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by first-rate teacher

Jul 6, 2004

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Dear Fellow Teachers:
Last winter I spent hours getting my first web site up and
working. Web site design was all new to me, but I could no
longer sit back while one teacher after another was put-
down and called names by students, on popular web sites.

I began to look very closely at patterns at the school I
work at and found some things very disturbing. Most female
teachers, over 50, consistently received poor rating and
also received the worst comments. Single female teachers
were told repeatedly, "to get a life." Male teachers much
more often than female teachers were told by students, "I
love you, Mr...," and students were more likely to identify
themselves,usually using initials. Several other things
became obvious over time, as well.

My goal, with my site, was to have a place for teachers to
unite, contact their union reps. and legislatures. I,
unlike most, did not view this new tren...See More

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sue ratemyteacher's Michael Hussey I believe that Mr Michael Hussey is afraid of having to appear in court. I say that because I noticed that the ratemyteacher postings strangely disappear when a teacher is in some kind of trouble. Save the postings earlier, so Mr Michael Hussey's responsibility can be examined by the court.

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Mar 21, 2011

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teacher1 There should be a warning such as: WARNING: ratemyteacher.com is not moderated by adults. Everything said by contributors is anonymous, may have no valid base, cannot be verified; the contributors are not representative of the student communities. There is no verification that contributors are students or children. Consequently, Mr. Michael Hussey,...See More

Mar 21, 2011

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Hurt a teacher's career or health? How would that goofy website hurt anybody's career? It's doubtful anybody's principal is spending time on RMT to get the REAL scoop on the faculty they supervise. And if "something bad happens," it's hard to imagine how you'd prove in court that it was directly related to kids blowing off steam on the Internet.

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Apr 22, 2011

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good idea My guess is that Mr Michael Hussey (ratemyteacher's owner) has a personal problem with teachers and with education. He found a way to rally others of the same kind to take revenge and damage teachers careers.

On 3/21/11, teacher1 wrote: > There should be a warning such as: > WARNING: ratemyteacher.com is not moderated by adults. Ever...See MoreMy guess is that Mr Michael Hussey (ratemyteacher's owner) has a personal problem with teachers and with education. He found a way to rally others of the same kind to take revenge and damage teachers careers.

On 3/21/11, teacher1 wrote: > There should be a warning such as: > WARNING: ratemyteacher.com is not moderated by adults. Everything said by > contributors is anonymous, may have no valid base, cannot be verified; the > contributors are not representative of the student communities. There is no > verification that contributors are students or children. Consequently, Mr. > Michael Hussey,the owner, assumes full responsibility for any hurtful > consequences of the postings on ratemyteacher.com. > > On 3/21/11, sue ratemyteacher's Michael Hussey wrote: >> I believe that Mr Michael Hussey is afraid of having to appear in court. >> I say that because I noticed that the ratemyteacher postings strangely >> disappear when a teacher is in some kind of trouble. Save the postings >> earlier, so Mr Michael Hussey's responsibility can be examined by the court. >> >> On 3/21/11, sue ratemyteacher's Michael Hussey wrote: >>> - Mr. Michael Hussey should be sued for using children (for greed), >>> knowing that it may destroy teachers' careers and reputations. >>> - Isn't ratemyteacher some kind of child abuse? >>> - Is is different from encouraging children to write similar >>> anonymous graffiti on a teacher's garage door. This is electronic >>> graffiti with slanderous anonymous messages; this is not freedom of >>> speech. >>> >>> >>> On 3/21/11, stop ratemyteacher.com wrote: >>>> Keep a copy of postings(*)that could hurt a teacher's career or >>>> health.If something bad happens to the teacher in question that may >>>> be due to the postings, take Mr. Michael Hussey to court. >>>> Example: Someone(e.g. an adult)who does not like you as a teacher >>>> in your town(because of race, age, gender,religion, etc.)can >>>> anonymously discredit you for any other reason, as long as the >>>> wording is not vulgar. >>>> (*) use[FUNCT-PRCSC] key to copy the screen, then paste into a Word >>>> document; copy also the whole web address. >>>>

May 14, 2011

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Marion On 5/14/11, good idea wrote: > My guess is that Mr Michael Hussey (ratemyteacher's > owner) has a personal > problem with teachers and with education. He found a > way to rally others of the same kind to take revenge > and damage teachers careers. > > On 3/21/11, teacher1 wrote: >> There should be a warning such as: >&...See MoreOn 5/14/11, good idea wrote: > My guess is that Mr Michael Hussey (ratemyteacher's > owner) has a personal > problem with teachers and with education. He found a > way to rally others of the same kind to take revenge > and damage teachers careers. > > On 3/21/11, teacher1 wrote: >> There should be a warning such as: >>> WARNING: ratemyteacher.com is not moderated >>> by adults. Everything said by >> contributors is anonymous, may have no valid base, >> cannot be verified; the contributors are not >> representative of the student communities. There is >> no verification that contributors are students or >> children. Consequently, Mr. Michael Hussey,the owner, >> assumes full responsibility for any hurtful >>> consequences of the postings on ratemyteacher.com. >>> >> >> On 3/21/11, sue ratemyteacher's Michael Hussey wrote: >>> I believe that Mr Michael Hussey is afraid of >>> having to appear in court. I say that because I >>> noticed that the ratemyteacher postings strangely >>> disappear when a teacher is in some kind of >>> trouble. Save the postings earlier, so Mr Michael >>> Hussey's responsibility can be examined by the >>> court. >>> >>> On 3/21/11, sue ratemyteacher's Michael Hussey wrote: >>>> - Mr. Michael Hussey should be sued for using >>>> children (for greed), knowing that it may destroy >>>> teachers' careers and reputations. - Isn't >>>> ratemyteacher some kind of child abuse? - Is is >>>> different from encouraging children to write >>>> similar anonymous graffiti on a teacher's garage >>>> door. This is electronic graffiti with slanderous >>>> anonymous messages; this is not freedom of >>>> speech. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 3/21/11, stop ratemyteacher.com wrote: >>>>> Keep a copy of postings(*)that could hurt a >>>>> teacher's career or health.If something bad >>>>> happens to the teacher in question that may be >>>>> due to the postings, take Mr. Michael Hussey to >>>>> court. Example: Someone(e.g. an adult)who does >>>>> not like you as a teacher in your town(because >>>>> of race, age, gender,religion, etc.)can >>>>> anonymously discredit you for any other reason, >>>>> as long as the wording is not vulgar. (*) >>>>> use[FUNCT-PRCSC] key to copy the screen, then >>>>> paste into a Word document; copy also the whole >>>>> web address. >>>>>

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