Teachers, Students Fight To Be Facebook Friends

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday August 21, 2011 @09:03PM from the teachers-pet-has-a-friend-request dept.

An anonymous reader writes "State Governor Jay Nixon recently signed Senate Bill 54, making it illegal for students and teachers to be friends online as of later this month. Now, a Missouri teachers group is fighting the state's new law that prohibits them from being Facebook friends with their students by filing a lawsuit. From the article: 'The Missouri State Teachers Association (MSTA) filed a lawsuit on Friday, challenging a new law. MSTA is specifically asking the Circuit Court of Cole County to determine the constitutionality of the law’s social media portion.'"

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Re:Anybody else? by Seumas · 2011-08-21 21:30 · Score: 1, Troll

Aside from that, I can't help but wonder who in the hell wants to friend their teachers on a social network. Even if I can tolerate you until the school bell rings at 3pm or 4pm, that doesn't mean I ever want to have anything to do with you outside of class. You're a teacher; not my buddy.