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Bebo
Aug 28 2009, 7:56 AM EDT
Recently, my school has started to suspend/stand-down students from school because of what they said on social networking sites like Bebo.These students did not create a hate-page on the school, they just merely expressed their hatred towards a particular teacher during conversations with their friends e.g., "I hate Mr or Mrs whoever because he is a d*** or she is a b**** because they're strict" or "Mr/Mrs X needs to get a life". You get my point. Is my school justified in doing this? 0 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
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1. RE: Bebo
Feb 25 2010, 5:24 PM EST
School are definately starting to take notice of social network sites.I guess the thing we like about the sites is the open nature of them, unfortunately that means they are also open to anyone who wants to join up, which includes teachers, principals, parents etc. It is a tricky area with no easy answers and falls into a grey area of law. If you imagine that a teacher overheard the same conversations at school where a student called a teacher a d*** or B**** they might get pulled up and into trouble. You could consider that Facebook/Bebo posts can be 'overheard' in the same sort of way. However there may still be questions about whether these sites are within the schools jurisdiction ( on the school grounds), not physically but symbolically. I'll write this up into a webpage, will come back with link when I've finished. Do you find this valuable? |
