harangues from non-teachers?

On 9/16/09, Bob R (webmaster) wrote:
> On 9/16/09, any possibility (edit/clarification) wrote:
>> I posted the original post on this thread and don't think we
>> need a board solely for admins (indicated by my comment
>> above: "teachers would be welcome"). But on the other boards,
>> constant teacher-bashing is avoided and removed when it appears.
>> On one of the teacher boards a while back when parents were
>> bashing teachers there was the comment something to the effect
>> that "it's not beneficial to have a board that is meant as a
>> support forum for our profession, only to come here and have that
>> profession constantly bashed by people outside it." (And on the
>> teacher boards, those teacher-bashing posts were removed.) But
>> that's what happens all the time on the admin board and the posts
>> aren't usually removed. Rather than discussing the things
>> relevant to us in our jobs, we end up constantly responding to
>> teacher complaints, or not posting at all. Even when we post our
>> own admin-related threads, they are often threadjacked by admin-
>> bashing posters. I "get" that I'm not winning this battle, but I do
>> want the site admins here to know why I no longer post.
>
> I completely agree, the administrator chatboard should be a place
> where administrators are free of harangues by non-administrators.
> Please report posts that are either off-topic on that board, or
> otherwise are nopt appropriate for an administrator support board. We
> promptly review every post reported, so expect quick action after
> reported.
>
> Thanks!

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