Comments on: “Sarah Phelps is the worst teacher I’ve ever met”

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 10 May 2010 01:53:03 +0000

I made a fanpage for a teacher- not talking bad stuff, just a fan page. For various reason, in school we joke around about him being a vampire, but not with bad intentions, and the teacher himself partakes in the humor. I refrenced this on the fan page (that he is a vampire.) After reading this article, however, I became genuinely worried. Is what I did considered slander? Could I get in trouble?
Dear Dan: Under the laws of your state, and depending on what exactly you said on the Internet, it may be slanderous. If you’re not sure whether you crossed the line or not, it might be better to remove it rather than risk unforeseen consequences. It’s good that you asked and are concerned. All the best.
[This is information only - not legal advice].

By: skyler patenaude

skyler patenaude — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:57:51 +0000

YOU ALL ARE WRONG… she can hate and post what ever she wants because its her profile and her feelings. if that teacher thinks other wise then why don’t we take her out of every class that she has a student she hates in.

By: Snoop Dog

Snoop Dog — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:15:53 +0000

Does anyone take into account why she wrote it. All of the attention is on the principal and the teacher. Has anyone taken into account the student’s character in this case? She obviously wrote this rant because of something that happened in that teacher’s class that she didn’t like. Sounds like a big brat to me!

Also, don’t you think that trash talking a teacher on a website open for all to view would cause the classroom environment in the class to be disruptive? No wonder why the student was removed from the class. Of course action should have been taken against the student. She disrupted the school environment by slandering a teacher who is just trying doing her job, which is the toughest job in America! Kids these days need to grow up and respect their teachers whether they think that teacher is fair or not. There is a right way to go about doing things, and obviously she didn’t handle it the right way.
Dear Snoop: Thank you for your comments.

By: Harrison

Harrison — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:07:14 +0000

I hope Ms. Evans continues to speak her mind. Funny how little Ms. Phelps needs to use the term “cyberbullying” to attract attention. If a honor student (i.e. someone that actually CARES about school) feels Phelps is a poor teacher, then she probably is. Some kid failing out of school making similar claims probably wouldn’t get much credibility.

By: john akers

john akers — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:44:59 +0000

You can talk trash about the president, and its freedom of speech , but you trash a teacher and you get in trouble, Wow…..

By: Sara

Sara — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:32:18 +0000

It’s one thing to write a status message about not liking a teacher on your own personal Facebook or website, but it’s another thing to create an entire account dedicated to why this teacher is the worst teacher ever. This girl was supposedly an honor student, and, quite frankly, I think the way she acted was utterly immature. I would be cautious of accepting her into a grad school or hiring her into a job if this is how she acts. Just because she had the freedom of speech, doesn’t make what she did right, or even acceptable. Not only is the student going to have this story attached to her background for life, she also put her teacher’s reputation on the line. There was NO reason for her to use her teacher’s first and last name. Sure the student had her freedom of speech, but she completely abused it and, to me, used it in a way to harass her teacher, especially since she used the teacher’s full name. That was completely uncalled for. I think Ms. Evan needs to grow up.
Dear Sara: Thank you for your comments.

By: dupont

dupont — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:56:17 +0000

You think spreading false rumors (made of words) about someone or some people does not hurt?Check nazi propaganda/literature (made of words) about non-aryan people and what it leads to or more recently the governement´s propaganda(made of words) in Rwanda against the hutis tribe that precede the genocide.
False testimony(made of words)that lead an innocent man to the death sentence.
Disinformations(made of words)that lead people to consume harmful stuff like cigarettes,for instance.
Dear Dupont: Thank you for your comments.

By: Kim

Kim — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:58:50 +0000

Hey RICH, if you knew how to read the school didn’t sue Katherine, she sued them.

By: Rich

Rich — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:18:52 +0000

You know back when I was in school there was a saying that every teacher and parent knew of and refereed to “Stick and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me”. In my opinion these people that are complaining about what is on the internet aren’t taking their own advice. Not everything on the internet is true and if you believe everything then your just way to gullible and very uneducated. There isn’t a day that passes that I’m not threaten or told I’m going to die somewhere online. And you don’t see me suing everyone that try’s to hurt my feelings. If that was the case then everyone in the world would have a case against them. Come on people seriously your just sad and a poor excuse for a human being trying to take someones first amendment. Whats stopping you from posting a comment on that page saying that the information here is untrue. Or better yet makeing your own facebook page.