College Degree Revoked Due to Myspace Photo

[moistfaucet]

American, getting fat all day long, have a very unreasonable law and policy.

[cyanideisabitterpill]

Drinking age 21 is a joke, everywhere else is years younger.

This is madness.

[mello687]

thats bullshit!!! what about all the ads on TV and movies?

telling lil kids to smole ect. but they have money and I guess they just buy off there problems

[TheBelldiver]

I say beat those board members asses all of them!  This country will probably let it stand.

[superduty96]

maybe they should of never put "drunken pirate" as the captoion.

[roaringwaterbay]

good reminder not to attend millersville "university"

[anzac2404]

I hope she got her degree back & I hope that the fuckwits at that college got the sack, fined & lost their degree.

I think her students were just being a bunch of arseholes....if I did some of the pics/video's that I've seen....I'd be in porn LOL.....maybe I'm old fashioned but the girl is allowed to have a private life, so get over your shit & get a life you sad-sacks.

Only in America (sigh). I think the goody2shoes bunch need a bitch-slap & told to mind their own business! Cheers.

[samten10a]

If she will win the fight with the university, It will depend on the contract the girl signed when she entered the university (usually the rules are spelled out in the student hand book). Usually no one reads it. Most school rules say; NO booze, drugs, fights, theft, rape then she is out of luck. She was adult when she agreed to contract.

By the way, she has a second problem the school system contracts all have moral clauses.

[agredon]

@samten10a Most non-religious schools allow drinking as long as you're over 21. In fact, both of the universities I attended sold alcohol on-campus [with proper ID.] UCF even had a bar (Loco's) in the student union [along with a Subway]. On a side note, Loco's is one of only 2 places I know of (the other is at Disney World - Epcot I believe) that serve Birch Beer - a soft drink that I really liked. The one Loco's sold was blood red and really strong. Tasted great.

[LeonSKennedy828]

Wow, that college were retards =/

[The4LA2Baker0]

Wow.... Just WOW.

[JTG1984R1]

dude wtf she's 25, promoting underage drinking?!?!??!?!?! fucking sue their puts and fight it. i hope she won.

[leereyno]

What difference does it make whether the image is "professional" or not? I can see an argument for advising her to avoid posting such images on MySpace, but denying her degree?

[derekmorris89]

It's things like this that give people who are trying to set a good reputation for their companies a bad reputation by making selfish choices. That picture may seem like it can promote under age drinking. But say that to all the beer and alcohol adds being advertized on national television.

[quiktymevideo]

Probably should have kept her drunkenness to herself, the way I see it.

Bottom Line: Don't publish material you don't want people looking at or hearing about.

[vireak209]

mabye she looked under aged? mabye.

[junksummoner]

this is stupid. this is just a silly picture.

[jesusonacookie]

As an Adobe Approved Career College we present and clarify rules of conduct applied to students/Staff 24-7. As professional instructors, as with degree enrolled students, a person's reputation is always at stake by that "one little past mistake". No gray area. Our reputation is clear by observing every questionable conduct. Applicants' past public records are reviewed to establish enrollment ability, faculty member tenure , or crew etiquette. We want a good reputation as does each student.

[Mugsi]

Oh yea coz all the beer ads on tv are much more appropriate

[jviveros2]

yea lets all take myspace pics reading a book cuz life in college is SO stressfree (sarcasm)

[prehistoric28]

Online pics can be dangerous. Glad and enthralled someone finally wrote on this topic. it's long overdue. "You Have A College Degree, Now What?"

[supasonicman]

Oh dear god, our students and teachers can't drink. OMGSGSZZSZSS THE CHILDRENZZZZZZZZZZ.

[biglee574]

Ridiculous.

[yamemaru]

that's ridiculous.

[Nullifidian]

For all those inclined to take the student's side, the full story is at Rate Your Students. The "cooperating teacher" whose class Ms. Snyder was teaching as a student teacher criticized her handling of the classroom, her grammar and usage, and her ignorance of the subject she was teaching. She also criticized the communicating teacher on Myspace, where she communicated with students. Rather than accepting the uni's generous offer to move her credits around for a English degree, she sued.

[210SWIFTY]

wow look how many college students are drinking and you got a picture of her drinking from a cup ON A PARTY this is stupid

[tubecraft7]

Just like bad parents to blame a public servant for their failure to properly raise their kids. I never underage drank, and it is because I was raised properly.

[SleazyProduction]

That's her fucking private life. She has the right to drink even if she works with children. That is so ridiculous. I hope she got her degree back... the dean should be expeled.

[impossible2find1name]

in all fairness, when you post something online for everyone to see, it becomes public domain, or "public property." you need to be ok with what you post online being seen by potential employeers.

