Sunday, November 22, 2009

Teachers with Facebook profiles

A male primary school teacher was exposed for posting sexually graphic videos on his Facebook profile when his student's relative caught her viewing them. I am ashamed to have been associated with such a teacher since I am in the teaching line too, but I am glad he has resigned from the force.

A teacher is a moral example to his/her students and this man had failed terribly at it. As a professional with the duty to educate the future generations, he should have been more selective with the posts on his profile, especially when he had given his students access to his profile. In fact, he should have edited his profile before giving his username to them. It is one thing to post videos for one's personal enjoyment but it is another thing to enable extremely young viewers to gain access to them. This is worse than just posting them and restricting the students' access to them.

Some parents have implemented measures to prevent their children from logging onto unsavoury websites or videos. The idea of placing the home computer in the living room so that they can monitor their children's internet activity is a good one. Another suggestion by an internet security agent is to install parental control software. This is an effective measure as it blocks access to websites that may be unsuitable for children.

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