Does the youth of today have personal morals.? A teacher, or future teacher, is held to higher standards. They are role models and should portray their best assets on Book Face or My Space. What is the purpose of publishing photos that reveal inappropriate behavior anyway? Are these people even aware that this is inappropriate? Who are they trying to impress? I don't see any humor in it! There is a cause and effect issue in dealing with publications like this.
Any person who decides to become a teacher must be aware of their actions and future consequences. What kind of morals do they possess? They're setting themselves up for failure in the work force. Students love to gossip and find out about teacher's personal lives, especially in high school. They must keep their students in mind and their reputation as an upstanding citizen. Maybe part of the teaching curriculum should include character education!!! This is taught to our students, isn't it? What's good for the goose is good for the gander.
Many times students idolize their teachers and try to follow in their footsteps. Students are impressionable. What are you telling your students when you have photos and comments on the web that promote lewd and inappropriate behavior? There's no good to come of it, so what's the purpose? I just don't know what some of the younger teachers are thinking about these days! They should possess certain personal qualities that are consistent with good role models.
Teachers are held to higher standards and are expected to maintain those standards or suffer the consequences. If this is not something they are willing to uphold, they shouldn't be in the teaching field. If they don't have the foreseeability to know right from wrong in their own personal lives, how can they guide their students in the right direction. Teaching is not just about content areas. You teach the whole person..., building a strong, moral society for the future!
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2 comments:
Thanks for sharing your views.
This topic is a tough one. You claim, "Any person who decides to become a teacher must be aware of their actions and future consequences." You are correct. As with any profession,a teacher is held to a certain standard.
Thanks again for being such a great blogger!
Marianne,
I could not agree with you more. Students are quite an impressionable group of young men and women. Aside from the facebook/myspace aspect of it, students can be quite impresionable through political beliefs. With the upcoming election in the next few months, teachers need to be extra careful to keep opinions to themselves at all times. Although it may be difficult, we need to begin to look at both sides of the spectrum from a positive and negative perspective. Take care.
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