When Young Teachers Go Wild on the Web - washingtonpost.com

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Ahamel on 2009-11-09 - Tags Facebook , MySpace
Ryanbretag on 2009-09-28 - Tags socialnetworking , policy
Annmorgester on 2009-04-19 - Tags facebook
Betajames on 2009-04-03 - Tags facebook , social , media , networking , online , privacy , teachers
Haydabeck on 2008-11-18 - Tags facebook , social_network

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on 2008-05-06 by butwait

This is the piece mentioned by RB at our meeting on May 5, 2008.

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But the crudeness of some Facebook or MySpace teacher profiles, which are far, far away from sanitized Web sites ending in ".edu," prompts questions emblematic of our times: Do the risque pages matter if teacher performance is not hindered and if students, parents and school officials don't see them? At what point are these young teachers judged by the standards for public officials?

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high school art teacher Stephen Murmer, fired last year for painting canvasses with his buttocks in images on YouTube.

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including one that uses a crude acronym for attractive mothers and another that says: "you're a retard, but i love you."

Teensy problem: Webster teaches students with emotional and learning disabilities. In an interview, she acknowledged her use of "retard" could be misconstrued.

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