Teacher’s Aide Fired For Not Handing Over Facebook Password

[MavericK]

But all that misses the real point, which is, are you totally hot, MavericK96? Are you? (pant pant)

Well, I am feeling a bit warm...

 

[Guyverunit1]

Now that Tennessee no longer has negotiated teacher contracts, my school system has added language to the new "teacher handbook" saying that our personal social media accounts can be subpoenaed at any time if they even think something is going on related to teachers contacting students, complaining about working conditions, etc.

It's getting worse. Ugh.

subpoenaed Is the key word there meaning they are going through legal channels. In the story though this school just fired her for not handing it over.

 

[F.E.A.R.]

This is ridiculous...what's next my username and password for [H]?

 

[kontact]

Facebook is not synonymous with telephone or email. You act as if Facebook is something everyone should have, like having running water or electricity.

I expect that is exactly what certain governments would love, that way they can keep tabs on everyone. Next they will be claiming anyone without Facebook must be a terrorist/criminal just like they claim anyone that uses encryption, pays with cash, and has a burner cell phone is a suspect.

And yet I get people here claiming I am FOS when I say 1984 is just around the corner? Mouth breathers, every one of them.

 

[WBurchnall]

So smart school districts fabricate fictitious issues to help get rid of employees they don't like? Sounds criminal to me.

Criminals tend to win the US justice system if they are a larger organization than the defendant or have more financial backing. So, yes. Criminal but it would likely work least you have a Pelcan Breach situation

 

[Actuary]

And you guys can stop hiding behind the whole "parents can do more" bullshit. We all know, from being kids ourselves how incredibly easy it was to hide our porn, smoke weed in our bedrooms to sneaking our girlfriends in to god knows what else. I feel bad for most parents. They bust their asses just to keep a roof over their families heads and the health insurance paid. Most Moms and Dads I see are tired as hell and them being able to CSI their teenagers 24/7 which is what it would take, just won't happen.

Look, I'm REALLY sorry to speak out about your passwords to Facebook and losing that freedom. I personally don't agree. That's a fact. But I do have a girlfriend, and she has a sister and her best friend is dealing with something like this. Her teacher took advantage of her after her dad died, first it was help with homework, then she started to cry on his shoulder over the phone, then he, the teacher wanted to meet, then, well, he started "seeing" this 17 year old girl. He still has his job and my sisters best friend dropped out and now doesn't get to start college in Aug. Apparently there was a lot of Facebook flirting going on and it was how they were able to talk in the first place. So, when I see this debate, I can't help to think about this girl and how things might had been different for her had this teacher been unable to prey upon her.

And this is wide spread.

Sounds like the girl has a crappy mother. Also sounds like it would have been able to happen even without Facebook, but I understand your need to wrongly villify something to place the blame anywhere but on the kid and the parent.

 

[Inacurate]

You have a valid concern, but your point of contention is way off as to the cause of these problems.

Facebook was merely the median. If there was no FB, it would have been MySpace. If there was no MS, it would have been ICQ. No ICQ, AOL chat room. The only pattern worth mentioning here is that communication WOULD have happened between those two people via some medium, but it is NOT the medium that is the problem.

As far as I'm concerned, if a teacher wants to have a relationship with a person (student) OF LEGAL AGE it is no ones concern, period. Their business, their responsibility. If it can be proved that the relationship was a conflict of interest and the teacher gave grades based on it, then that's the school's problem.

As for this sort of issue happening because a teacher and a person (student) NOT OF LEGAL AGE - not kosher by any stretch of the imagination. The student's need to be made to understand that ANY activity such as this is wrong and should be reported immediately. The students need to understand the concept of right and wrong and only their parents can really teach them that.

I've made this suggestion before elsewhere, but maybe there should be a "social" service available to school districts where teachers & students can converse freely (I'm making the assumption that all communication between the two is suppose to be above board, not for illicit means) and the system does NOT allow for any sort of private communication at all.

Then, it could be asked "Why is this teacher & student communicating over FB when they have a perfectly safe and secure service to use instead. Is something going on we need to investigate?"