SAY in conversation and what you POST or WRITE for anyone to see. We are old enough to know that if you have something bad to say you SAY it, because if you WRITE it you face more sever consequences. Do you think the school was right for revoking the girls suspension? Read the case for yourself and watch the video. What do you think?
Article...http://newmagazineblog.com/2011/03/georgia-middle-school-students-disciplined-after-calling-teacher-%E2%80%98pedophile%E2%80%99-on-facebook/
Video...http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/douglas-co-students-disciplined-over-facebook-post-030111
Just Me said...
ReplyDeleteI think that the parents should have taken more responsibilty for their children's action. My mother would have killed me before I had the chance to be kicked out of school.
There are children that are molested every day and lies like this make it harder for them to be believed. Plus, this man could have lost his job. The parent should be ashamed of themselves.
I'm on your side "Just Me", I think people arent really looking at it in the right way and they are blaming the kids for the awful things they said, but in reality it is the parents fault for making it basically "okay" for what there kids did.
ReplyDeleteThe parenst SHOULD be ashamed of themselves for fighting the school for "privacy issues", they should have been at home lecturing the hell out of their kids for saying things that aren't truthful!
This really raises some important issues. When is "just conversation" more than a private conversation--and when does it become mass media? It's like having a hidden microphone taping a private conversation and then broadcasting it to the world. These people, it seems, should know that you don't have private conversations on a Facebook wall.
ReplyDeleteLove the image of the eye, BTW. Very cool!