in thinking that teachers should learn about privacy on Facebook?!

[mermaidgirl]

I found one of my children's teachers on Facebook quite by accident (friend of a friend) and found out quite a lot about her as she had no restrictions with privacy, so basically anyone can look her up! She was also very rude about all the crap she gets from parents as Xmas presents (which she is entitled to of course but as long as it is done only to her friends) and criticising parents.

Since then I have found loads of teachers from the school who are on FB with no privacy settings at all. Shouldn't teachers have enough sense to restrict their profiles? Are they really so ignorant or just plain stupid! It's not that hard to do it!

My pupils can check me out all they like, Evildead, if you have it set at no googling, no search on FB, they can't find me. I checked.

SleepingLion. That's the point though. It's not a "private life" if you put on FB

As a teacher, I set my privacy settings appropriately, and would never accept pupils. I think any teacher who does otherwise is mad tbh

But no more mad than a parent who deliberately goes searching. Maybe the OP needs to get a life rather than snooping around trying to uncover things about other people

The fact is that this teacher will face disciplinary action if the school become aware of this. She is sure to be ignoring school policy. So in a way it's irrelevant how she got found, or if parents are choosing to read her profile, she would be accused of bringing the school into disrepute, and behaving unprofessionaly.

I'm with you, Violet. Do people really have nothing more to do?

Jesus, who CARES?! Honestly.

Teachers are people too. They have private lives, they get pissed off with their jobs, they like to get pissed. So what? As long as they put a nice happy front on at school it really should be no concern of yours what they do out of it.

(I am not a teacher, btw)

its unwise people should be more circumspect.all people

dont say owt on fb you wouldn't say to someone face

Am a teacher. Our Headteacher would prefer us not to have FB sccounts. She would also like us not to use mobile phones during our break times.

So most of us ignore that.

You'd be insane not to set your privacy levels high though. And being FB friends with the parents? That's madness.

DH is also a teacher and will not have a FB account.

I saw ds's teachers profile as he was a friend of a friend on fb.

I told him I could see it and he was horrified and a bit embarrassed (even though there was nothing really bad on it) and he has now changed his settings.

I'd tell the teacher as she probably hasn't realised what can be seen.

Learn about privacy settings, yes. Use the privacy settings the way you seem to think they ought to be used, no. Teachers have as much right as anyone else to discuss their lives publicly online if that's what they wish to do. [Yes, yes, bearing in mind child protection stuff and confidentiality about their work - beyond that it's none of anyone else's business].

And Facebook, because of the way it is so widely used (I have people from school university, guiding, other friends, former clients and professional colleagues as Facebook 'friends') is IMO, a very good place to do your public online stuff.

I only put stuff on Facebook I am happy for the whole world to read. When I want to put content online that I don't want the whole world to read, I do it in other places.

Well, the parents/children are effectively her customers. I can't imagine any employer wanting thier customer's slagged off on-line, so yes she should be more discreet. Not becuase she's a teacher, but because she's being rude about people she works for.

Many parents and children are nosey buggers who love to find out titbits of information about teachers and share them around the playground.
Yes, some can be weird and stalkerish. Some just like to make mischief.
OP, YANBU. They are being very foolish.
I have an account, am not googlable and have high privacy settings, friends only.
I'm also very fussy about the friends I accept, never children or parents from school. Despite the spotlessness of the content and language of my posts, it's my life and I don't feel like revealing it to all and sundry.

Never mind whether or not you SHOULD have pupils as facebook friends - why on Earth would you WANT to?!

Pupils send me FB requests all the time but there is not a chance in hell of me adding them.

My profile is private and that's the way I like it :)

Occasionally I post up funny things the kids have said, though of course I'm not daft enough to name the kid or to say anthing that makes them sound stupid.