postscripted

First, let's just say that little matter has been all taken care of. Thank you for all your helpful comments. I spoke with the counselor, two vice-principals and the principal of my school about the matter, and they followed up quickly. I did ask, however, that my identity be kept private. Since the blog was available to anyone on the internet, I saw no reason why my name had to be involved.

Staying anonymous wasn't important to be because I want to be the "hip," "fun" teacher. I threw that whole idea out the window early on when I started calling moms to tell them their daughters were kissing on the wrong sorts of boys. I worried at first that the kids would be mad at me, and to be honest, I don't like people being mad at me, but, without exception, all the kids I've told on have been really appreciative. Not immediately, of course, but eventually. I think they like being looked after. All in all, those kids seem to feel closer to me.

However, if dealing with a kid who really may be sociopathic, I don't see any reason why teachers shouldn't consider their own safety.

On a side note, I am worried that my school's so-far-so-positive response to blogging may have been somewhat tainted by this experience. Some administrators, and others, thought the student was writing all the bad stuff on the blog his English teacher used for class. I explained over and over that it was the kid's personal blog, that no teacher would ever be using Xanga for god's sake, and that he hasn't even had a class with one of the "blogging teachers." But I still don't think it really sunk in.

Comments

[biscuit]

well if the teachers barely know what a blog is, chances are they won't have any clue what Xanga is.. It's kinda like using techie talk to a parent who can't even check email with a computer.. it makes perfect sense to you..
perhaps you can follow up with a memo to the teaching staff explaining that what was found was on a personal blog that had nothing to do with your experiment.. Or you could just figure that even if they do think it's your project, statistically 1 minor problem isn't all that bad..

[Lectrice]

Do your district know about this blog?

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