March 03, 2005
Picturephoning reports
that The Board of Education in Jersey has a major PR nightmare on their hands thanks to a student with a cameraphone. The state may toughen its policy on use of cameraphones in schools, after a videotape showing a high school teacher screaming at his students to show respect for the national anthem — and then pulling the chair from underneath one
student who refused to stand — was posted on several Web sites. Nothing is sacred anymore from making it to the Web. What's inside is outside. Get used to it. There will be more to come. Someone will start leaking corporate trade secrets soon. You can view the video here.
(That's funny. I read this story differently. This kind of behavior happens in schools all the time. But where a teacher can send a student to detention or the vice principal's office, unprofessional teacher behavior often goes unchecked b/c young peoples' stories often go unheard. Ignoring the fact that the kids were acting like asses, personal media - cameraphones - allowed a story to be told that would otherwise go ignored.
I guess one person's nightmare makes another person's night. ;) -kc.)
