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<blockquote data-quote="PollyParent" data-source="post: 87916" data-attributes="member: 3822"><p>OK, but what's a fact?</p><p></p><p>The message board in my town is overrun with parents of athletes who scream bloody murder about the bad, bad, ever so bad union. Anytime the teachers get a raise, there's all kids of comments about how horrible XYZ teacher is because she at one point served as the secretary for the union. </p><p></p><p>Is that a critique of her skills in the classroom?</p><p></p><p>I've been bashed for supposedly carrying on an affair with the president of the school board. How in the world do you defend against that accusation on an anonymous message board. If I decry the rumor to the newspapers, then more people go look at the trainwreck that is the site. I can't defend myself on the site because then it opens up more attacks. And then attacks on my children. Just lovely.</p><p></p><p>The most horrific statements about teachers have not been from the students, some of whom come online to defend their teachers, but it comes from the parents.</p><p></p><p>I need to stop reading this thread. It's making me upset just consider that anyone thinks this could possibly be a good idea with enough supervision. Until you've seen one go sideways in person, it's really hard to imagine how very nasty people can be.</p><p></p><p>(And my difficult child was beautifully educated by a teacher in school who had a very bad reputation from parents. And the one who was highly recommended, and whom I had tried to get assigned to my child, ended up being something of a disaster. Very hard to rectify interpersonal relationships with pure teaching ability.)</p><p></p><p>PollyParent</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PollyParent, post: 87916, member: 3822"] OK, but what's a fact? The message board in my town is overrun with parents of athletes who scream bloody murder about the bad, bad, ever so bad union. Anytime the teachers get a raise, there's all kids of comments about how horrible XYZ teacher is because she at one point served as the secretary for the union. Is that a critique of her skills in the classroom? I've been bashed for supposedly carrying on an affair with the president of the school board. How in the world do you defend against that accusation on an anonymous message board. If I decry the rumor to the newspapers, then more people go look at the trainwreck that is the site. I can't defend myself on the site because then it opens up more attacks. And then attacks on my children. Just lovely. The most horrific statements about teachers have not been from the students, some of whom come online to defend their teachers, but it comes from the parents. I need to stop reading this thread. It's making me upset just consider that anyone thinks this could possibly be a good idea with enough supervision. Until you've seen one go sideways in person, it's really hard to imagine how very nasty people can be. (And my difficult child was beautifully educated by a teacher in school who had a very bad reputation from parents. And the one who was highly recommended, and whom I had tried to get assigned to my child, ended up being something of a disaster. Very hard to rectify interpersonal relationships with pure teaching ability.) PollyParent [/QUOTE]
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