Could You Be Fired Over Your Facebook Page? Plus, a Mom's Double Life
Should what you post online about your personal life affect your professional life?
Anderson speaks with a teacher, a Girl Scout leader, and a cheerleading coach, who were all fired for revealing personal details of their lives online.
In New York City, after a 12-year-old girl drowned on a class field trip to the beach, a teacher from another school was fired after her Facebook posts became public. These posts included, “After today, I’m thinking the beach sounds like a wonderful idea for my 5th graders. I HATE THEIR GUTS! They are all the devil's spawn.” Anderson hears from the teacher and finds out if she regrets what she wrote.
Start the conversation early: If your child’s teacher posted an inappropriate comment on his or her personal Facebook page, should the teacher be fired? Why or why not? Also, is it appropriate for a Girl Scout leader to be involved with a satanic website?
Plus, Anderson meets a mom so worried her job will affect how people see her -- she hides her double life as a professional dominatrix. Find out why she won't stop. Plus, find out how to avoid hurting your work life because of what you say in your personal life. Anderson has the “dos and don'ts” of how to behave in online social media.
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That is a separate issue. We are not questioning the difficulty that teachers have in their jobs. But, they can't say what this lady said on facebook or on anywhere! If it was a student that said that about a teacher (like "if my teacher was drowning, I wouldn't save them"), then the teacher would be calling the police and get charges pressed against them.
The 5th grade teacher just doesn't get it. She willingly put on the World Wide Web (anyone who thinks facebook is 'private' is incredibly naive) that she hates her students and wouldn't try to save them if they were dying. It doesn't matter if the children saw it or not. Parents do not want their child's teacher to hate them or wish death upon them just because she's having a 'bad day'. She cannot be trusted if that is how she reacts to stress. She appears to be a very angry person. She should seek a different career that does not involve children.
It is interesting to note that Girl Scouts are known for diversity and acceptance. She was not imposing her views with the girls during specified Girl Scout times. This is why 2 adults must be present for all events including meetings. To protect the children. Honestly, the claim that "it is my privacy" sorry, but if you post anything online, you have made it public. Just the reality of it all.
When the women said we shouldn't judge it really irritated me because it's human nature to judge and we need to make judgments so we know what people are safe and what people aren't. What are we supposed to think when a teacher says she wants to let her 10-11 year old students die? What are we supposed to think when a Girl Scout leader has links to a website about serial killers and she's giving a "blow job" to a zombie Santa? I feel the teacher should have been given a suspension and I'm glad they dismissed the Girl Scout leader.
If they say they shouldn't be judged and nor do they judge consider this?.. If their child's teacher has a fetish for something stupid like getting it on with dogs and it's in their profile and they see it. Do they really feel ok with that person still teaching their child?
All of the guests on this show made me want to scream! Regarding the woman who feels she was unjustly fired from being a girl scout leader and who feels judged...oh, come on...she participates in a website in which the name refers to cannibalism; she is shown in photos covered in blood, as a corpse, etc. She feels she isn't breaking any Biblical laws(really?). I don't care if my children never see her on this website, I personally do not want anyone who thinks this is a fun pastime to be anywhere near them. I applaud the Girl Scouts for keeping her out of a leadership position. As for the Hooters cheerleading coach...really, a car wash in bikini tops with teenage girls...she takes no responsibility for this saying it was up to the girls' parents to monitor their dress. Aggh-h-h...where is her decorum and common sense? She deserved to be removed from her position. Also, regarding the teacher blowing off steam online who feels unjustly fired? Don't want to be fired...it's common sense....don't blow off steam online. Take your consequences for a severe lapse in judgment and quit whining about it.
I don't know why these women can't admit that they were wrong. They profess to not judge people but the dominatrix home schools her children which to me indicates she is judging how public educators teach children. It is amazing to me that they think the world should filter everything for them but we should not define their character by their actions. I am a teacher and am disturbed that your guest would choose to vent like that or "make a joke." I am also shocked that she won her case against the school district and that the parents of her students were supportive. And I don't think her comments would be acceptable in a teachers' lounge either!
I too was fired for pictures on facebook. I had worked at a storage facility for 6 years, recently there was a fire there. I took pictures of fire and posted them on facebook. Two weeks after posting pictures I was fired for giving out company buisness. I did not put the name of where the pictures were taken or even any comments regarding the storage facility. I had put them on there for my family to see what I was going through. Because I lived at the facility I lost my job and my home.
teachers are the second parents of the students. these teachers should have set aside their own emotions and thoughts about the students. they shouldn't blame the social media for the things that they have done irresponsibly, as per the social media campaign here in the Philippines "think before you click."
If you're going to blow off some steam online, set up filters so that only your close friends and family can see your posts.
If you're going to blow off some steam online, set up filters so that only your close friends and family can see those posts.
Regarding the 5th grde teacher's comment 'I hate their guts'...she most certainly should have been terminated. In addition, she should never be allowed to teach again - ever!
Teacher's are mentors who basically have taken a silent oath to provide their students with knowledge and encourange them along the way. What a horrible thing to say about those young children. It is totally irrelevant that she did not intend for them to see it. She said it because 'she was having a bad day in the classroom'. What was coming next -physical abuse? Move aside lady and make room for teachers who love their profession AND their students.
Regarding the Girl Guide Mom: How dare you decide whether I should be exposed, even as an adult, to something that I do not choose to see when I am opening an email regarding Girl Guide material or information.
I can not believe theses people! Come on, if you can be fired for moral reasons public media is just another place you need to be careful about what you say and do. Let's all be grown ups here. If you want to misbehave you should be willing to accept the concerquences.
Sorry, but facebook is not a private setting. Everything that is posted on facebook belongs to facebook, and it is not considered private anymore, it is public domain. If you are stupid enough to post stuff on facebook, then understand it can come back and bite you in the behind. And posting it is a good idea to take your students to the beach in the hopes that someone dies, you do not deserve to be a teacher. I'm glad you lost your job.
As for the girl scout leader, you do not need to be around young girls. You cannot seriously think you are a good example for these girls. So it is a good thing you no longer are around these girls.