[SleazyProduction]

Even though it might not please potential employers, it doesn't make her an alcoholic or a junky or whatever! Degrees are earned based on the work you made, not on your social private life (even if you share some of it over the Internet)!!! Now it's alcohol, what's next?

[Monarch3436]

@SleazyProduction cigarettes

[IamKingsta]

@impossible2find1name in all fairness, you need to shut your fucking mouth because i can swear at you all day here when in real life i could kick you in the face all day notice how different it is?

[tech2rescue]

I agree that in general, laws should be passed that would prevent employers (and schools) from meddling in employees' or students' personal lives, but in this case if you read the judge's decision you will find that the school had documented all along that this lady had unsatisfactory progress in the teaching program; no control over the classroom, making up answers to students in class when she didn't know the correct answer, inappropriate remarks to her students during class...etc.

[RebelGuy95]

What are the students looking their teacher up on myspace for, wtf?...that's fucking weird.

[tubecraft7]

Kids are kids.

[GypDylo]

Now that is harsh!

[Decapoe]

Sue the HELL out of them!!!! There is nothing wrong with that picture. Maybe they should give her money back for tuition spent.

[4evernayana]

dressing, acting, persuing the life style of something that discredits the company you work for is absolutely not acceptable in my eyes. you take a duty to uphold the publics view on that company. if u dress slutty, act slutty, have stupid ass face book and my space pics...then its ur own dumb ass fault and u deserve it. because ur a liar!!! living a double life.

[VB1C37C6]

Your job should never be you your life. They don't pay you for the time you spend outside their business, so they have absolutly no say in what you do at these times. Your private life is YOUR private life.

It's your sort that alows this sort of crap to happen.

[4evernayana]

my sort? lol not at all. i get that this is total bs but im just saying that u dont become a cop if ur a drug dealer for example...u know what i mean? thats all i meant to say.

[interestingramble]

Yes, if they tell you, but if they don't, it's ridiculous. You want me to be something, you'd better tell me what you want me to be and give me a chance to "change" to a reasonable norm. If you want to keep me back in life and a slave to my youth, I hope you're going to deal with the demonic me because I'll be stuck like that.

[IamKingsta]

@4evernayana everything you just types doesnt make sense seriousley get fucking real you act like some posh cunt and then u try to say that schools are company's? no they are not schools are made by people who want to help stupid ass kids like you learn what your abc's are and 90% of teachers in the world dont do there job properly or dont deserve to be in this world

[sicktim]

would probably be less severe if she had posted those pictures while she was underage.... absolute bullshit.

[TheHerbalPhilosopher]

i hope she wins...damn university has no right to do that.

[bagpiper2005]

Be careful what you put on the internet, folks.

I wouldn't want a "drunken pirate" educating my children either. I think the university and the state made the right decision here.

Even if she wasn't drunk or drinking alcohol, she is guilty by self-implication. You just can't be an educator and get away with that. Period.

[TheHerbalPhilosopher]

You can't be an educator and get away with drinking alcohol legally??

She's not "guilty" of anything!

[bagpiper2005]

Drinking alcohol is one thing. Being intoxicated or the implication of intoxication is another.

As an educator you assume the position of a role model for your students. I wouldn't want someone who gets plastered and then brags about it educating our children. If they see their teachers doing it they'll think it's ok to do it themselves.

Teachers can and should be held to much higher standards than the general pubic. The university made the right choice.

[TheHerbalPhilosopher]

No way, man. The entire purpose of alcohol is to attain some level of intoxication. People don't drink alcohol for the wonderful taste.

Trying to tell teachers they can't drink is like telling them, "We know skydiving is legal...but it encourages needless risk-taking. You can't be a teacher and skydive. You're held to higher standards."

Anyway...I read the judge's ruling on this case and the picture was not the reason for the refusal. She was extremely incompetent and unprofessional.

[MutantBamHammer]

Fuck role models.

[e521soediv]

That's illegal, The university can't do that, they can't take away your degree! because you spended all that money getting it so that would be a RIP OFF thats illegal. They should refund all of her money if they're going to take away her degree.

[CynthiaRoses]

This is ridiculous.

[justinday1234]

if ur a teacher u cant drink?? lol

[peaceandloveletsblow]

The kids at 16(?) is more irresponsible of her than a drink at 25! If I were the layer for the Uni I would use that to show her inability to make good decisions.

[lordyrich]

what a joke.... bunch of bitter sad old dickheads. getting a degree is hard fucking work

[preacain]

They are orwellean mind police who do not believe in the human spirit !! hypocrits

[jaymorpheus01]

Aren't some colleges like drinking havens, with tons of students comming down to Serority and Frat parties... having drinking games and contests to see how much you can drink... like in those girls gone wild videos... you find coeds (wonder what that means? btw).

