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FreepFryer

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19. All the possible benefits you posted are possible w/o public venting.

Reply to oberliner (Reply #18)

Sun Apr 9, 2017, 08:47 AM

Apr 2017

I'd like to have a conversation with others, not just you - you've made your support of this teacher and her actions abundantly clear, maybe let others make their points without taking it upon yourself to continue to rebut every post on this thread?

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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