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If people are hounded for the consequences of such small errors (and this was a very small error on the teacher's part, leading to unforseen consequences), then nobody will want to risk doing anything, and teaching will devolve to reading aloud from the lesson book, word by word, even reading the punctuation marks aloud.
More people should try public school teaching. Perhaps they will be as good at it as they think they are!
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ztirffritz wrote:
I always find it strange that people are so up tight about sex anyway. It is an activity that we all do or will indulge in within our lives. We all look forward to it (hopefully).
We seem to be strangely unconcerned with violence however. Few, if any, of us will ever beat someone to within an inch of their lives, fire a weapon at another human, or brandish a knife with hostile intent, yet we eagerly watch or except this in movies and television.
But sex, which we all do, is taboo. Why? This observation disturbs me greatly.
our puritanical roots, of course....
also, in public ed, it's what we call "the tyranny of the parents"
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I admit there could be other circumstances not mentioned that would make the teacher culpable to the limits of justice to which she was subjected.
But from what little presented, I don't see *anything* that warrants the treatment she received.
also, in public ed, it's what we call "the tyranny of the parents"
I can only image the moral outrage such parents use as a righteous hammer.
And while I also agree that our Puritanical roots have been really problematic, porn sites really aren't all that educational, and shouldn't be considered acceptable even by non-uptight standards within a school system.
Maybe in a privates school where the parents pay extra.
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I'm not saying that is appropriate, but I doubt that there would have been as much outrage if she'd played a short clip from Rambo or Terminator or Dirty Harry.
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ztirffritz wrote:
I always find it strange that people are so up tight about sex anyway. It is an activity that we all do or will indulge in within our lives. We all look forward to it (hopefully).
I had a philosophy professor who gave weekly themes we were to explore and write a short essay on. I recall one was to reverse the public perception of sex and eating. How would society be different if eating was socially taboo and sex was open and accepted.
I wish I still had that paper, it would be interesting to see an 18-year-olds response 30 years removed.
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I didn't read each post. What I got was she left to find help and without shutting down the equipment that was showing the problem, she just left. That was inexcusable if it was as presented.
