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Is this inappropriate for a teacher?

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Dollymixtureyumyum · 25/09/2015 22:30

Sorry for two posts in one day especially as my first day posting but just a quickie
My friend is a teacher and has just started in a school. She has posted a picture of some lines set as a punishment for one her pupils (no name just the lines) which say
"I won't talk when dollymixtureyumyums friend is talking" over 100 times with the status update above it saying "no she won't ha ha
Would I be right in telling said friend to tread carefully

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PiperIsTerrysChoclateOrange · 26/09/2015 01:05

I work on children a&e and even if I see a friend in not allowed to message them to see how thier child is ( often I'm a surrogate auntie)

Children have a right to be protected.

My son is a little shit in school, I get daily updates. However this doesn't mean the teacher can rant about it on Facebook

BitOfFun · 26/09/2015 01:07

Willie Make-It

sproketmx · 26/09/2015 01:16

I posted a picture of my bosses builders arse on my instagram. He was the butt of the joke for weeks. Not all workplaces have these policies

Atenco · 26/09/2015 03:19

if someone decides to report you to FB for using a fake name, you'll lose what could be years of photos/posts etc

This is true, though I honestly don't know what business it is of facebook to demand one uses one's real name.

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Dollymixtureyumyum · 26/09/2015 04:18

Not sure why one poster thought this post was a wind up.
I too thought they stopped giving out lines ages ago
The more and more I think about it the more disgusted i am. Have had a reply from her telling me to lighten up!!!
Another friend has also been in contact telling her she is way out of line (also a teacher)
Starting to think I did not know this friend at all, gosh it's been a bad time for friendships (other post) lucky have lots of good ones left

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derxa · 26/09/2015 04:32

The only place to discuss your humiliation of small children is the staffroom. Social media postings not so good fucking disgusting

NaughtToThreeSadOnions · 26/09/2015 06:57

I don't know wether her lighten up response makes me even more annoyed, she clearly has no respect for the children her school or her job!

derexa summed it up perfectly, yes teachers need to let off steam, there's a time and place, in the staff room or if needs be over a glass of wine with your other half, not over social media!

InternationalEspionage · 26/09/2015 07:07

Dolly : it's your friend that needs to lighten up....her job....so that she's no longer responsible for kids. Good for you speaking up; she sounds absolutely horrible.

Sapele · 26/09/2015 07:12

I stopped using facebook when I tried to re-register and found that you can't use a made up name. Bollocks to that.

I never did get on with it in the first place htough, esp their shite privacy resets...wankers.

On topic, this teacher is on thin ice and pretty stupid.

Our old HT posted racist 'humour' on his twitter and I messaged him to say he shouldn't be promoting that sort of thing with people of this nationality in the school. Ignored, and it's still there.

Yet he had the audacity to message another parent telling her off for saying something negative about a teacher on a private email.

LaceyLee · 26/09/2015 07:15

Lines are still fine, it's not the cane! I would rather give lines than work because i don't want 'work' to be seen as a punishment. But I wouldn't post about it on fb. Wouldn't put anything related to teaching on fb, just to be safe.

ChinchillaFur · 26/09/2015 07:24

I think your friendly warning was spot on, but unfortunately doesn't seem to have been heeded.

I work at a very relaxed sort of school, but even here, the social media policy has been rigorously tightened up over the past few years.

No posting about school or pupils, no being friends with pupils, have your setting extremely tight etc. I choose not to use it at all.

PS. I have been teaching 15 years and don't think I've ever set lines. Much better to make them think of 10 (or 20) reasons why they need to listen in class rather than talk. You get some great answers at the bottom of the list!

RedMapleLeaf · 26/09/2015 07:26

I posted a picture of my bosses builders arse on my instagram. He was the butt of the joke for weeks.

That's awful.

