Lowered Standards

Speaking of lowered standards.

May 6, 2008 - A teacher wanna-be who posted pictures on MySpace claimed in a federal lawsuit scheduled to go to trial Tuesday that Millersville University (Millersburg, PA) refused to give her a teaching credential after school administrators learned of a photo on her MySpace page labeled "drunken pirate."

She said school officials accused her of promoting underage drinking after seeing the photo, which showed Snyder wearing a pirate hat and drinking out of a yellow cup.

"I don't think it's fair," her father said. "She could have been a great teacher."

Millersville University claimed it would have refused to give her a teaching degree even without the Web page, alleging unsatisfactory performance and unprofessional behavior.
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TT - Don't you wonder who funds these ridiculous lawsuits?

She isn't the only teacher or wannabe teachers who are a concern. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District in North Carolina is writing a policy for online behavior. Teachers in Ohio have already been given fair warning. In Indiana, a teacher posted nude pictures of his wife on his MySpace page. More than one intern has been fired for inappropriate MySpace pages. Entry And more than one teacher has been arrested, convicted and sentenced for sex with a student they contacted through MySpace or other social networking sites. Click on label MySpace.