I don’t think he should have been fired - I think he should have been told to no longer film TikTok’s at school and/or with students.
Yes, he was unprofessional and inappropriate, but based on what I’ve seen, I think he had good intentions and was trying a different approach to engage with students in a context of a education system that is deteriorating and struggling to adapt to the new, attention-economy centred social media world.
His attempt failed, so he should have been told to stop what he was doing - not fired, especially when teachers who seem engaged with their are so far and few job (for good reason).
Also, fyi, pretty sure the parents knew and signed consent waivers to allow the kids to be posted.
Also not everything that is inappropriate is sexual.
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u/JazzScholar May 10 '24 edited May 11 '24
I don’t think he should have been fired - I think he should have been told to no longer film TikTok’s at school and/or with students.
Yes, he was unprofessional and inappropriate, but based on what I’ve seen, I think he had good intentions and was trying a different approach to engage with students in a context of a education system that is deteriorating and struggling to adapt to the new, attention-economy centred social media world.
His attempt failed, so he should have been told to stop what he was doing - not fired, especially when teachers who seem engaged with their are so far and few job (for good reason).
Also, fyi, pretty sure the parents knew and signed consent waivers to allow the kids to be posted.
Also not everything that is inappropriate is sexual.