But that is the trouble, these stupid kids don’t realize that EVERYONE can find out what they are posting if they try hard enough. And their idiot brains don’t comprehend the long-term effects they can have. ...
I’m sure glad the internet wasn’t around when I was a kid!
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Reminded me of when I was a 10th-grader in HS in the late ‘50s. Girl I’d been seeing had moved and left stuff in her locker. ...She had notes from me in one of the books left there. One of the notes was about me ranting about the Asst. Principal and referred to him as a SOB because of some discipline he had put on me.
I had to go to his office. He talked with me for about 30 minutes. (He really did care about students) He told about being a Navy CMDR. on a DD in WWII, his upbringing, etc.
By the time it was over, I had sincerely appologized to him. Though he busted my butt with a paddle a couple of times later for my bad acts, we still remained friends. ...He subsequently became a very well liked Principal at a new high school.
Just telling this to show that it’s not only the new technology that allows people to become aware of your comments.
“I had to go to his office. He talked with me for about 30 minutes.”
Too bad this business guy couldn’t have used it as a teaching experience. Although that isn’t his job, and I’m sure his time is limited. And if I had been the kid, getting fired WOULD have been my learning experience.