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essendoubleop · 01-22-2010, 02:17 PM

Bam! My worst fears about Facebook realized in someone else's nightmare (although I don't think it would involve a MALE stripper, per se):

Teacher suspended over stripper photo
Friday, January 22, 2010
The Associated Press

A Brownsville high school teacher has been suspended for 30 days without pay after she appeared in a picture someone else posted on Facebook that included a male stripper at a bridal shower.

Brownsville Area School District officials aren't identifying the teacher who was suspended last month.

The school district's attorney, Jeremy Davis, says public comment on the issue won't be allowed when the school board meets Thursday. That hasn't stopped board members from commenting to Pittsburgh-area television reporters anyway.

Board member Stella Broadwater says the suspension is appropriate because the photo became public, but member Sandra Chan says it was too harsh because the teacher had no control over the photo being posted.

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Regardless of whether you think it's amoral to be at a party involving a stripper, or take it as harmless fun, how do you feel about the potential for your professional life to effectively merge with your personal life. As someone with aspirations to get into the academic setting, this is a scary precedent to set. How can I possibly control every iota of information about me that gets disseminated throughout Facebook? Do I have to relinquish my social life in order to work inside academia by high-tailing it out of a situation that some university executive might deem inappropriate? Any time I'm in a social gathering, do I have to become the weirdo asking everybody to put away the cameras because I'm so important?

01-22-2010, 02:17 PM	#146 (permalink)
essendoubleop Psycho	Bam! My worst fears about Facebook realized in someone else's nightmare (although I don't think it would involve a MALE stripper, per se): Teacher suspended over stripper photo Friday, January 22, 2010 The Associated Press A Brownsville high school teacher has been suspended for 30 days without pay after she appeared in a picture someone else posted on Facebook that included a male stripper at a bridal shower. Brownsville Area School District officials aren't identifying the teacher who was suspended last month. The school district's attorney, Jeremy Davis, says public comment on the issue won't be allowed when the school board meets Thursday. That hasn't stopped board members from commenting to Pittsburgh-area television reporters anyway. Board member Stella Broadwater says the suspension is appropriate because the photo became public, but member Sandra Chan says it was too harsh because the teacher had no control over the photo being posted. Read more: Teacher suspended over stripper photo Regardless of whether you think it's amoral to be at a party involving a stripper, or take it as harmless fun, how do you feel about the potential for your professional life to effectively merge with your personal life. As someone with aspirations to get into the academic setting, this is a scary precedent to set. How can I possibly control every iota of information about me that gets disseminated throughout Facebook? Do I have to relinquish my social life in order to work inside academia by high-tailing it out of a situation that some university executive might deem inappropriate? Any time I'm in a social gathering, do I have to become the weirdo asking everybody to put away the cameras because I'm so important? Last edited by essendoubleop; 01-22-2010 at 02:19 PM..