Another Sunday Full of Questions, Answers and a Whole Lot of Stealing!

Welcome back to Sunday Stealing. Sunday Stealing originated on WTIT: The Blog authored by Bud Weiser. Here we will steal all types of memes from every corner of the blogosphere. Our promise to you is that we will work hard to find the most interesting and intelligent memes. You may have heard of the expression, “honor amongst thieves”. In that age-old tradition, we also have our rules. First, we always credit the blog that we stole it from and we will “fess up” to the blog owner where we stole the meme. We also provide a link to the victim's post. (It's our way of saying "Thanks!") We do sometimes edit the original meme, usually to make it more relevant to our global players, to challenge our players, sometimes to select that meme's best questions, or simply to make it less repetitive from either this new meme or recently asked questions from a prior featured meme. Let's go!

Today we ripped this meme of a blogger known as Wayfarer at Wayfarer's Journal. Wayfarer doesn't explain if he wrote it or stole it. But if he did, it was probably stolen there as well. So, of course, that will be as far as we go. Tracing back our theft's thieves might take some time. Link back to us at Sunday Stealing!

Cheers to all of us thieves!


Sunday Stealing: The Presuppose You're Living in New England Meme

1. Have you turned the heat on in your house yet this fall?

Yes

2. Do you allow your pets on the furniture?

Need I say more?!

 

3. What were your final words for September?

I can't believe summer is over

4. What are your first words for October?

5. Do you think you’ve ever seen a ghost?

No

6. What is the one color that represents this time of year?

Deep Red Orange

7. Which of your senses do you think is most sensitive this time of year?

Smell

8. What is your favorite thing to do at the county fair?

Eat

9. What do you like when you have a cold?

10. Are you willing to spend over $100 for a piece of winter clothing, like boots or a coat?

Sure, are you paying?

12. What do you have too much of in your kitchen?

13. What gripes do you have about this time of year?

That it rains all the time here in Seattle

14. Other than yourself, are you responsible for getting anyone ready in the morning?

No

15. When was the last time you cleaned your gutters?

Just put new ones up

16. So, it’s after Labor Day. Will you still be wearing white?

No

17. What shows are you most looking forward to this Fall?

The Talk and Dexter

18. What three things have you just not gotten around to from the summer, but probably should do before snow flies?

Put away all my summer clothes and bring down the winter ones

Clean and organize our empty rooms, which have become storage units

Organize my photos 

Any Thoughts About Facebook and Teachers?

With the recent news about teachers being fired for inappropriate actions on Facebook, I wanted to see what you thought. I have attached one of the articles below.  Another teacher was fired recently for posting negative comments about her school.

Of course most teachers have the integrity and common sense not even to establish any contact with their students on Facebook or any other social media outlet for that matter, and this is not about the majority of teachers.  There are always going to be a few bad apples in the bunch, in every profession.

However, as Dr. Phil would say, "What were you thinking?"  What happened people?!   I am a Registered Nurse by profession, I do not "friend" my patients!! That would be unheard of, at least in my mind!  

So as you can imagine I can not understand why in this case they felt that they could do such a thing.  Do I think they should be fired, well yes.  Do I feel a teacher can use Facebook, yes.  I think anyone can use Facebook for personal use, but do not "friend" your students, simple.

I live on the west coast and my sister is on the east coast.   I have asked her to create a page so that we can share our updates all in one place.  She is a teacher, she has said several times that she does not want her students knowing anything about her private life.  Even with Facebook's "privacy" settings, she doesn't feel comfortable having one.  So we resort to email and phone communication!

When it comes to communicating with your students online, the only place I feel is appropriate is on the school website.  At least here in our school district both parents and students can communicate with their teachers on that site.

Of course these cases are extreme, and Facebook would not have been an issue if the teachers would have just not added their students as "friends"!

I would love to hear your thoughts!

• Do you think the teachers should have been fired?
• Should teachers have a Facebook page? 
• What actions should teachers or the school take when using social media?
• If you are a teacher, do you feel you should "friend" your students?  Why?