What did you find about yourself after you went through the Google and Pipl searches? Give me the actual links you found (unless you are really embarrassed by them).
http://www.facebook.com/people/Joyce-Thompson/662095181
I was genuinely surprised by how many links I found associated with my name and my handle. My name is fairly generic so I thought I wouldn't find anything on myself especially because in the past I wasn't able to find anything. I wasn't easily able to find my information through Pipl for which I'm thankful.
Is there anything you want to change now or went ahead and already changed that may have been unbecoming of you as a teacher?
At this point, I don't think there is anything particularly unbecoming of me on the internet. I do, however, think it is important to keep in mind that my students are going to become facebook friends with me eventually so I will need to think about how much of my life I want to keep private.
Do you think teachers should be held to community standards in terms of their personal lives?
As an aunt, hopefully a mother someday and as a future teacher, I do think that teachers should be held to community standards. If teachers choose to put pictures of themselves in a public place or air their ideas online, I think they need to be ready to be held accountable.
Public school teachers have the rare responsibility and privilege to have a direct impact on students. Like it or not, what teachers model for students influences them. If a person doesn't want that kind of accountability, then maybe this isn't the right profession for them.
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I completely agree with you that teachers should be held up to higher standards in the community! I think you make an excellent point that with the choice teachers make to post scandalous pictures on the internet, there come possible negative consequences. Also, I totally agree with you that teachers are an example to their students and that individuals who don't want that level of accountability may want to consider alternative professions. Way to tell it!
ReplyDeleteJoyce - right on about the accountabiliy issue!
ReplyDeleteI don't know why that these teachers who got in trouble didn't think that some people would hold them accountable for these actions. Not everyone sees drunken parties as fun or acceptable. Teachers need to set better examples and hold themselves to much higher standards. After our character/curriculm instruction - I think we all understand the other roles that go along with teaching other than just teaching subject material. We should be excellent character role models and this means making sure that any public images out there should reflect that belief