Here is the photo in question of Betsy Ramsdale
i smell a lawsuit.
If she had been shown having an abortion they would have given her a commendation.
Maybe she had it pointed at a pic of zero.
If she was smart, she’d explain the picture this way. “I have the rifle because I’m FIGHTING against “global warming” and homophobia. Those braindead “school officials” would fall for it. Obviously, they’re morons.
If she was holding a bong, crack pipe, or dildo she wouldn’t had any problems...
Beaver Dam isn’t far from The Peoples Republic of Madison, the sickness is obviously spreading...
I really hate these type of busybody parents who think they are so righteous they have to be outraged at anything. This teachers contract will not be renewed. She has no protection from idiot administrators as a first year teacher in the district.
She wasn't just holding it.
Warping young minds to hate?
The Flying O, doesn't like guns (duh) and thinks that anyone who has one is EVIL!
Thankfully I fall into the last one
It’s wrong for a school to even put a teacher on punitive leave for that. But the whole problem needs to be addressed—not only one instance of the problem.
Teachers and others are fired for violating any one of many perceived ultra-sensitivities (like telling a badgering class or coworker to “shut up”). That kind of firing in general needs to be stopped. It’s illegitimate.
If she had been wearing a Planned Parenthood tshirt or an Obama sticker she’d have gotten a fvcking promotion.
Thought police nazis.
In the Land of Obama, the big-eared punk is king. Or something like that.
Here is the photo in question of Betsy Ramsdale
Now hold on here.
She wasn’t photographed “holding” a rifle.
She was pointing it at the photographer. Unless the camera was somehow set to a remote shutter - there is NO excuse for pointing a weapon at another person.
Photographers, are people.
That’s totally irresponsible.
It is the wrong message to send.
I haven't been to her facebook page, but I suspect she clearly labels herself as an employee of the school. If she's done that, anything on the page represents not only her, but her organization.
Had I been her administrator, I would have been more likely to talk to her about being careful about her image, and requested that she either take the photo down or remove information about her affiliation with the school. I would then warn her that what you post on the press is public property. There have been a ton of instances in which people have lost jobs for themselves and coworkers by posting stupid junk on the net. Remember just a few months ago when some Burger King guy got camcorded taking a bath in the kitchen sink. It got him, his coworkers and the manager fired. Too bad, so sad.
I wouldn't have suspended her, but administrators tend to be a spineless lot in the best of circumstances.
She should have been screwing one of her students. That’s perfectly fine in Obamamerika.
Interesting...
In order to combat teen-aged and pre-teen pregnancy, we must stuff these kids heads with information, much of which is probably NOT approved of by their own parents...
In order to combat teen-aged and pre-teen violence, we must hide any information about guns from the kids.
And we wonder why kids are screwed up today... With people “educating them” with this sort of thought process, it’s amazing that their heads haven’t exploded.
Mark
Principal: Miss Ramsdale, do you have a moment?
Teacher: Yes.
Principal: Would you please remove the facebook photo of yourself pointing a gun at a camera. I know it’s your right, but we’ve been contacted by a parent who is hoplophobic.
Teacher: OK. Sorry to have caused the school any trouble.
There. Problem solved.
1. Anyone who thinks that Facebook is exempt from the normal societal rules and BOUNDARIES that govern our real-time lives is a fool. Beware 'friending' your boss or anyone subordinate to you (ie, students, employees) or anyone who might higher you or seek to do business with you. If you are trying to establish a professional presence on the site - as many politicians do - keep the personal life off the board. Anything you say or post can or will be used to form impressions of you - just like real life. Boundaries are for everyone's good.
2. Permissions can be set on photos allowing the account holder to determine who gets to see them - specific individuals, your friend list, or the whole world. The permissions you set on candid photos of you doing whatever it is you think is fun should mirror the aforementioned boundaries.
3. The teacher demonstrated a profound lack of good judgement because of her failure to maintain boundaries between her professional and private life - the details in the photograph just underscore that fact.
4. Parents should not be shocked that their children's teachers do shocking things in their personal lives. The definition of shocking varies widely.