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Re: students rating teachers, by name, online
Posted by Vance on 7/08/04

    On 7/08/04, I wouldn't worry too much about "Rate My Teacher."
    wrote:
    > A lot of kids probably go there to blow off steam. I can't
    > imagine that anyone important (your principal, your kids'
    > parents, etc.) would take those ratings seriously.
    > (Honestly, do you know one adult who would evaluate a
    > teacher's performance based on Rate My Teacher?) We all know
    > how moody adolescents can be. And yes, I think they do tend
    > to go easier on their male teachers, but again, that's just
    > kids being kids. A lot of my students have fathers who have
    > flown the coop, so I can certainly see why they might
    develop
    > a special appreciation for their male teachers. Is it
    fair?
    > No, of course not. Are teenagers fair? LOL...no, not
    always!
    >
    > I understand that some teachers probably get upset if
    they're
    > rated negatively, but I think the easy answer to that is not
    > to go back to the site. (I've been there once. Quite
    > honestly, the site moves too slowly and tends to choke my
    > computer.) To me it looks like a site mainly accessed by
    > kids. In fact, before reading what you've written here, I
    > didn't know that other such sites existed. We are public
    > servants, though, so I doubt the courts would much object to
    > these sites. I'm not sure how you'd like it regulated, but
    > will that really solve the problem? What's the real issue,
    > that somebody writes "Ms. So-and-so's a mean old poopypants"
    > on a website, or that whoever wrote it feels that way to
    > begin with? Even if they weren't posting their complaints
    > online, they'd still be voicing them to their friends,
    their
    > parents, whoever will listen.
    >
    > I don't know how a teacher can stay sane without very thick
    > skin and a bottomless sense of humor. Honestly, I just don't
    > think RMT is that huge a deal.

    Thank you for expanding on my original point.


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