Trashing teachers on social media. Classy.

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Anonymous wrote:What if teachers had a FB group and posted nasty comments about parents of students?

They do

Screenshots or it never happened.

My colleagues and I don't post on facebook. We get together for drinks. 3, 4, 5 hours worth of drinks and food with lots of stories that you have to be drunk-ish to laugh about.

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Anonymous wrote:As a teacher, I'd prefer not to know. If you feel strongly, you can send to the principal. There's not much anyone can really do at the school level. If a parent wants to send a private message, that would be more effective.

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A different teacher. I want to know who's talking behind my back and what they're saying. Send it.

Really? You care that someone is not keen on you? Wow.

No, I want to know if a parent of one of my students is trash talking me. It will make a difference in how I interact with that parent.

Apparently all the fuss was not over actually trash talking, just one comment that one parent was 'not too keen' on her kid's teacher. Honestly, I don't understand why anyone would care one way or the other. It os a bigger problem if you let personal opinions or random social media posts affect your professional interactions. Its a job, act professional.

That's the thing. The parent wasn't being very professional and this wasn't a random post. I agree with the teacher. S/he should know. If you work for a corporation, doesn't your marketing and PR department pay as much (if not more) attention to monitoring the negative as well as the positive? That's what they're supposed to do. The teacher is wise to want to know if a parent isn't a fan AND that the parent is pretty immature / low class / prone to emoting / prone to broadcasting things that shouldn't be said.

The parent isn't a professional, she isn't posting any commentary in association with her employment. There is no PR department for parenting.