Google Me

So I just searched for myself via google and pipl. I was not really all that surprised about what came up about me. The only things that could really come up were MySpace, Facebook, and Flickr. My name is quite unique, so the one thing that did surprise me was how many other people named "Andrew Eoff" that it found. Something kind of funny did pop up on piple.com: it had a contact detail of me showing my childhood address and it said I was 51 years old. I am assuming it confused me with my dad, who is 51 years old.

After the search, I decided to delete both my MySpace and Flickr accounts. I decided to delete my MySpace account because I haven't used it in over a year. The reason I deleted my Flickr account was for the same reason (I haven't used it in over a year), and also because my username was "OneWay=Jesus" and I figured I should get that off of there.

I think teachers should be held to a higher community standard, even their personal lives. Administrators are held accountable for hiring teachers that will act appropriately and treat students appropriately. If they are going to be held accountable, then they should be able to hire based on more than just the teachers resume. Also, I am becoming a teacher because I really care about the students, and all the expectations and standards that follow a teacher are for the student's benefit.

I think the most interesting story from the article was the one about Stacy Snyder. She was the woman who was a candidate for a teaching license, but because of her “Drunken Pirate” picture, she was awarded an English Degree instead. For some reason the administration at her school thought that portraying yourself as a drunken pirate is really awful. It does not say how they justified their reasoning, but I am assuming it is by using a mandate similar to Arizona’s which says, teachers must not “engage in conduct which would discredit the teaching profession.” I think this was the most ridiculous story in the article, because there is so much subjectivity involved, and there can be so much context involved that they cannot know.

I do not think there is much I have to change in order to protect myself or my job. As a coach I decided that I would not befriend a student or athlete of mine until they graduate high school. As a teacher I will live by the same rule. This will help me keep a professional relationship with the student, and it will also save me from any potential conflicts that could arise. I am thinking about setting my facebook profile to private, but I keep everything appropriate on there. The reason I am thinking about changing it is because, like some of the stories from this article show, you might not know what “wrong” is until it’s too late.