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Missihippi
Joined: 22 Oct 2007
Location: Gwangmyeong
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 Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 11:31 pm Post subject: fired for bad facebook behavior? |
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from a Dear Abby column, it sounds like this could very well have been a Korean school. Don't let formal co-workers and strangers have access to your Facebook page.
from http://www.sunherald.com/2011/01/13/2777215/naughty-online-posts-jeopardize.html
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DEAR ABBY: A former student asked me to write a character reference to help her land a teaching job abroad. I agreed, since I thought highly of her potential as a teacher and scholar, and her level of character. However, after she was placed in the classroom, the ministry of education of the nation where she was to teach discovered some inappropriate posting on her social networking site.
Because I had written the recommendation, they contacted me asking if they had a problem and provided me with copies of what they had found. Her posting detailed a history of forging fake IDs to buy alcohol while underage, numerous episodes of binge drinking in high school and college, her marijuana use and several exhibitionistic stunts and sexual activities that I won�t mention. I was shocked. None of this matched the person I thought I knew.
When I tried to contact her to let her know she had been discovered, she rebuffed my inquiries and cut off all contact! Her parents� response was denial and to �kill the messenger.� I have been left with the problem of how to respond to the ministry�s questions.
Ordinarily I would not want my signature associated with someone with those behaviors and attitudes, but this young woman is in legal jeopardy abroad. I still don�t know if what she wrote is true, but I find it highly problematic that she would portray herself as she did.
This situation has so shaken my trust in the character and judgment of the 20-something crowd that I�m now reluctant to write recommendations for any of my students. What do you think I should have done? -- Heartbroken Teacher in Oakland, Calif.
DEAR HEARTBROKEN: You responded appropriately by trying to contact your former student and her parents.
It is intelligent of you to think twice about giving references to students in the future. It�s important that you be careful because there could be liability for you if you knew anything about her antics when you wrote her recommendation. If you are wondering how to respond to the ministry of education, what you need to convey is that you were basing your recommendations on your personal interactions with her.
Let this be a lesson to all young people who are using social networking sites. Employers are doing background checks and you will be discovered. Any past communications you have on the Internet are there to stay. |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 12:35 am Post subject: |
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| People need to learn how to use the privacy features. |
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young_clinton
Joined: 09 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 12:38 am Post subject: |
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| That is very very cold blooded. I wish I knew the country she was going to work for. I would never work for a school located in a country like that. |
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Radius
Joined: 20 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 12:40 am Post subject: |
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| maybe this was China |
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young_clinton
Joined: 09 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 1:57 am Post subject: |
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| Unfortunately I think we will never know the country involved in this. |
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shabu_shabu
Joined: 11 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 3:35 am Post subject: |
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How stupid do you have to be to not realize that employers and potential employers check these types of sites?
I have no sympathy for idiots like this girl.
Keep your nose to the streets! Happy janitoring... |
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rumdiary
Joined: 05 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 8:23 am Post subject: |
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| More jobs for people who understand privacy setting. It's like natural selection. |
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cyui
Joined: 10 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 8:43 am Post subject: |
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How old was this girl? How did they acess the facebook?
Why were the parent's contacted if the girl is in her 20's ( she is a grown woman).
I would cut have cut all contact off, too. Your choices are your own. |
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PatrickGHBusan
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: Busan (1997-2008) Canada 2008 -
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| Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 10:20 am Post subject: |
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| shabu_shabu wrote: |
How stupid do you have to be to not realize that employers and potential employers check these types of sites?
I have no sympathy for idiots like this girl.
Keep your nose to the streets! Happy janitoring... |
How true.
In addition, how casually people put stuff online is astounding. Emplyers check online routinely now before hiring someone and often before re-hiring someone. It has become par for the course.
Facebook is no exception. As for the vaunted privacy settings...its fine for YOUR FB page but what about one of those dear FB friends who takes pics at a party and posts them on HIS or HER FB page...then they spead. FB is a joke when it comes to security and privacy.
As far fetched as it may sound, when an employer is faced with a choosing between many applicants with similar skills and experience and some of them have wild party pics on FB or some other social network, who do you think gets tossed into the "not selected" bin?
Be smart for Pete's sake. |
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rumdiary
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redaxe
Joined: 01 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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| If this former student is in college or already graduated from college, it's totally inappropriate for the letter writer to be contacting her parents. |
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redaxe
Joined: 01 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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| cyui wrote: |
How old was this girl? How did they acess the facebook?
Why were the parent's contacted if the girl is in her 20's ( she is a grown woman).
I would cut have cut all contact off, too. Your choices are your own. |
Yes, exactly this. It sounds like totally inappropriate behavior by the letter writer. None of her g-d business. |
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southernman
Joined: 15 Jan 2010
Location: On the mainland again
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| Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 7:50 pm Post subject: |
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There was an International study done amongst probably most of the countries that we come from in January last year that was only released the past November
Internationally, over 40% of employers check Facebook etc when checking out prospective employees. The ammount of employers doing this is only going to increase.
Some peoples comments on FB amaze me, do they think that because their comments are made in Korea that they will stay in Korea. It is an extremly naive thing to do |
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