to think a teacher shouldn't comment about their pupils on fb?

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Just that really.

And I'm talking about every kind of situation.

I deal with customers every single day - some are lovely and some even wish death on you, but I would never comment about them (or colleagues for that matter) even if I never mentioned their name over FB.

AIBU?

in my 'people you might know' on twitter, a teacher at my dds school appeared. Many of her tweets slag off work, kids, colleagues, parents of kids.
If I want to criticise the school (which I don't) I could, because I don't work there and it's not going to risk my employment. A teacher should have more bloody sense.
The teacher I spotted slagging kids off on twitter had better be careful she doesn't name someone I know, or screenshots and email might be involved...

I'm a TA at the primary school my DS attended, so some parents were already friends before I started there. It's difficult when we go away on holiday together as I can't post photographs that have their children on, even if they ask me to share them.

I have occasionally posted about how proud I am of our children on school trips and residentials, but I never post about feeling ill (might get blamed for being contagious), feeling low ( school might think I can't do my job properly), having a rubbish day, or about anything individual children have done or said.

Basically, I will not post anything that I wouldn't say in public, because despite my privacy settings being friends only, fb is a public forum.

I'm a nurse and wouldn't dream of talking of my patients on FB. In fact apart from saying something vague like 'tough day at work today' or saying to a colleague 'see you at work tomorrow' I don't mention the place at all.

I sometimes post about my pupils, not individually though. General 'had a lovely class trip out with y5, they were great' 'or wet and soggy after being out with the kids' etc.

I always make sure it's positive though, never moan or complain about them in FB.

Are you on her friends' list? If so, someone needs to tell her that you don't have parents as friends on FB. If it is an open account, it needs to be secure so only friends see it. How did you come upon it? We're you searching for the teacher?

We're?.. Were

Just leave teachers to have a life. You're clearly not her friend so either unfriend her or don't bumming snoop!

Absolutely unacceptable and if the school found out I would imagine it would lead to a disciplinary

Someone I know who worked in a sixth form college used to put up excerpts of his students' UCAS applications in order to laugh at them. He is a TWAT of the highest order and was recently fired. I don't know why you'd become a teacher if you have so little respect for students.

No teacher should be commenting about pupils online or sharing stories about them really.

I've been shocked about some of the 'non-anonymous' (not sure what word to use) tweets written by teachers. Openly trolling and bullying, using homophobic and racist language. It's terrible really and it think it's a higher problem than a teacher saying they've had a bad day to their Facebook friends.

I'm afraid as a teacher not only can you expect to be frowned on for drinking in a catchment pub on a PD day (eating lunch!), even buying sanitary products near the school and posting anything about work on Facebook.

Just don't. It's not worth it.

I get reports of parents slagging the school off on Facebook though (not on FB myself) that's OK though

It is very easy to set your profile so you can't be searched for Not any more! They got rid of that in the last update. Bastards.

I don't know what a PD is.

I live on catchment, I drink in my local, buy sanitary products in the local shop ( not even sure why that would be an issue) and I even kiss my husband in public. In fact I may even go wild and tap his bottom.

I am a teacher for a part of my life, it does not define me. It is just a job to pay the bills.

It's generally just posting about conversation she had with pupils. But sometimes other things too.

OK so if kid can be identified then teacher will be in shit if found out. And deserves so.

Really, who uses facebook? Really? Would a person in the public eye really put something on that site? If they do then I have no sympathy.

I think quite a few people use FB. Just a hunch I have

Nope it is not acceptable at all! I am a student midwife and we have it drummed into us not to refer to work/uni at all on FB etc. I have never even identified myself as a student on there. It isn't worth getting into trouble over.

I think a teacher should never post anything about what happens in school unless it is something that could obviously be said in front of their pupils, HT, PTA rep and chair of Governors.

So "Nativity play today. It went so well and I'm so proud of everyone" would be OK. Just about anything else wouldn't be.

Having a drink in my local is worth it - I'm buggered if my local job is going to dictate where i drink! Silliness comment ever!

Spinkle

Sanitary products shouldn't be bought in the catchment? What?

I have sex most nights in catchment, in summer with the windows open. I also shit and piss in catchment. Heck I masturabte and pluck my chin hair in catchment.

I will hand in my notice now.

Stupid and unprofessional. YANBU.

Philoslothy That actually made me laugh out loud - well said.

A workmate of mine thinks that as we live and work in the same catchment area we shouldn't go out socially or, horror of horrors, be seen to be enjoying ourselves at all where we might be seen by parents or pupils. Needless to say I ignore her advice and carry on as normal.

Why should your job dictate your out of work life?

Sometime ago the government tried to implement a rule that meant if a known teacher was seen to be acting in an inappropriate way they could be removed from the teaching register.

"Crimes" for this where things like being in a pub and buying alcohol in the supermarket.

Thank fuck that they had some common sense and it never happened.

I know about the inappropriate behaviour but this could not possibly include buying alcohol