Well I know enough as any former teacher given a specific scenario on an internet forum, but you keep raging against the machine if it makes you feel better.
Nothing wrong with a good rage against the machine now and again.
Nothing wrong with a good rage against the machine now and again.
I agree, but don't let it make you blinkered to the facts of an individual case. It was stated that there is nothing wrong with being friends with teachers but you seem to have overlooked the specifics of this tale.
Every situation is different, and nursery & primary schools are a much friendly environment. Parents, teachers are usually very chatty in the morning when dropping off the little ones, what we don't actually know is the sort of encouragement the sister may have given to the teacher.
For the OP he is best staying out of it, nothing worse than been in a middle of a family argument.
Good job some people on this thread aren't planning on entering teaching or other professions -- they'd end up in a sticky situation rather sharpish, I'd imagine!
One of my old teachers at school used to add pupils on Bebo and MySpace back in the day.
He was in court about three weeks ago for the rape of a school girl. He was acquitted due to a complete lack of evidence, but you can imagine how having pupils added on Bebo and MySpace went down in court. It didn't do him many favours.
Not saying this situation in the OP is the same as it is pretty damn different, but in both situations people are opening themselves up to all sorts of trouble, if not openly inviting it. It might not be illegal to befriend the parents of pupils on social networking sites but I bet there's something in one of the school/nursery policies about it. Those who say, "REALLY THOUGH????? IT'S PC GONE MAAAAD" obviously haven't got much experience in those sorts of environments -- these days, there is a 40 page booklet on everything... literally every little thing! They're super careful and prissy about these things nowadays.
I worked in a primary school autumn term of last year -- a PRIMARY school where children were aged between 5 and 11 -- and I was advised to change my name on Facebook/make sure I was set to private on there a few weeks in because my ID badge had fallen off and a pupil had picked it up with my full name on it and the teacher was worried they'd try and add me on Facebook to play CandyCrush Saga or Farmville with! I despaired, but then I look at my 8 year old niece and I understand where they were coming from.... she's had an iPod touch and iPad since she was about 6.... :eek:
Just a little anecdote. The situations aren't the same and I fully and openly admit that the OP doesn't suggest the crime of the century has been committed or anything remotely like it. However the teacher IS likely to be breaking some sort of internal policy on social media use which could lead to sticky situations later. That's all anyone is saying. We're not calling her the spawn of the devil or anything of the sorts. Just that these days, you can't be too careful -- they're very, very anal about things like this. Maybe unnecessarily so - but that is not the point. If she signed an employment contract then she has to put up with it, no matter how unnecessary she (the teacher, I mean) might think it is. That's the top and bottom of it, really. No need for Daily Mail-esque amateur dramatics.
Yes chicken, but you're talking about kids friending teachers, not teachers friending parents - totally different and absolutely agree unacceptable.
In my situation, my son's teacher & family became very good friends & long after my son left his class we still have a laugh on Facebook, holiday & socialise together & were tagged in eachothers pics - a few years later he was moved to a different year group and became my sons teacher again - nobody had a problem with the FB thing at all.
I've recently been thrown into the middle of an argument between my sister and her husband and was wondering if anyone could shed some light on a situation for me.
They have a Son who attends nursery and in the last few months his teacher has added my sister to Facebook and posts comments on pictures of him, how funny he is and how amazing he is. My Sister's Husband finds this inappropriate and feels it oversteps the mark. I was sort of aware of it but didn't think anything of it, but now they are in full blown fight mode. The teacher has asked my sister to go on a day trip with my Nephew and the teachers family. My Sister's Husband says it goes completely against professional boundaries but my sister doesn't see the problem.
I don't know where I stand with it as I'm now stuck in the middle, I don't know what would be classed as professional boundaries or not, so I'm sort of stuck just trying to keep the peace between them, my own Husband agrees with my Brother in law which he uses against my Sister as well.
I think it is wrong, for your sister has a husband, she does not need to do that on facebook for it will end up being more than friendship, so your sister's husband is right to argue about it for that is not appropriate at all. If your sister still wants to be with her husband she should stop that facebook thing or else he will leave her.
I think it is wrong, for your sister has a husband, she does not need to do that on facebook for it will end up being more than friendship, so your sister's husband is right to argue about it for that is not appropriate at all. If your sister still wants to be with her husband she should stop that facebook thing or else he will leave her.
I think it is wrong, for your sister has a husband, she does not need to do that on facebook for it will end up being more than friendship, so your sister's husband is right to argue about it for that is not appropriate at all. If your sister still wants to be with her husband she should stop that facebook thing or else he will leave her.
Not necessarily when I first read the op I assumed the teacher was male and that was the problem the husband had deep down though I was informed since the teacher is female which imo is not overly clear in the opening post
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Nothing wrong with a good rage against the machine now and again.
I agree, but don't let it make you blinkered to the facts of an individual case. It was stated that there is nothing wrong with being friends with teachers but you seem to have overlooked the specifics of this tale.
For the OP he is best staying out of it, nothing worse than been in a middle of a family argument.
One of my old teachers at school used to add pupils on Bebo and MySpace back in the day.
He was in court about three weeks ago for the rape of a school girl.
Not saying this situation in the OP is the same as it is pretty damn different, but in both situations people are opening themselves up to all sorts of trouble, if not openly inviting it. It might not be illegal to befriend the parents of pupils on social networking sites but I bet there's something in one of the school/nursery policies about it. Those who say, "REALLY THOUGH????? IT'S PC GONE MAAAAD" obviously haven't got much experience in those sorts of environments -- these days, there is a 40 page booklet on everything... literally every little thing! They're super careful and prissy about these things nowadays.
I worked in a primary school autumn term of last year -- a PRIMARY school where children were aged between 5 and 11 -- and I was advised to change my name on Facebook/make sure I was set to private on there a few weeks in because my ID badge had fallen off and a pupil had picked it up with my full name on it and the teacher was worried they'd try and add me on Facebook to play CandyCrush Saga or Farmville with! I despaired, but then I look at my 8 year old niece and I understand where they were coming from.... she's had an iPod touch and iPad since she was about 6.... :eek:
Just a little anecdote. The situations aren't the same and I fully and openly admit that the OP doesn't suggest the crime of the century has been committed or anything remotely like it. However the teacher IS likely to be breaking some sort of internal policy on social media use which could lead to sticky situations later. That's all anyone is saying. We're not calling her the spawn of the devil or anything of the sorts. Just that these days, you can't be too careful -- they're very, very anal about things like this. Maybe unnecessarily so - but that is not the point. If she signed an employment contract then she has to put up with it, no matter how unnecessary she (the teacher, I mean) might think it is. That's the top and bottom of it, really. No need for Daily Mail-esque amateur dramatics.
In my situation, my son's teacher & family became very good friends & long after my son left his class we still have a laugh on Facebook, holiday & socialise together & were tagged in eachothers pics - a few years later he was moved to a different year group and became my sons teacher again - nobody had a problem with the FB thing at all.
I think it is wrong, for your sister has a husband, she does not need to do that on facebook for it will end up being more than friendship, so your sister's husband is right to argue about it for that is not appropriate at all. If your sister still wants to be with her husband she should stop that facebook thing or else he will leave her.
This is a joke yes?
What rubbish!
I assumed it was a not very good wum.