Students Target Teachers on Social Media

[Sean Mooney 1,948]

Curious people's thoughts on this (even though I'm sure I know how it will break)

This is happening in a pretty affluent school district in Pennsylvania in a suburb of Philadelphia. Here is the link to the New York Times story:

https://archive.ph/vOKdW

 

For those that don't want to read here is the gist: Students at a middle school in the district have created fake TikTok accounts for teachers in the school that according to the article are: "rife with pedophilia innuendo, racist memes, homophobia and made-up sexual hookups among teachers." in total there have been 22 fake teacher accounts created- about a quarter of the faculty. 

A Spanish teacher in the school had a fake account set up where they took a picture of her from her real social media account (she does not use TikTok) and said she likes to touch kids. Also, "Students took images from the school’s website, copied family photos that teachers had posted in their classrooms and found others online. They made memes by cropping, cutting and pasting photos, then superimposing text.

Some of the jokes were harmless in nature but others- like one where it took the heads of two male teachers and superimposed them onto a couple in bed together- were not. The student council advisor at the school had a picture of his wedding on his social media that students took, cropped the wife out and then implied that he married a student at the school. One teacher had death threats posted against her.

Two students posted an apology video online (13 and 14 years old) and had this to say: "

“We never meant for it to get this far, obviously,” one of the students said in the video. “I never wanted to get suspended.” “Move on. Learn to joke,” the other student said about a teacher. “I am 13 years old,” she added, using an expletive for emphasis, “and you’re like 40 going on 50.”

Teachers have said it has made discipline hard because if a kid gets pissed and is going to try to ruin you online is it worth it to yell at them for not being prepared for class.

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Obviously the school has struggled how to deal with this because you can't control what students are doing during off school hours and it gets to be sticky in free speech things as judges and courts have kind of set precedents that schools have no real recourse and can not go after students in these scenarios.

I also think this is what happens when people spend years chipping away at the institution of school. And I blame a lot of people for that- there are people on the right (and left honestly) who have made teachers the enemy and turned the parent/student/teacher triangle into an antagonistic scenario and sewing that distrust so strongly is eventually going to cause ripples. Secondly- the idiotic teachers who decide to go on social media and talk about "how they have to talk about their sexual orientations with kids" make it real easy for people to wiggle into those antagonistic scenarios.

Lastly- I think every person here encountered teachers they liked and disliked in school. Usually the ones we hated stick with us longer- but I can't imagine the amount of disrespect involved in going after a teacher like this. There is a certain line you cross when you are trying to ruin someone's personal life for laughs or because they gave you a detention for cutting class and the like. 

 

[Hardcore troubadour 14,956]

Cameras in classrooms. Takes much of the discipline out of the teachers hands.  

[Sean Mooney 1,948]

3 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Cameras in classrooms. Takes much of the discipline out of the teachers hands.  

 

I don't mind cameras in the classroom (I've got nothing to hide about what I do) but I think you will run into issues with some teachers not wanting them feeling that they are being watched by Big Brother and some parents not wanting them as they will feel it is violating their child's privacy.

I'm more taken aback by just the blatant lack of respect for the teachers in this instance as it relates to this story

[Hardcore troubadour 14,956]

8 minutes ago, Sean Mooney said:

 

I don't mind cameras in the classroom (I've got nothing to hide about what I do) but I think you will run into issues with some teachers not wanting them feeling that they are being watched by Big Brother and some parents not wanting them as they will feel it is violating their child's privacy.

I'm more taken aback by just the blatant lack of respect for the teachers in this instance as it relates to this story

Video could be erased at the end of the day if there are no incidents.  There is video on school buses. 

[EternalShinyAndChrome 3,850]

12 minutes ago, Sean Mooney said:

 

I don't mind cameras in the classroom (I've got nothing to hide about what I do) but I think you will run into issues with some teachers not wanting them feeling that they are being watched by Big Brother and some parents not wanting them as they will feel it is violating their child's privacy.

I'm more taken aback by just the blatant lack of respect for the teachers in this instance as it relates to this story

I agree.  This is why social media is a cancer and why we can't have nice things.  And everyone knows that kids are the worst.   This is not cool at all and tells me there is a parenting issue (not all cases, of course).

[TBayXXXVII 2,485]

There's nothing about free speech here.  This is 100% slander, defamation of character, and at the very least, identity theft.  

[TBayXXXVII 2,485]

21 minutes ago, Sean Mooney said:

 

I don't mind cameras in the classroom (I've got nothing to hide about what I do) but I think you will run into issues with some teachers not wanting them feeling that they are being watched by Big Brother and some parents not wanting them as they will feel it is violating their child's privacy.

I'm more taken aback by just the blatant lack of respect for the teachers in this instance as it relates to this story

How are camera's in a classroom any different than police body cams?

[MDC 7,147]

Between this shiit and Karen parents second guessing your every decision it would absolutely suck to be a teacher these days.

