March 19, 2010
Published: 18 Jun 09 12:02 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/20148/20090618/
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A high school principal in northern Sweden has left his post after publishing risqué photos of himself on Facebook and joining a number of sexually-themed groups on the popular social networking site.
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......but on the other hand, they tend to be a bit less tolerant of anyting "different" in Norrland, so it does indeed look like an inner-circle witchhunt - probably all freemasons on that school board anyway.
"He's not done anything illegal but we'll sack him anyway cos......well........he's not quite one of us is he..........I mean.....come on..........he's almost certainly deviant cos he admits liking sex!"
Flippin' 'eck, it sounds almost British in response! Poor bloke.
OK so someone has a sex life.
What matters as a teacher is if he is good around kids, and a good teacher.
This sounds like puritan nonsense on the part of the authorities.
What next, teaching intelligent design, because that is probably the next step for this backward authority.
Good, bad or indifferent, teachers are in the public eye and they work directly with children. I don't agree that parents or the general public should dictate how teachers should conduct themselves in their off time (so long as it's within the limits of the law) but I do think there are measures which can be taken to have some sort of anonymity when engaging in certain social/leisure activities.
It's really not much different than my hiding my tattooed legs when I visit a client. Why distract someone with something that should be of no concern to them?
Mind you, I dont know what my clients, collegues or boss would think if they saw me. Who knows... maybe they would be jealous!
But I do think it is not quite right for him to parade his sex life in public on facebook the way he did.
Things like posting dirty pictures and openly joining groups like "Multiple orgasms", "Vi som är sexgalna" ('Sex maniacs like us'), and "All sexy bikinis 4U" is not right for a man who is a headmaster.
What he does in private with consenting adults is OK, but his facebook exploits are wrong.
It's not only unrealistic to expect that teachers cannot have t3h secks, it's also exceptionally audacious to think that they should reconsider their profession because they are sexual creatures. The only thing (and granted, it's quite a significant thing) the headmaster was lacking was discretion.
Pop star?
TV presenter?
Ooooh a vicar!
Please. The problem here is excessive moral judgement as much as it is indiscretion.
I'll remain Web v1.0 thanks.
Anyway it's still sad to read that a person who essentially should be showing good example is doing exactly the opposite. And yes..I am being judgemental.