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oberliner

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10. Understood

Reply to rpannier (Reply #5)

Sun Apr 9, 2017, 06:23 AM

Apr 2017

I guess, not seeing the actual tweets, it is hard to have a completely informed opinion on this. I am just going based on what I read in the article - they seem mild. Being a teacher of special needs students can be quite challenging, and the tweets cited in the article seem relatively innocuous.

If the teacher does their job well, then I think that is what matters. If the teacher is not doing a good job, then the tweets in question could serve to bolster the case perhaps.

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West Fargo teacher (former Miss Montana) under fire for offensive tweets [View all] TexasTowelie Apr 2017 OP

Under Fire....should be FIRED! angstlessk Apr 2017 #1

Seriously? oberliner Apr 2017 #2

These "concerned parents" need to chill out oberliner Apr 2017 #3

Maybe Soxfan58 Apr 2017 #4

Thank you for saying that... N_E_1 for Tennis Apr 2017 #7

I agree that it is inappropriate oberliner Apr 2017 #8

I did not see Soxfan58 Apr 2017 #14

The first response to the OP was saying that the teacher should be fired oberliner Apr 2017 #15

She also disclosed and described interactions with students rpannier Apr 2017 #5

Understood oberliner Apr 2017 #10

It may also reflect that she's burned out and needs Ilsa Apr 2017 #6

Or maybe just blowing off a little steam oberliner Apr 2017 #11

Doing this publicly is inappropriate, though, and she Ilsa Apr 2017 #13

She was tweeting under a pseudonym oberliner Apr 2017 #16

She definitely needs some time off Warpy Apr 2017 #26

Middle schoolers with developmental delays Ilsa Apr 2017 #27

I was thinking in terms of a sabbatical Warpy Apr 2017 #28

There is her first year as a teacher oberliner Apr 2017 #30

Sure there is Warpy Apr 2017 #34

No school district would grant a sabbatical to a first year teacher oberliner Apr 2017 #35

When did I say they would? She needs to take it on her own. Warpy Apr 2017 #36

Do you not know what a sabbatical is? oberliner Apr 2017 #37

Teacher who publicly calls her students "Satan" has attitude that shows up in classroom. . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2017 #9

Not necessarily oberliner Apr 2017 #12

One of the first things you learn as a teacher is not to 'vent' on social media. No upside. (n/t) FreepFryer Apr 2017 #17

There could be an upside oberliner Apr 2017 #18

All the possible benefits you posted are possible w/o public venting. FreepFryer Apr 2017 #19

True oberliner Apr 2017 #20

Participation, yes - but you have taken the last word on every reply on the thread. FreepFryer Apr 2017 #21

Allowing space for others to articulate their ideas is the difference between dialogue & monologue. FreepFryer Apr 2017 #22

Making connections with others to vent needs to be in a private forum, Ilsa Apr 2017 #23

Fair enough oberliner Apr 2017 #24

They may not seem all that bad to a Ilsa Apr 2017 #25

Her sister is disabled oberliner Apr 2017 #29

I know that. Ilsa Apr 2017 #31

Another reason trust is critical: Ilsa Apr 2017 #33

Well, she has resigned oberliner Apr 2017 #39

No one should receive death threats. Ilsa Apr 2017 #40

That trust could be have been rebuilt oberliner Apr 2017 #41

West Fargo teacher on paid leave pending investigation of her Twitter posts oberliner Apr 2017 #32

ND special ed teacher accused of sending inappropriate tweets resigns oberliner Apr 2017 #38