Does anyone know any more on this story about teacher sacked

[elizabethbinary]

This story interests me because of a lot of things I've seen teachers get fired for in their personal lives and I wonder where, exactly, the line is drawn - because it seems faily ambiguous.

 

[mom'sfolly]

As I mentioned, I wonder if the administration just used it as an excuse.

I too would need the full bottle of wine to be a teacher, followed by a full month in a child free asylum or on a nice beach somewhere.

 

[1234duck]

LMAO @ mom'sfolly.... "followed by a full month in a child free asylum or on a nice beach somewhere".

 

[KristyHall]

My best friend is a teacher and I wanted to go see the chipndales and she won't go because she is afraid her administration will find out. And we all know the chipendale dancers are fairly tame, no nudity and such, she won't drink in public unless its a nice resteraunt. and I know at least three teachers who have alternative partners and keep it a secret for fear of discrimination.

 

[cassie]

School districts are funny. I remember a case when a teacher was immediately fired for taking her students to the municipal art museum. There was artwork there featuring, gasp, nudes. She wouldn't have gotten in any deeper trouble if she had taken them to the local porno shop...... On the other hand it took one of our local high school districts at least four years, maybe more, of collecting information, to finally fire a teacher whose coffee cup on her desk was always filled with bourbon (everyone knew this including the students) and who was totally incompetent. I had a friend who taught there. Every time she did something the school district disapproved of, like calling the cops on a kid that made credible threats on her life, I would remind her to just remember so and so. She'd laugh and reply that she would be ready to retire before they could fire her. And it was true.

 

[drdoolittle]

I just have to say something about all the comments of "I would never allow anyone to take pictures of me drinking" and such. Sometimes it is out of your control. Example: My hubby and I were out at a local bar on a Friday evening kind of celebrating my Christmas Break beginning--------I DO NOT drink when out in public for the most part, because I am the designated driver----I have had one drink before dinner at a restaurant. Well, several of our friends were out also, and the woman whose hubby does the karioke was taking pictures of people having a good time-----I don't know her, and didn't expect my picture to be taken---it was, along with a bunch of empty beer bottles and full ashtrays on the table in front of me--------there were several people at the table off and on, no telling who all the bottles were from, but hubby and I are the only ones really in the pics. The pictures were posted on the FB page of the woman who owns the bar (a friend of ours) and someone else who is on her friends list as well as mine tagged me in the photo, and it came up on my FB page. Now I am kind of worried about these pictures---even though I wasn't drinking at all that night, the pictures say something else.

 

[I have WHAT in my yard?]

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EXACTLY!!! How does it feel, Lindsey?? I keep telling people we are ALL Lindsey and Brittney now and I for one did not get paid enough to make up for my loss of privacy. In your case I would contact the people who posted it and tell them of your objections and ask them to take it down. YOu were in public so they are within their rights as long as they don't profit from it. But, you can ask.

I pay some one to seek me out and clear off anything I don't like, but it makes me angry that I need to do that.



There is not enough money, or valium, in the world to make me be an elementary teacher. So bless you all!!!

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Around here the schools have called it "Harvest Festival" since before my elder son started kindergarten at age 4...he's almost 25. I personally think it should be called Halloween, and maybe teach a bit of history about it rather than gasp in horror at the very thought of it, and think it originated to worship devils, as so many seem to.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Hmmm, interesting thought occurred to me. As a senior, elder ds went on a school sponsored trip to Italy during spring break his senior year. With parental permission, they were allowed a single glass of wine (or beer) with dinner. Last summer youngest ds went to Germany on a school sponsored trip. Different school, but once again there was a permission trip to allow him to drink beer or wine. This one was a bit more lenient, but had plenty of room to fill in any specifics that a parent chose. Note that in both Italy and Germany (probably all of Europe) the drinking age is considerably lower than here. I think 16 in Germany, and maybe 14 in Italy?