#155 Don't Email Topless Pics of Yourself to Your Students

Student's parents found topless pictures of teacher in his email. Which is to say that this teacher is a few marks short of a perfect 4.0 GPA.

It should go without saying this was an extraordinarily stupid thing for her to do. And could really only result in bad things for everyone involved, except for the boy who got to see some boobies (which, according to my neighbor, parent of a 13 year old boy, is one of the main driving forces in teen boys).

Stupid, avoidable and indelibly marked on her permanent record. Thus beginneth the slide to the bottom. Nicely done, Melissa Moss, have fun trying to get another job. At least another job where you keep your clothes on.

I guess the teacher is being taught this lesson.

Rule #155 is Don't Email Topless Pics of Yourself to Your Students

#112 Perform Background Checks on Teachers

Pedophile allowed to work in kindergarten

Um yeah, if you're going to be allowing someone to work with children then you should, at the very least, verify that they aren't a pedophile.

Be glad I'm not a parent of a kid in this sick bastard's classroom. I'd be looking for some payback and a big fat lawsuit.

Rule #112 is Perform Background Checks on Teachers

Rule #37 Do Not Scapegoat Innocent People

Teacher convicted in porn case in which she is accused of surfing porn on a computer in a classroom. The reality is that the computer hadn't had its security software updated in YEARS and was ridden with malware, spyware and pop-up garbage.

Julie Amero is being scapegoated because the school didn't do its job in keeping the machines safe. She should have turned off the monitor or tossed a jacket over the screen but she's a self-admitted computer noob and she probably started freaking out.

Her conviction should be overturned and the school should be held for exposing the kids to pron by not keeping their machines properly patched and clean of spyware.

Rule #37 is Do Not Scapegoat Innocent People.

[Update: The Register in the UK does a really good job of exploring all the nuances here and I learned quite a bit more about Ms. Amero. I did not know that she surfed the web all day long when she should have been teaching. I didn't know she reported it to the assistant principal who told her not to worry about it. She was a bad substitute teacher but that doesn't mean she deserves 40 years behind bars for being a bad sub.]