Mail Makes Stand Againt YouTube Cyber Bullying
TEACHERS under pressure. Targets unrealistic. Exams worthless. Not to worry, the Mail is here to help.
It has seen an example of “cyber-bullying” in which a teacher at a school in Cumbernauld, near Glasgow, gets his trousers pulled down by a young rapscallion/thug/hoodie.
The Mail says there are “obscene” images of teachers, footage looking up miss’s skirt or down her top.
There is a website called Rate My Teachers, in which Priapic youths, other teachers, interested parents and perhaps even Mail readers get to score teachers on their appearance.
The Government will doubtless approve of this league table approach to education. But not the Mail. It speaks of a “teacher’s humiliation”.
So upset and concerned is the Mail that to highlight the matter it produces three stills of the teacher being debagged.
It is terrible. It is wrong. And it is here:
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April 16th, 2007 at 1:23 pm
So you pressed the play button? Like the Mail did?
April 16th, 2007 at 3:40 am
You might want to remain skeptical about the BBC as well:
http://forums.ratemyteachers.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7859
April 15th, 2007 at 11:02 pm
Shame on Anorak for this terrible attempt at reporting. Blatant lies and misinformation aside, it is hypocritical to criticise media outlets that report humiliating images of teachers, and try to defame websites promoting free speach and improvements to the Education system, and then turn around and spread these very images for the world to see. I’ve heard British media is bad. Now I know it’s true. Next time I’m looking for any information about your country, I’ll stick to the BBC.
April 15th, 2007 at 4:32 pm
RateMyTeachers has never, I repeat, never had videos hosted on the website. Please, get your facts write before writing a poorly informed article that reeks of mis-intelligence.
I am a student, not a ‘Priapic youth’, and am not interested in ‘humiliating teachers’, I merely want to learn. The best way teachers can see the areas where they may need improvement is by hearing what the students have got to say. Since the majority of schools don’t allow students the oppurtunity to give their opinions about teacher’s lessons, surely RateMyTeachers is the perfect tool in order for them to voice their opinions.
By the way, any ratings that do get through the moderated pools that break the rules of the site will be deleted, WHEN THE MODERATORS KNOW ABOUT THEM. Many moderators will search random schools to clear them up, but visitors to the site are expected to ‘flag’ any comments that they feel break the rules : http://www.ratemyteachers.com/info.php?type=RateRules
This means that moderators can review the comments without having to trudge through the thousands of schools looking for ones that have slipped through the net.
One last thing, RateMyTeachers does NOT allow students to comment on appearance. Any comments that do, will be deleted.
April 15th, 2007 at 3:14 am
Perhaps the authors of these stories should firstly investigate the websites they make comments about. RateMyProffesors is in no way affiliated to RateMyTeachers. RateMyTeachers DOES NOT allow any comments to be made on personal appearance or anything personal for that matter.
And I think that it is horrible how the video footage of the teacher is made available for viewing on this very website. I’m relieved that YouTube has removed it. Making such videos widespread does nothing but encourage this sort of thing.
April 7th, 2007 at 5:36 pm
A truly happy and productive classroom is one where students are able to successfully learn new concepts that they may then apply within the constructs of daily life. While classroom material may or may not be interesting, the student has a much better opportunity to understand and accept new knowledge if it is presented in an environment of mutual respect between the teacher and the student. Administrative reviews of teacher performance can never substitute for a review coming from someone who interacts daily with that teacher – the student. If a parent or administrator reviews the ratings on RateMyTeachers (assuming there is a broad enough sample), they will see that there is typically a consistency amongst the ratings. Most importantly, it is often obvious if that teacher has created an environment of mutual respect. RateMyTeachers is succeeding in highlighting those teachers who are connecting with their students and helping other teachers improve their approach. We receive daily emails from teachers thanking us for this.
April 6th, 2007 at 9:10 pm
So what does RateMyTeacher rate? Is a New Labour league table of effectiveness?
April 6th, 2007 at 7:54 pm
Anorak, the rules for rating a teacher can be found at the link here:
http://www.ratemyteachers.com/info.php?type=RateRules
Notice very carefully the second and third bulleted points, which I will copy here for reference:
# are sexual in nature - including ‘Sexy’ or ‘Hot’
# have to do with personal appearance (cute, short, fat, bad clothes, etc.)
Moderators delete any comments with references to the above.
April 6th, 2007 at 6:10 pm
So teachers on RateMyTeacher are rated on their teaching abilities? Looks do not come into it? What do the real human eyes look for?
April 6th, 2007 at 5:19 pm
Rick is right on…you should not trumpet press misinformation without checking the facts on your own, particuarlly when you are making disparaging reports about someone or some thing.
April 6th, 2007 at 4:43 am
I believe that RateMyTeachers is only getting pressure because some leaders in teaching unions have problems with parents finding out about poor teaching.
Cyber-bullying on RateMyTeachers? Please. Visit there, contact their webmaster, they have a small army of moderators that police the site CONSTANTLY to keep it clean. Every comment that makes it to the site is seen by a set of real human eyes.
Also, please do not confuse RateMyTeachers with RateMyProfessors - Teachers has NEVER had a rating system for attractiveness, and I seriously doubt they ever would - it would be highly inappropriate for young children to be rating their teachers on looks, and the rules strictly forbid it (you can read the rules on the site). RateMyProfessors DOES have an appearance rating, but is not affiliated with Teachers in any way at all.
Youtube? Of course it has regulation problems, I can go there and get a video for any copyrighted song that I want to. But the purpose of youtube is to be a public forum for video, and once they start to regulate, it may die. Not that I’m saying regulating videos of teachers being humiliated is bad, on the contrary, I think it is a good idea. However, it would be very hard to implement due to the MASSIVE number of submissions on youtube.
April 6th, 2007 at 1:23 am
What do I think? I think idiots need to quit trying to relate ratemyteachers and youtube. The two sites have NOTHING to do with each other. Also, I think you’re idiots for thinking 3 + 10 is gonna stop a spammer…