tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post9094893538459000631..comments2024-03-18T23:17:55.642-07:00Comments on The Turner Report: The new Axis of Evil: Drunk drivers, sex offenders, and classroom teachersRandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05760019501046060231noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-21885910950061950162011-08-04T19:57:52.392-07:002011-08-04T19:57:52.392-07:00I thought about posting on this one......but it is...I thought about posting on this one......but it is painfully obvious that Turner is way in over his head here and is losing this battle.....LOLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-52757690082204044992011-08-03T08:52:21.990-07:002011-08-03T08:52:21.990-07:00Randy,
Your still awfully vague about why you nee...Randy, <br />Your still awfully vague about why you need PRIVATE communication with these students through Facebook. If it's something that can't be said in public, just don't use Facebook. Talk to them at school, refer them to a school counselor or the principal. <br />These are "digital" natives you're talking about....they have very little expectation of privacy. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-27130057690491128712011-08-02T22:40:42.443-07:002011-08-02T22:40:42.443-07:00So if you don't intend to violate this useful ...So if you don't intend to violate this useful and good law then what are you whining about? None of us made this law although if some of us would have thought of it we might have.<br /><br />Somebody thought this law was a good idea and everyone else agreed, so stop whining and obey it. There are a lot of us out here who could do your job better and not be whining about how we couldn't Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-82348685136989929202011-08-02T22:27:07.348-07:002011-08-02T22:27:07.348-07:00Turner is facing the fact that after a long time o...Turner is facing the fact that after a long time of labeling/libeling others as potential perverts and child molesters that the worm has now turned and that teachers like Turner now have a 'special rule' that applies to them and them only.<br /><br />I like this new law just fine and if Turner thinks after a long life of whining for more laws taking freedoms away from the rest of us that What goes around cums aroundnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-25816688350426586952011-08-02T15:16:40.744-07:002011-08-02T15:16:40.744-07:00In the first place, I have never said it was my ri...In the first place, I have never said it was my right to contact students without their parents' permission. And where did this outcry for this law come from. Certainly, not the media. If anyone really considered it to be that important, it would have been mentioned long before it first came to light, which was after the Joplin tornado. I do not make a habit of contacting my students. It has Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05760019501046060231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-68507234190711946912011-08-02T14:37:01.113-07:002011-08-02T14:37:01.113-07:00It is teachers like Randy who have caused this law...It is teachers like Randy who have caused this law to be passed. Not because they are creepy or perverts, but because they have insisted it was their "right" to contact children privately without their parent's knowledge. If he - and other's would have agreed to transparency in their communication, then this law would have been unnecessary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-75577960516146630002011-08-01T23:04:34.585-07:002011-08-01T23:04:34.585-07:00You are the one who sounds creepy, Turner, whining...You are the one who sounds creepy, Turner, whining about how you don't have to follow a law which has been duly passed and signed into law. <br /><br />So you whining about this law which pretty much everyone supported, including the NEA, means that if or when you get caught breaking it that it will go hard with you -- as it should. You are simply, like most liberals, whining that the law To Catch A Creepazoidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-74440020033301385262011-08-01T18:23:14.290-07:002011-08-01T18:23:14.290-07:00You know if we use the same thinking these anonymo...You know if we use the same thinking these anonymous posters have about teachers then they also have to quit going to church because of the number of ministers and priest that are taking advantage of children.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-30346216256226770472011-08-01T15:12:04.035-07:002011-08-01T15:12:04.035-07:00Read the bill again. It says that the policy must ...Read the bill again. It says that the policy must include a prohibition against anything that allows "exclusive contact" between the teacher and student. That would definitely cover being a Facebook friend, which would allow that type of private messaging and chat capabilities. As for the NEA, the compromises that NEA and MSTA worked on had to do with due process for teachers accused ofRandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05760019501046060231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-11982026554204987822011-08-01T15:05:33.693-07:002011-08-01T15:05:33.693-07:00It's sad that either you didn't read the b...It's sad that either you didn't read the bill or you are deliberately misrepresenting it. The bill does not mention Facebook or prohibit students and teachers being "friends" on social network sites. It simply requires districts to develop formal policies on the interaction between students and district employees. Your original post also states that it doesn't address Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-3003768562221754312011-08-01T13:09:22.066-07:002011-08-01T13:09:22.066-07:00I am not intending to question your intelligence, ...I am not intending to question your intelligence, but since that is the whole purpose behind the Amy Hestir Student Protection Act, it was actually Jane Cunningham who brought up the subject.<br /><br />I am finding some of my amonymous commenters lean heavily toward the creepy side.Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05760019501046060231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-12675594492559306022011-08-01T11:46:22.876-07:002011-08-01T11:46:22.876-07:00Your the one who brought up sex,now thats creepyYour the one who brought up sex,now thats creepyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-287260741374467992011-08-01T10:53:24.653-07:002011-08-01T10:53:24.653-07:00And I think it's kind of creepy when the only ...And I think it's kind of creepy when the only thing that comes to your mind is sex. Hundreds and probably thousands of teachers in Missouri have used social networking sites effectively. The primary reason is for the student to be able to get in touch with the taacher if he or she needs help. "Friend' is a term used by Facebook. I do not consider myself to be pals with the students Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05760019501046060231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-26225590252973675252011-08-01T10:39:37.007-07:002011-08-01T10:39:37.007-07:00Randy,it's kind of creepy that you defend the ...Randy,it's kind of creepy that you defend the right to make contact with under age children in what ever form,I don't want you or any male or female adult making contact with my grandson.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-17884843626346893332011-08-01T10:29:20.396-07:002011-08-01T10:29:20.396-07:00I don't think drunk drivers should be in that ...I don't think drunk drivers should be in that bunch,they just make a dumb mistake a few times,not a life style.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com