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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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