NYC Teachers Forbidden To "Friend" Students

betterunixthanunix writes "The New York City Department of Education has issued rules covering student-teacher interactions on social networking websites. Following numerous inappropriate relationships between students and teachers that began on social networking sites, the rules prohibit teachers from communicating with students using their 'personal' accounts, and requires parental consent before students can participate in social networking for educational purposes. The rules also state that teachers have no expectation of privacy online, and that principals and other officials will inspect teachers' profiles. Oddly, the rules do not address communication involving cell phones, which the Department of Education's own investigations have shown to be even more problematic."

Re:What if the teacher is the child's parent?

[Anonymous Coward]

It's obviously disgusting and deviant that the teacher is boffing the kid's parent. Wrong. Wrong wrong wrong.

People should get fired over this. It's almost as bad as teaching evolution.

Re:Good.

[t27duck]

Mr. Justin, is that you?

Can I get a three day extension on my final project?

Re:Good.

[justin12345]

No. You will be deducted one letter grade for each hour your project is late. Two if I'm in a bad mood.