11 February 2011

Teacher Suspended Over Blog About Students

OK: I know that I'd better be careful about what's on this blog. But then likewise, you should be careful about what you post on your Facebook page since the two are pretty much very close.

What's interesting is that people feel like there is some sort of privacy expected or an invasion of privacy where employers use Facebook posts to prejudice a employee. Yet  no such general expectation of privacy exists for open blogs.

 In this sense, the marketing and user interface people at Facebook Inc have done a very good job of convincing you that you live in walled garden. The truth is more like that you live in walled pit where everyone can look in but you can't actually see out.

Bucks Co. Teacher Suspended Over Blog About Students « CBS Philly

"English teacher Natalie Munroe is in a bit of hot water after she described the precious snowflakes in her class as: “Frightfully dim,” “Rat-like,” “Am concerned your kid is going to open fire on the school,” “I hate your kid,” and “Seems smarter than she actually is,” on her blog. The Central Bucks School District has suspended Natalie after parents complained to administrators. "

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