Do you look up your DC's new teacher on Facebook or Google?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I found a court transcript/decision when I looked up my DD's first grade teacher---apparently her teacher had to testify in her now-husband's divorce proceedings. It does not make me think well of her.

Why?

Because the transcript is littered with statements from the judge like "In general, [teacher's husband] was overbearing, grandiose and had an excuse or comeback for everything. He was unable to answer a question with a straight answer. It seemed as if [he] made up his testimony as the case went on, always to favor his position. " and " [teacher's husband] was many times unworthy of any credibility, despite the fact that he is a practicing attorney. " I know women who have crappy taste in men, but I feel like you should get that out of your system by the time you're in your 50s.

WOW. Way to blame the victim.

[Anonymous]

As a teacher, may I suggest you not google your child's teachers in your child's presence. I get that parents will do an online search about me. But it is creepy when Larla comes to school and says, "My mommy was searching for your name on the computer. She says you're x years old." Etc.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:In fairness, as a teacher I have been known to look up parents.

Same.

This seems creepy. I wouldn't care if a teacher looked me up because there is nothing to see, but I find it odd that you are looking up your students' parents. Are you going to treat their child differently depending on what you find?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I found a court transcript/decision when I looked up my DD's first grade teacher---apparently her teacher had to testify in her now-husband's divorce proceedings. It does not make me think well of her.

Why?

Because the transcript is littered with statements from the judge like "In general, [teacher's husband] was overbearing, grandiose and had an excuse or comeback for everything. He was unable to answer a question with a straight answer. It seemed as if [he] made up his testimony as the case went on, always to favor his position. " and " [teacher's husband] was many times unworthy of any credibility, despite the fact that he is a practicing attorney. " I know women who have crappy taste in men, but I feel like you should get that out of your system by the time you're in your 50s.

WOW. Way to blame the victim.

I think that it wasn't the teacher's divorce. She testified for a man she later married.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In fairness, as a teacher I have been known to look up parents.

Same.

This seems creepy. I wouldn't care if a teacher looked me up because there is nothing to see, but I find it odd that you are looking up your students' parents. Are you going to treat their child differently depending on what you find?

Not creepy. See previous post which explains why. Your kid gives us reasons to check you out. After 30 years of teaching, we can often understand the chronic behavior patterns by understanding your behavior.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I kind of assumed that in this day and age you just google people as a matter of course.

Yes, and I do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In fairness, as a teacher I have been known to look up parents.

Same.

This seems creepy. I wouldn't care if a teacher looked me up because there is nothing to see, but I find it odd that you are looking up your students' parents. Are you going to treat their child differently depending on what you find?

Not creepy. See previous post which explains why. Your kid gives us reasons to check you out. After 30 years of teaching, we can often understand the chronic behavior patterns by understanding your behavior.

Maybe it's also for some of the other reasons mentioned such as seeing what they look like? Wasn't that mentioned earlier? What's good for the goose...

[Anonymous]

I found some former students' parent names on the Ashley Madison list.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I also check "RateMyTeacher.com"...

I just looked at that site. The reviews I read seemed to be written by upper elementary and middle school students.

Ha ha. Yes, it is. You can figure out which one is a disgruntled low performing student, vs. good students. I concentrate on the reasons good students give good or bad ratings. The teacher's personal life I do not care about. However, how they are in the classroom is what I want to know. Especially useful for the MS and HS teachers.

[Anonymous]

As a nanny, I google the children's teachers at the start of the year.

[Anonymous]

Am I the only one who Googled the other parents in my child's class?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I found a court transcript/decision when I looked up my DD's first grade teacher---apparently her teacher had to testify in her now-husband's divorce proceedings. It does not make me think well of her.

Why?

Because the transcript is littered with statements from the judge like "In general, [teacher's husband] was overbearing, grandiose and had an excuse or comeback for everything. He was unable to answer a question with a straight answer. It seemed as if [he] made up his testimony as the case went on, always to favor his position. " and " [teacher's husband] was many times unworthy of any credibility, despite the fact that he is a practicing attorney. " I know women who have crappy taste in men, but I feel like you should get that out of your system by the time you're in your 50s.

WOW. Way to blame the victim.

I think that it wasn't the teacher's divorce. She testified for a man she later married.

Yes, the teacher testified in the divorce of her husband from his first wife, and then went on to marry him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Am I the only one who Googled the other parents in my child's class?

Yuck. Never googled other classroom parents or my kids' teachers. Seems like a waste of time (and I'm a journalist so I'm used to checking people out).

[Anonymous]

As a nanny, I google the children's teachers at the start of the year.

Why? -Please tell me that the parents you work for are not THAT hands-off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I found a court transcript/decision when I looked up my DD's first grade teacher---apparently her teacher had to testify in her now-husband's divorce proceedings. It does not make me think well of her.
Why?

Because the transcript is littered with statements from the judge like "In general, [teacher's husband] was overbearing, grandiose and had an excuse or comeback for everything. He was unable to answer a question with a straight answer. It seemed as if [he] made up his testimony as the case went on, always to favor his position. " and " [teacher's husband] was many times unworthy of any credibility, despite the fact that he is a practicing attorney. " I know women who have crappy taste in men, but I feel like you should get that out of your system by the time you're in your 50s.

WOW. Way to blame the victim.

I think that it wasn't the teacher's divorce. She testified for a man she later married.

Yes, the teacher testified in the divorce of her husband from his first wife, and then went on to marry him.

Sounds like someone is nosy *and* judgy.