That part did jump out at me. Why is she giving her phone to her students to use? Seriously, I can’t imagine what practical reason there is for that.

but why would a teacher let students use her phone in class? Honestly... outside of an emergency call home, what possible reason could she have for even doing that?

I hope your friend, before letting her students use her computer, makes sure none of her personal information, pictures, etc, are on the computer. When you introduce a tool into the classroom, you are responsible for regulating the content. It’s less a problem that she allowed them to use her phone, but more that she…

It’s not blaming the victim. She didn’t deserve to have her privacy violated, but she wasn’t being responsible either. She made the decision to introduce her phone as a tool in the classroom. She should have been making sure that tool was cleared of any inappropriate content. That is really the critical piece here, if…

She did leave unprotected nude photos in reach of minors in an unsupervised classroom. I don’t think she should have been fired but definitely reprimanded. If she had a physical photo album on her desk and one of the photos was a nude we would think that’s a very bad idea. Just put a damn passcode on your phone or…

agreed that female teachers who fuck their students don’t get anywhere close to the punishment that male teachers do. Double standards are fun both ways aren’t they? ;)

I know people are going to jump down your throat on this but I agree. She shouldn’t have been fired, but it’s a real lapse in judgement to allow students to use your phone, even in your supervision. She basically willingly made her phone a tool that was commonly used by students in the classroom, and then put…

Yeah, I think she displayed very bad judgement and I can’t imagine many other teachers have naked photos on phones they let their students use. However, she is the victim of the crime and what kind of lesson are they teaching students by punishing her?

While I agree that there is an unacceptable amount of victim blaming associated with this decision, I can’t fault at least some of the logic employed here. She allowed students access to her personal cell phone which contained pornography. Yes, it was an unacceptable invasion of her privacy, but they’re right to…

But if she had a legally-obtained and licensed firearm in her bag, left it unattended and unlocked and loaded, and that gun was taken from her bag and an illegal act committed with it, she’d be on the hook for criminal negligence.

The woman’s an idiot and shouldn’t be a teacher for that reason.

There are a lot of issues at play here. I’m not invalidating any of them by emphasizing this particular one.

I feel for her, and agree that the boy is to blame and she should definitely still have her job. However, why wasn’t her phone password protected and why would she leave her phone unattended near adolescents? I work alone in an office, and my phone is password protected.

You have, with that, single-handedly managed to eliminate the stubborn craving for cheese that I normally get every time I read about cheese.

Yup. I’ve been snickering at my desk. Heh lady cheese.

Girl cheese sounds pretty good to me.

Reduced fat cheese is the devil. Some things should never be reduced fat.

You know, with a literal fascist about to be nominated for a presidential election, this kind of stuff just seems like child’s play now.

Are Norwegian cruise lines not actually Norwegian then? Doesn’t seem very much in keeping with nordic culture as I understand it.

“That’s concerning to me because a lot of those people can’t get off for six months...”