Stacy Snyder
MySpace Mistakes Taken Seriously
Abstract In 2007 Stacy Snyder was student teaching at a high school while she posted an offensive photo on her MySpace profile. While Stacy’s employer terminated her position, Stacy was also denied her degree from Millersville University of Pennsylvania. The photo Stacy submitted included a caption that was offensive to the student’s teacher at the high school where Stacy was employed. In agreement, this paper will explain why I agree with Stacy Snyder’s termination. Also why it is okay to terminate an employee due to posting something on social networking sites.
MySpace Mistakes Taken Seriously While MySpace is a personal network, Stacy could have used the network privately. Stacy Snyder may not have been a very professional teacher and that is why I agree that the high school made the right decision in terminating Stacy. “Forget losing your job, apparently your MySpace or Facebook profile and photos can now cause you to lose your degree. (Perez, p. 535)” Stacy Snyder was a student teacher while she posted an offending photo on her MySpace account. The network was public not only her coworkers could see it, also the students that attended the high school could see it too. Poor evaluation received regarding Stacy’s professionalism in class and after the photo bomb she was terminated from the high school. Worst, Stacy was also denied her education degree for Millersville University of Pennsylvania. “The photo of Stacy was offending to some but her caption along with the photo justified the schools decision of termination. Snyder was posted standing with a cocktail. The caption read “drunken pirate.” It was accompanied by a note which made reference to her supervising teacher. (Perez p. 535)” Seeing student teacher acting in that manner would be disappointing and would most likely raise a concern of parents. This is a reason I believe termination was the best solution.
Abstract In 2007 Stacy Snyder was student teaching at a high school while she posted an offensive photo on her MySpace profile. While Stacy’s employer terminated her position, Stacy was also denied her degree from Millersville University of Pennsylvania. The photo Stacy submitted included a caption that was offensive to the student’s teacher at the high school where Stacy was employed. In agreement, this paper will explain why I agree with Stacy Snyder’s termination. Also why it is okay to terminate an employee due to posting something on social networking sites.
MySpace Mistakes Taken Seriously While MySpace is a personal network, Stacy could have used the network privately. Stacy Snyder may not have been a very professional teacher and that is why I agree that the high school made the right decision in terminating Stacy. “Forget losing your job, apparently your MySpace or Facebook profile and photos can now cause you to lose your degree. (Perez, p. 535)” Stacy Snyder was a student teacher while she posted an offending photo on her MySpace account. The network was public not only her coworkers could see it, also the students that attended the high school could see it too. Poor evaluation received regarding Stacy’s professionalism in class and after the photo bomb she was terminated from the high school. Worst, Stacy was also denied her education degree for Millersville University of Pennsylvania. “The photo of Stacy was offending to some but her caption along with the photo justified the schools decision of termination. Snyder was posted standing with a cocktail. The caption read “drunken pirate.” It was accompanied by a note which made reference to her supervising teacher. (Perez p. 535)” Seeing student teacher acting in that manner would be disappointing and would most likely raise a concern of parents. This is a reason I believe termination was the best solution.
References: Perez, S. (2012). Social network profile costs woman college degree. In N. V. Wood (Author), Perspectives on argument (7th ed., pp. 535-536). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson. (Reprinted from Read Write Web, 2008, December 5)