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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Teacher Suspended for Gun Pictures on Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/02/06/teacher-suspended-for-facebook-gun-pictures/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/02/06/teacher-suspended-for-facebook-gun-pictures/</guid><description><![CDATA[The teacher was in Beaver Dam, WI not Madison. Its not a suburb, Madison is the closest large city though.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[robbie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 6th 2009 1:44PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Teacher Suspended for Gun Pictures on Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/02/06/teacher-suspended-for-facebook-gun-pictures/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/02/06/teacher-suspended-for-facebook-gun-pictures/</guid><description><![CDATA["Ramsdale was pictured pointing a rifle at the camera, and therefore, at whomever was taking the picture."<br><br>It should be "whoever", not "whomever".  Even though it comes after the preposition "at", it is the subject of "was taking the picture". That entire clause is the object of the preposition.<br><br>It's bad enough to see English destroyed across the entire electronic written spectrum these days, from blogs to e-mails, but you'd expect that someone actually paid to write would be versed in the basics of grammar.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Windwardman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 6th 2009 2:44PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Teacher Suspended for Gun Pictures on Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/02/06/teacher-suspended-for-facebook-gun-pictures/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/02/06/teacher-suspended-for-facebook-gun-pictures/</guid><description><![CDATA[I appreciate you pointing that out. I'm still in school but one day I'd like all of my grammar and punctuation to be correct.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[carlee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 6th 2009 4:19PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Teacher Suspended for Gun Pictures on Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/02/06/teacher-suspended-for-facebook-gun-pictures/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/02/06/teacher-suspended-for-facebook-gun-pictures/</guid><description><![CDATA[You have entirely too much time on your hands. Get a life, nerd! <br><br>With a B.A. in English,<br><br>Mandi ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mandi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 6th 2009 5:57PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Teacher Suspended for Gun Pictures on Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/02/06/teacher-suspended-for-facebook-gun-pictures/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/02/06/teacher-suspended-for-facebook-gun-pictures/</guid><description><![CDATA[This lack of privacy is really getting frightening. My stepdaughter is a teacher at a private school and was pulled into the Headmaster's office last week to discuss her "Facebook" pictures.<br><br>She is 23 years old and had a picture of herself and her friends sharing drinks at a bar....a "Ladies' Night Out". No stripping, no "Girls Gone Wild", NOTHING inappropriate......just three girls having a good time after work. She was told she would have to remove the picture because it promotes a negative image about the school and its staff.<br><br>When did our private lives become a matter of concern for the workplace? I understand that certain standards of decency should be required and adhered to with certain positions, but a young girl, old enough to drink, sharing drinks with her friends is "inappropriate behavior"?<br><br>Be afraid, people......be VERY afraid!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ewwww]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 6th 2009 5:58PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Teacher Suspended for Gun Pictures on Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/02/06/teacher-suspended-for-facebook-gun-pictures/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/02/06/teacher-suspended-for-facebook-gun-pictures/</guid><description><![CDATA[Ever heard of a Tri-Pod?  Not saying that is what was used taking her picture but it could have been... Why do people always think the worse of others? I'm sure she meant no harm by having the picture taken... ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[CK]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 6th 2009 6:11PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Teacher Suspended for Gun Pictures on Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/02/06/teacher-suspended-for-facebook-gun-pictures/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/02/06/teacher-suspended-for-facebook-gun-pictures/</guid><description><![CDATA[Have you ever seen the movie, "Idiocracy?"  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Silk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 7th 2009 8:40AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Teacher Suspended for Gun Pictures on Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/02/06/teacher-suspended-for-facebook-gun-pictures/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/02/06/teacher-suspended-for-facebook-gun-pictures/</guid><description><![CDATA[Everyone please fear the grammar police!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 7th 2009 9:16AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Teacher Suspended for Gun Pictures on Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/02/06/teacher-suspended-for-facebook-gun-pictures/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/02/06/teacher-suspended-for-facebook-gun-pictures/</guid><description><![CDATA[Sorry, the author was perfectly correct in using whomever.<br>Ask the question, pointing at whom? or pointing at who ? What you missed is the unspoken (unwritten) "that". "that is taking the picture" is the phrase. So pointing at whom ?,, pointing at whomever (that) is taking the picture. It is nice that you did think of correct grammar but please check a good English Grammar text before particularly ridiculing someone else's work. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bala Iyer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 7th 2009 10:35AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Teacher Suspended for Gun Pictures on Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/02/06/teacher-suspended-for-facebook-gun-pictures/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/02/06/teacher-suspended-for-facebook-gun-pictures/</guid><description><![CDATA[GOOD POINT. I'm glad you pointed it out, since this is not the first time I've come across grammatical errors in professionally written articles! It's a disgrace.