[Fireballer 2,639]

1. Law enforcement should work closely to find all facts to see if they combine to make elements of a crime

2.  Social media companies should find out if they violated TOCs and suspend all of their accounts. 
3. Appropriate school discipline for students

4. Teachers unions should financially support legal civil action against the families, if applicable.

Maybe more…

[IGotWorms 4,057]

Kids should be suspended for sure. Maybe a few of em expelled with attitudes like they’ve shown.

[IGotWorms 4,057]

47 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Video could be erased at the end of the day if there are no incidents.  There is video on school buses. 

It starts out like that but it always expands. It can’t just be that day because what if the issue isn’t reported for a few days, or the guy that’s supposed to pull the video is busy or on vacation, etc.

So it’s gotta be like five days and usually it’s two weeks.

Then something happens, maybe a girl gets sexually assaulted but she’s too afraid or ashamed to report it for weeks. Oh but you erased that video. How could you??

Now it’s months and pretty soon, well let’s just make it basically indefinite.

Not saying it’s a bad idea, but the idea that you can keep it circumscribed is fantasy.

[GutterBoy 2,898]

What a terrible story.  Man some kids are just focked up.  Throw the book at them, any criminal charges that will stick.

Also cameras in the classroom has nothing to do with this as I'm sure this happened outside of school.

[MDC 7,147]

1 minute ago, GutterBoy said:

What a terrible story.  Man some kids are just focked up.  Throw the book at them, any criminal charges that will stick.

Also cameras in the classroom has nothing to do with this as I'm sure this happened outside of school.

Teachers get victimized outside of the school and the solution is to put the teachers under surveillance.  

[jerryskids 6,576]

32 minutes ago, IGotWorms said:

Kids should be suspended for sure. Maybe a few of em expelled with attitudes like they’ve shown.

Yeah, when I read this:

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 “Move on. Learn to joke,” the other student said about a teacher. “I am 13 years old,” she added, using an expletive for emphasis, “and you’re like 40 going on 50.”

I thought hmm, good job parents in raising a sociopath.  I imagine the parents of this kid have severe "not MY baby girl!!!!" syndrome.   

[Hardcore troubadour 14,956]

51 minutes ago, GutterBoy said:

What a terrible story.  Man some kids are just focked up.  Throw the book at them, any criminal charges that will stick.

Also cameras in the classroom has nothing to do with this as I'm sure this happened outside of school.

The OP spoke about discipline and that teachers were reluctant to enforce it due to retaliation. How about reading the whole thing? HTDS strikes again.

[Hardcore troubadour 14,956]

I don’t know. If one of my kids were involved in something like that I would be heartbroken. 

[Patented Phil 1,469]

1 hour ago, MDC said:

Between this shiit and Karen parents second guessing your every decision it would absolutely suck to be a teacher these days.

Soooo, you guys are blaming Conservatives for this?

[thegeneral 2,923]

Kids being shet heads nothing new there. Now they have a lot more ways to do it. Drop the hammer on these little pricks.

[Engorgeous George 2,150]

Make the suspension come with an in depth explanation that goes on their permanent records which will be transmitted to colleges, UNLESS the treacher victimized moves to have the information removed.  That would give power to the teachers and would encourage the parents to seek that favor by strongly disciplining their kids and making sure the teacher approves of the disciplinary lesson taught.

[Engorgeous George 2,150]

I got back at a teacher I did not like by dating his daughter.  I am certain that was plenty of torture for him.

[MDC 7,147]

22 minutes ago, Patented Phil said:

Soooo, you guys are blaming Conservatives for this?

Why did you assuming I meant conservatives, Karen?  

[Fnord 2,052]

1 hour ago, jerryskids said:

Yeah, when I read this:

I thought hmm, good job parents in raising a sociopath.  I imagine the parents of this kid have severe "not MY baby girl!!!!" syndrome.   

I'm still not sure when we went over the edge as a society and parents began taking their kids' side over the teachers. When I was a kid, the kids were always assumed to be at fault, and the vast majority of the time they are.

My kids get the same benefit of the doubt that I did. Zero. Default to taking the teacher's side unless irrefutable evidence points elsewhere. 

[Patented Phil 1,469]

9 minutes ago, MDC said:

Why did you assuming I meant conservatives, Karen?  

Good, glad you corrected yourself assshole.

And for the record, Malvern, PA is a Liberal town that votes Democrat.

[IGotWorms 4,057]

40 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

I don’t know. If one of my kids were involved in something like that I would be heartbroken. 

If they focked up and got involved, I’d be pissed, but I’d make them apologize in a big way and use it as a teachable (no pun intended) moment.

If they then publicly stated that the teachers are sad old people that can’t take a joke… that kid wouldn’t see the light of day until he turned 18

[jerryskids 6,576]

4 minutes ago, Fnord said:

I'm still not sure when we went over the edge as a society and parents began taking their kids' side over the teachers. When I was a kid, the kids were always assumed to be at fault, and the vast majority of the time they are.

My kids get the same benefit of the doubt that I did. Zero. Default to taking the teacher's side unless irrefutable evidence points elsewhere. 

