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My stepbrother, who's a teacher, has argued with me in the past about things that are appropriate for teachers. I think it was when we came out of a strip club for a friends bachelor party. I asked what would happen if a student saw him and reported that info to the principal. He said that teachers should be able to have personal lives. And I agree with that.
But I also think a teacher should think about what a student might possibly see when they are out. That means they should refrain from cursing or yelling at a sporting event, or anything along those lines.
We were both in agreement, though, on this teacher in Sacramento that sent her students home for the year, with a video that had various class activities on it.
The only problem -- it contained about six seconds of her having sex on a couch.
The 24 students were asked to destroy the DVD. And some of the parents are talking about having to go to pyschiatrists. And I'm sure a few are talking about a lawsuit.
When I said the teacher should be fired, my stepbrother complained that everyone always jumps to firing somebody. And you forgot that these people went to college to become a teacher. It's not just some job, it's a career. And firing them not only ends that, but probably also keeps them from getting another teacher job.
And I do understand that. But I think there are some things that justified immediate firing. Especially an instance like this. Because, if this teacher decided filming her sex life was something her and her partner wanted to do...fine. But not only should that video never even be in her car on school grounds, or in a desk drawer...you think after she made these videos for the kids, she'd at least watch one to see how it turned out. I mean, how many times have we made a mix tape for someone (back in the days when we used cassettes), and you play it back and find out something didn't record over the previous piece of music, or you cut off the intro to a song, etc.
That being said, I'm not sure how the judge in San Francisco was able to keep his job.
He's the chief judge of the federal appeals court, and he posted sexually explicit material on his private web site. And once he realized that the public could get to it, he STILL didn't remove the images.
The U.S. Court of Appeals said that Alex Kozinski was careless and showed poor judgment. They also said it created a public controversy. But they didn't think he needed to be punished.
The 58-year-old judge even removed himself from an obscenity trial in L.A. over which he was presiding. To me, on that alone, he shouldn't be working.
It's so strange that web sites and things on the computer can now hurt you in the work force. But everyone now knows that's the case.
So it's hard to have sympathy for people that make bad decisions, and lose jobs over idiotic stuff they have on their myspace, facebook, or whatever they're on.
My stepbrother, who's a teacher, has argued with me in the past about things that are appropriate for teachers. I think it was when we came out of a strip club for a friends bachelor party. I asked what would happen if a student saw him and reported that info to the principal. He said that teachers should be able to have personal lives. And I agree with that.
But I also think a teacher should think about what a student might possibly see when they are out. That means they should refrain from cursing or yelling at a sporting event, or anything along those lines.
We were both in agreement, though, on this teacher in Sacramento that sent her students home for the year, with a video that had various class activities on it.
The only problem -- it contained about six seconds of her having sex on a couch.
The 24 students were asked to destroy the DVD. And some of the parents are talking about having to go to pyschiatrists. And I'm sure a few are talking about a lawsuit.
When I said the teacher should be fired, my stepbrother complained that everyone always jumps to firing somebody. And you forgot that these people went to college to become a teacher. It's not just some job, it's a career. And firing them not only ends that, but probably also keeps them from getting another teacher job.
And I do understand that. But I think there are some things that justified immediate firing. Especially an instance like this. Because, if this teacher decided filming her sex life was something her and her partner wanted to do...fine. But not only should that video never even be in her car on school grounds, or in a desk drawer...you think after she made these videos for the kids, she'd at least watch one to see how it turned out. I mean, how many times have we made a mix tape for someone (back in the days when we used cassettes), and you play it back and find out something didn't record over the previous piece of music, or you cut off the intro to a song, etc.
That being said, I'm not sure how the judge in San Francisco was able to keep his job.
He's the chief judge of the federal appeals court, and he posted sexually explicit material on his private web site. And once he realized that the public could get to it, he STILL didn't remove the images.
The U.S. Court of Appeals said that Alex Kozinski was careless and showed poor judgment. They also said it created a public controversy. But they didn't think he needed to be punished.
The 58-year-old judge even removed himself from an obscenity trial in L.A. over which he was presiding. To me, on that alone, he shouldn't be working.
It's so strange that web sites and things on the computer can now hurt you in the work force. But everyone now knows that's the case.
So it's hard to have sympathy for people that make bad decisions, and lose jobs over idiotic stuff they have on their myspace, facebook, or whatever they're on.