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[LS]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 9th 2009 2:06AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Teacher Suspended for Gun Pictures on Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/02/06/teacher-suspended-for-facebook-gun-pictures/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/02/06/teacher-suspended-for-facebook-gun-pictures/</guid><description><![CDATA[Windwardman,  I'm so glad someone else cares about grammar!  They don't teach it in the public schools anymore. What a shame!!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 10th 2009 9:05AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Teacher Suspended for Gun Pictures on Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/02/06/teacher-suspended-for-facebook-gun-pictures/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/02/06/teacher-suspended-for-facebook-gun-pictures/</guid><description><![CDATA[Agreed, and the word "should" appears redundantly in the first paragraph when it should have been omitted upon proof-reading?!<br><br>Hello paid professionals?...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 10th 2009 12:16PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Teacher Suspended for Gun Pictures on Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/02/06/teacher-suspended-for-facebook-gun-pictures/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/02/06/teacher-suspended-for-facebook-gun-pictures/</guid><description><![CDATA[I simply do not understand what is happening here. What is so terrible about a teacher owning a gun and aiming it in a picture? Who knows for sure that there was someone behind the camera? The pic could have been taken by remote control. Is the school district going to suspend every teacher who owns a gun? Not likely! I can't begin to tell you how many teachers and students were absent each year for the start of deer season, so perhaps they should be suspended too.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Donna]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 6th 2009 2:50PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Teacher Suspended for Gun Pictures on Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/02/06/teacher-suspended-for-facebook-gun-pictures/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/02/06/teacher-suspended-for-facebook-gun-pictures/</guid><description><![CDATA[not naming names but my aunt has a gun and she is a teacher, but it is only for emergencies which i think is extremely reasonable]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jada]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 7th 2009 4:28PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Teacher Suspended for Gun Pictures on Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/02/06/teacher-suspended-for-facebook-gun-pictures/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/02/06/teacher-suspended-for-facebook-gun-pictures/</guid><description><![CDATA[That is exactly where this is heading.  Schools have been taken over by the FAR left in this country and they certainly do not want to allow any teachers who would dare to own one of those horrible firearms.  So, yes, they probably will start firing teachers who own one, or who hunt, or who are Christians or who do anything not suitably PC.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Corey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 10th 2009 11:03AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Teacher Suspended for Gun Pictures on Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/02/06/teacher-suspended-for-facebook-gun-pictures/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/02/06/teacher-suspended-for-facebook-gun-pictures/</guid><description><![CDATA[Wake Up. There is no privacy in facebook, regardless of how you limit access. If you post something, it is public domain, and can be used against you. Companies by the hundreds access facebook to determine character of the candidates applying for jobs. These people, ESPECIALLY teachers, need to use their brains when posting information about themselves. And not just on their pages. Pictures on others' pages can be used against you...If you need advice on not shooting yourself in the foot career wise, google MICHAEL PHELPS...DUH.... ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[srb]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 6th 2009 3:14PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Teacher Suspended for Gun Pictures on Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/02/06/teacher-suspended-for-facebook-gun-pictures/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/02/06/teacher-suspended-for-facebook-gun-pictures/</guid><description><![CDATA[Whats wrong with it,I live in this great state of Wisconsin. She was dont harming anybody it was not at school, This school was the only school in a 20 county plus that made kids go to school when the wind chill was at neg -40  so if this tills you what you are working with.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[big68daddy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 6th 2009 3:01PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Teacher Suspended for Gun Pictures on Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/02/06/teacher-suspended-for-facebook-gun-pictures/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/02/06/teacher-suspended-for-facebook-gun-pictures/</guid><description><![CDATA[I think that's stupid seriously i mean just casue she posed with a gun i coould understand if it was like a girls gone wild top of thing and my gosh but over that that is just down right stupid on the schools part we do still have a right to bare arms if a teacher wants to show her weapon that should be fine i don't think they should make a big deal out of it my gosh she isn't startin a war or anything leave the poor teacher alone]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kayla]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 6th 2009 3:11PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Teacher Suspended for Gun Pictures on Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/02/06/teacher-suspended-for-facebook-gun-pictures/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/02/06/teacher-suspended-for-facebook-gun-pictures/</guid><description><![CDATA[If I remember correctly, the 2nd Amendment allowing us to bear arms is STILL in effect!  I'd sue the ever livin' daylights out of that school system!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Donna]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 6th 2009 3:24PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Teacher Suspended for Gun Pictures on Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/02/06/teacher-suspended-for-facebook-gun-pictures/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/02/06/teacher-suspended-for-facebook-gun-pictures/</guid><description><![CDATA[My thoughts exactly. She has a legal RIGHT to keep and bear arms. She was not commiting a crime, she was not threatening anyone and she was not at school when the photo was taken. Sounds like wrongful discipline to me.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[mlruahing1980]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 6th 2009 4:09PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