Ashvis · 26/09/2015 07:26

I agree with pps, it's completely unprofessional, inappropriate and she should not be at all surprised if she gets sacked. Yy, completely disrespectful to the children under her care. If people are posting pictures of the things kids draw/write, some people will recognise the handwriting/drawing style and identify the child from there. Children have a right to privacy, I highly doubt pupils would consent to most of that sort of thing being posted. Nobody should be mocking anyone online like that, especially not children. And as a patent, I'd be furious if I found out my ds' teacher was posting anything about him on fb, I'd be making an appointment with the HT immediately. I taught before ds came along and, like a pp said, social media and how it relates to your job, gets raised a lot. Completely disgusting behaviour. Frankly I'd be tempted to tell the child's parents or carers if I knew them, or report the incident to the HT. And as for lines, I sometimes got my kids to write out what behaviour I expected rather than writing what they did wrong, ie, listening to Mrs Ashvis means I learn, and allow my classmates to learn too. Much more positive a message to be writing, and only used incredibly rarely. And never posted online afterwards!

Ashvis · 26/09/2015 07:29

*parent, not patent

roundtable · 26/09/2015 07:36

She is not someone I'd want to associate with.

Way out of line.

I know a teacher who is always using fb to go on about how amazing her class, due to her amazing teaching. Even that makes me cringe and is very unprofessional.

I'm not using fb though so I don't have to read the nonsense.

Pepperpot99 · 26/09/2015 07:39

Junosmum if your dh is really like that then it is only a matter of time before he is sacked for gross professional misconduct.

It is so childish and pathetic to behave like that.

slightlyconfused85 · 26/09/2015 07:49

I'm very very surprised at this. I'm a teacher and have never posted anything about a child or their work on social media, it's against many rules. Neither have any of my colleagues. She's very stupid.

Shockers · 26/09/2015 07:52

I use my maiden name on fb because I was being friend requested by former pupils. I also realised, after a chat at work, that our head was able to see some of my posts because her DH was a friend of a friend. I have never posted about work, so had nothing to hide, but I felt that her snooping without telling me had crossed a line.

I think that this teacher has acted foolishly.

RedMapleLeaf · 26/09/2015 07:54

I hope Juno clarifies her post about posting the first sentence.

roundtable · 26/09/2015 08:06

Unfortunately, Juno's dh does exist in teaching. Especially in primary schools where sometimes they can be allowed to get away with murder by some heads just due to the fact they have a penis.

Obviously, this is not the case always and is anecdotal but I've seen it in more than one school.

MazzleDazzle · 26/09/2015 08:07

Fucking hell. I can't believe she did this.

I am a teacher and we aren't even allowed to state what we do for a job on fb. She is risking serious disciplinary action! I know hundreds of school workers and only two who would be stupid enough to do something like this and they are shite teachers, considered by everyone as a joke and they shouldn't be in the job anyway!

Haven't read the whole thread. Has she been in the job long?

KinkyDorito · 26/09/2015 08:11

We had two hours of legal training including FB related stuff on first day back.

Post nothing about school. It is written into most disciplinary procedure that you can be sacked for gross misconduct on the spot if you bring your place of work into disrepute via social media.

I think many of these things would get you fired if your school chose to pursue a case.

Also, and just common sense, if you go for a job, they Google.

ThenLaterWhenItGotDark · 26/09/2015 08:17

They certainly do google. I had 13 teachers on my team this year, and before I even met them I knew what each of them looked like, their quirks and foibles and how likely they were to spend lessons fiddling with their phones.

Your friend is an arse and deserves to be suspended. Which any school would do if they found out.

PingpongDingDong · 26/09/2015 08:23

I honestly think I might actually lose my job if I posted something like that on fbook. How unprofessional and what a horrible way to treat your pupils. Laughing at them publically. I loathe teachers like that and would hate to work with someone so crass and insensitive. If you are a teacher you do not talk about your pupils on fbook, it's that simple. If I was her boss or that child's parent I'd be absolutely livid.

hazeyjane · 26/09/2015 08:28

I am shocked by this, the thought of any of the teachers or TAs working with my children posting stuff about them, or sharing images of their work is awful.

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