[jiaoyinyang]

wth...

that's stupid

no degree just because you drink?

[ballrags]

it's irresponsible of her, but it's not worth rescinding her degree. i can only imagine this will be a promptly dealt with case, and win for the student. and kudos for her for not being a money hungry litigation monkey and try to sue for a stupid amount. it's also irresponsible of the college - someone there didn't think about consequences, and good - they're gonna get the worst end of a case they brought on themselves.

[ebonymcknny23]

thats not right at all... they dont know if she was actually drinking alcohol.... she was 25 years old... not 19 years old.... you got college kids hving sex on myspace and their degree arent taking away..... they didnt think about taking her degree away when she was paying all of that tuition money but as soon as she was about to leave college they wanna snatch her degree away.... damn right she should get paid! she has spent 5 years in college and also at least $30,000 on this piece of paper

[LeftLiberalSoCal]

This is the stupidest fucking thing I have seen in a while.

$75k in damage!? Try 7.5 MILLION that is what she should sue for! Who is her stupid attorney! People civil liberties and what they do in thier personal time should be protected by the law and any business or association or official or ANYONE who tries to violate them should be SUED.

[apchris]

dam, they could do that to a looooot of people if they went looking around

[ElYanMan]

Ha what a joke of a College, I REALLY want to go there now. Wait and watch the admissions department get inundated with applications

[MaNu469]

yeah well thats stupid they''ll still be receiving money.. the best things to fight are called boycott

[DeadBirdCitizen]

Her privacy went away when she put it on the Internet.

[sandmanda]

Now EVERYONE wants to go to that college.

[KiNGTOKEAlOT94]

WOW LIKE NO ONE DRINKS

[jtsk8er12]

faux

[tchern7777]

This college knows how to attract students. They are so smart!

[donkey545]

All you can see is the cup which has some blurred out text. There isn't any liquid.

[k1ngkong11]

i think its a mr.goodbar candybar cup

[donkey545]

Me too.

[LittleEmoBoy001]

This is why I fuckin hate america!

[b1ink182roks]

thats pretty lame. who cares what she does in her own time? its not illegal. her whole class of seniors probably smoke pot any ways.

[spleenblender]

Haha Fox news mocking the "moral highground".

Now that is a laugh. Although it is good for once to hear Fox on the right side of an argument.

[omgCoreyLynxx]

It's ridiculous that anyone could judge somebody because of their myspace/facebook pics. Anyone stupid enough to do so shouldn't have any authority in the first place.

[elbob099]

you cant even see her face

[scrateshooter]

I'd still do work...

[undstaub2staub]

Oh please. Read the district court's write up.

Forget about the myspace picture, she was refused her degree because she was a lousy student teacher. The teacher overseeing her questioned her competence, even in terms of basic grammar and understanding the topics to be taught. Her own statements reveal her horrible writing skills. The myspace claim is just her attempt of circumventing the fact that she was incompetent.

[JackGreen33]

I agree with the degree being revoked. Alcohol consumption leads to rape, murder, genocide, drug abuse, chronic masturbation, homelessness, and the gum disease known as gingivitis.

Well done people....well done. I'm just surprised the board was able to type a dismissal letter to the teacher, seeing as their heads seem to be firmly planted up their collective asses.

[juan321654]

ok grandpa

[ysgeye]

You forgot it leading to athlete's feet! LOL

[territrep06]

She shouldnt have her degree revoked because of that! She was 25...LEGAL age of drinking and looked like she was having a good time. That is no fair!! Give that woman her degree! She isnt showing her body! GIVE THAT WOMAN HER DEGREE AND QUIT CAUSING DRAMA!! SHEESH!! She worked hard for that degree. They dont know what she was drinkin. College is no joke and neither is the cost!! Thats bull ish man!! Half them people who took their degree know they like to drink too! UGH!! Shes a GROWN WOMAN!

[manuelrjr]

lol, all i see is her drinking from a Mr. goodbar cup and a pirate hat. For all i know she could be at a kids place haveing a pirate party

[greenhell666]

YAR!!!

There be no college degrees fer pirates!

That's discrimination matey!

[spikefivefivefive]

A university doesn't have a right to "revoke" your education.

Did they refund her tuition too?

If they want to judge her character, they should have done it prior to admissions.

[JGLS32]

Wow! Now teachers can't have a life? the Police and the goverment don't have other IMPORTANT things to do?

[pbrskater26]

This is sad, doing to the fact that to some people, america is a "christian" nation.

