I was watching the news yesterday morning, as I do most mornings when a story came up about a substitute teacher who simply wanted to email her husband, had a mishap when lewd images starting uncontrollably popping up on her screen and authorities said she “purposely or, perhaps, carelessly — exposing 11- and 12-year-old students to pornography rather than teaching them English”.
Below is the link from the NY Times about the story, which was published on February 14, 2007, to give some background if you haven’t heard of it before (like me).
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/14/nyregion/14teacher.html
Below is a link from ABCnews.com which was shown on Good Morning America yesterday morning.
ABC News: Teacher: Wrong Computer Click Ruined My Life
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My personal opinion is that she should not have been on the computer that day to email her husband. If she was looking up something related to her class then that is fine. She should have also thrown out the theory of not touching anything and turned off the computer. Sometimes you have to go against rules to do the proper thing, especially for kids.
At the same time the school needs to take some responsibility; regular tests should be done to make sure each computer is up to date and virus free.
I’m curious to see what others think about this situation; is it entirely the substitutes fault, the school or both? Tell me what you’re thinking; maybe it can spark an interesting discussion.
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Thank you for sharing this article.
ReplyDeleteIt should bring up a "fun" discussion.
I cannot wait to see what others think.
Great job. This is what the blog is all about. :)
Wow...I agree with you...I don't necessarily think the sub should have been e-mailing her husband, but at the same time there should definitely be some sort of blocker set up on the school computers. Who's to say a student would not have experienced a similar situation...the school would be to blame if that were the case. Before I started teaching full time, I used to sub...I subbed for a high school computer class several times and know for a fact that students and teachers alike only had access to school approved sites...I kinda feel bad for that sub :(
ReplyDeleteOH MY GOODNESS!!!! This is incredibly sad and so unfortunate. It's amazing how many advancements the internet has provided so many of us with, but it's easily looked down upon with situations like this. How awful. I think the school administrators should have looked more into her history and probably would have found out she never accesses anything like this, hopefully.
ReplyDeleteThis is great and something that should be brought to everyone's attention.
Thanks!