Yeah, my kids were raised like I was:  if you get in trouble in school, you get it twice as bad at home.

One of my daughters was suspended for a social media thing.  It was a questionable offense but she had agreed not to post anything about a specific girl (I think she liked something someone else posted).  Also I found out she lied to me about details, as I was talking to the principle about it.  I confirmed that nothing went on her permanent record.  The real punishment was that this suspension prevented her from being in a school theater performance, so she learned a hard lesson and we didn't have to add any punishment.

[MDC 7,147]

10 minutes ago, Patented Phil said:

Good, glad you corrected yourself assshole.

I never said conservative Dumbo.

[HellToupee 1,596]

These kids should only be homeschooled . Can’t have this happen 

[seafoam1 2,804]

If I ever got in trouble at school, my only fear was my parents finding out. 

[Patented Phil 1,469]

6 minutes ago, MDC said:

I never said conservative Dumbo.

Do you typically use the word Karen to apply to Liberals, Dumbo?

[Hardcore troubadour 14,956]

59 minutes ago, IGotWorms said:

If they focked up and got involved, I’d be pissed, but I’d make them apologize in a big way and use it as a teachable (no pun intended) moment.

If they then publicly stated that the teachers are sad old people that can’t take a joke… that kid wouldn’t see the light of day until he turned 18

That’s where I would end up. But the first reaction would be heartbreak. 

[Sean Mooney 1,948]

1 hour ago, Patented Phil said:

 

And for the record, Malvern, PA is a Liberal town that votes Democrat.

Republican vs Democrat has nothing to do with this dumbass. 

[Patented Phil 1,469]

2 minutes ago, Sean Mooney said:

Republican vs Democrat has nothing to do with this dumbass. 

Funny, I seem to remember you assigning primary blame to “people on the right”.  Dumbass indeed.

 

[TBayXXXVII 2,485]

3 hours ago, IGotWorms said:

It starts out like that but it always expands. It can’t just be that day because what if the issue isn’t reported for a few days, or the guy that’s supposed to pull the video is busy or on vacation, etc.

So it’s gotta be like five days and usually it’s two weeks.

Then something happens, maybe a girl gets sexually assaulted but she’s too afraid or ashamed to report it for weeks. Oh but you erased that video. How could you??

Now it’s months and pretty soon, well let’s just make it basically indefinite.

Not saying it’s a bad idea, but the idea that you can keep it circumscribed is fantasy.

As mentioned earlier, we do it with Police, why can't the same be applied to teachers/classrooms?  Even more so with the classroom.  Now kids can't just wander into a room unaccompanied and do crap and get away with it.

[BeachGuy23 642]

1 hour ago, Patented Phil said:

Funny, I seem to remember you assigning primary blame to “people on the right”.  Dumbass indeed.

 

Gonna need a link to that you racist, cultist moron.

Cause the only idiot who brought up conservatives is you.

Holy fuk you uneducated hillbillies are painfully stupid.

[Baker Boy 1,688]

20 minutes ago, BeachGuy23 said:

Gonna need a link to that you cultist moron.

Cause the only idiot who brought up conservatives is you.

Holy fuk you uneducated hillbillies are painfully stupid.

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On 3 /27/ 2024 at 12:52 PM,  BeachGuy23 said:  

What relevance do the last 100 years have to do with now boyo?

 EVERY major advance of the last 40 years has been conceived and created by liberal sc ientist and researchers.  This fact is undeniable.     

What a pear shape loser!

[MLCKAA 546]

41 minutes ago, BeachGuy23 said:

Holy fuk you uneducated hillbillies are painfully stupid.

Hey, you told me you’d try to stop using the word “uneducated” as a slur.  Just a reminder, bud.  Carry on.

[IGotWorms 4,057]

1 hour ago, TBayXXXVII said:

As mentioned earlier, we do it with Police, why can't the same be applied to teachers/classrooms?  Even more so with the classroom.  Now kids can't just wander into a room unaccompanied and do crap and get away with it.

Yeah it’s probably inevitable. I just hate the idea we’re becoming a surveillance state. But it is what is 

[Mark Davis 339]

5 hours ago, MDC said:

Between this shiit and Karen parents second guessing your every decision it would absolutely suck to be a teacher these days.

My wife is a teacher and she's had it pretty good but is ready to retire when she can in a few years.  Our youngest daughter right now claims she wants to be a teacher, I'm going to do my best to discourage that.

[Fireballer 2,639]

13 minutes ago, MLCKAA said:

Hey, you told me you’d try to stop using the word “uneducated” as a slur.  Just a reminder, bud.  Carry on.

It’s all he’s got. He’s a wanna be elitist, and he thinks the “educated” part makes him such.  I’ve worked with many “educated elitists” who couldn’t pour p!ss out of a boot.

[BeachGuy23 642]

44 minutes ago, MLCKAA said:

Hey, you told me you’d try to stop using the word “uneducated” as a slur.  Just a reminder, bud.  Carry on.

Oh dang you’re right.

My bad boyo.