Many of you may have heard of the teacher in PA who has been suspended for blogging about her current teaching experience. She apparently used her home computer for blogging. The school system takes issue with this teacher's description of her students' work ethic. And, yes, she used some offensive language. My dear daughter-in-law and a teacher friend have both advised me of this PA teacher's situation. So, what's a schoolmarm to do??????????
Hopefully, this teacher's constitutional rights will be honored. We are promised free speech as long as we don't infringe on the rights of others or commit slander or liable. Also in the PA teacher's case a student alerted the school system of the blog which begs the question of why did this student call attention to his teacher's blog.
I will continue to blog, but guarding my thoughts carefully.
Today is Presidents' Day so no school!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The temperature is warm, the sun is out and I have an entire day to myself!!!!!!!!!! Just lying in bed to read this morning was a huge treat. I love mini vacations!
My students will be starting a research/writing project tomorrow. I have tried to write very specific directions to make the task easier for the students and myself. I believe my students are up to the task. The problem will be that their mini computers are about worthless. The computers work sometimes. They always cause me extreme frustration. I wish, just once, the school system would be in front of the learning curve instead of behind. There is a mismatch with available technology and the technology we have in our school. Our large computer labs are obsolete, every student doesn't have a laptop because the machine is in the shop or the parents won't take the responsibility for one, yet we are expected to complete research projects and benchmark testing on unreliable machines. Good grief.
I had better close before I say something that could be litigious!
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