A high school teacher in Pennsylvania named Natalie Munroe has been suspended and may be fired due to a blog she posted about the kids in her class. Although she did not mention her full name anywhere on the site, the blog was easily identified as hers due to the picture and the user name of Natalie M. She also did not post the name of any of her students or the name of the school that she taught at. In this blog, she called her students “rude, disengaged, lazy whiners” and suggested that they should go find jobs working for the trash company. Munroe claims that this blog was only meant to be viewed by a few of her close friends. However parents of some of her students found this blog and showed it to district administrators. When Munroe was questioned, she admitted the blog was hers. Munroe says that she saw severe problems with the education system. She hopes that this story might expose some of these problems and possibly put an end to them. There have been many Facebook groups started about this controversial topic. One page called “I support Natalie Munroe” has nearly 3,000 likes while a page called “Throw the book at Natalie Munroe” has nearly 500 likes.
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2052123,00.html
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