[Ozzy0sbourne]

what the fuck does america being a christian nation have to do with getting ur college degree revoked...

[pbrskater26]

I'm saying that alot of people who are freaked out about this kinda thing are fundementalist christians. Theres a saying from a band " holier then thou with your one way morality, you think your shallow faith is base in reality, you dont like how we live, were sinfull and obcene, why are you judging me". They feak out because they think we should be a sertan way. The idealogy of religion basicly is to try and tell us how to live. I dont know if you get that.

[Ozzy0sbourne]

that's only these stuck up motherfucking fuckass bitch christians...

real christians arent like that...

[pbrskater26]

The ideology of most religion is to tell you how to think, They dont wont you to question anything, they wont to take away your autonomy, your ability to think for your self. I am pro science and thats real science which is evolution, not creationism, and defanetly not intelligent desgin. Thats psudoscience false science.

[Ozzy0sbourne]

WTF!!!!!!

WHAT THE FUCK DOES RELIGION HAVE TO DO WITH THIS GIRL GETTING HER COLLEGE DEGREE REVOKED!?

God damn... -.-

[pbrskater26]

Religious people dont like drinking.

[Ozzy0sbourne]

well that's their problem

i dont give a fuck.

[pbrskater26]

Well, its annoying to me that they try to tell everyone else how to live. I dont have to be religious to be a good person. But I will leave it at that.

[Ozzy0sbourne]

agreed

[OriginalGraffitiLoak]

take your religion bullshit else where please.

[Responder1982]

It's just shocking! Wearing a pirate hat and drinking from a plastic Mr Goodbar tumbler? What's next, an extra-large plate of chili fries with onions? Seriously, though, this same kind of self-righteous, narrow-minded thinking would say that if Stacey showed up to teach in a nice dress and high heels, she's promoting prostitution. Then again, what was the Dean doing being logged onto MySpace anyway?

[Squeekycheese12]

OUTRAGEOUS!!

Nobody really knows if there is alcohol in that cup. She could have gotten drunk before that and ONLY DRINKING WATER there to sober up!! Its not like she was passed out on the ground.. even if she was.. its her personal life, what she does outside of school is just that.. not related to school. ITS A FUCKING PICTURE for crying out loud.

WTF!!!! I really hope she wins her case!!!

[Splitclaw]

I agree 110% with you.

[MyhardPwner]

lol

[dyonnegalata]

nonsense

[javi1960oax]

this is why we need private networks like legacy spaces

[yootubematt]

haha, must not've been in the south cause none of my professors care if we drink. I dont, but EVERYONE drinks. In public even. With cops. Its pretty chill.

[imdatni99a88]

Fuck a college degree

[addicted2cod4]

thats retarded

[Taisteleilves]

and land of the free? as long as you don't drink at 25 with a pirate hat! fuck sake! stupid college!

[a012345]

Wow, I can't believe they are taking her degree away for being a pirate....maybe a pastafarian.

[KaK3124]

So because this woman is 27 and has a 9 year old, which means she got pregnant at 18 years old. Does this mean she is promoting teen sex, to her students... Stupid retards!!

[thwhrdcrechmp]

18... not a teen anymore. your legaly an adult then

[robert8450]

But still she was drinking when she was a legal adult...

[robert8450]

Ok, but she was drinking when she was 25, of legal age... watch the video before responding

[thwhrdcrechmp]

i did. i was sayin she had a kid at 18 and promoting teen sex. i wasnt talkin bout the drinking.

[TexasTeaJay]

eight-TEEN!! really eight-TEEN is not a TEENager?! yes at 18 you are an adult but you're still a teen.

[Squeekycheese12]

I agree with you TexasTeaJay. If you are 18 years of age, you ARE still a teenager.

And thwhrdcrechmp, I looked back, you said nothing about her having a kid at 18 and promoting sex. Youre a liar and who cares really, this video didnt have anything to do with anything sexual. It was about a picture you loser.

[Sojaofdapepo]

sounds like a "christian"(judge'mental cunts) college

[elmagnificodep]

The Drunken Pirate!!! AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!!

[Squeekycheese12]

lol, thats funny!!

[jaredismyidol]

lol this is fucked up and so retarded

[hiphopisntacrime]

that's not entirely unreasonable to be upset since she is teaching kids and she has it on myspace... but to take her degree away is pretty retarded

[fnsp90]

Who cares who she teaches a teachers personal life is there own they can do whatever they want with it. I had a teacher get bitched at by a students parents because the student ran into him drinking at a fair. What the hell

[BABYVFORLIFE]

the law is fucking gay

[xblondie008]

HOLY CRAP?!?

[rjljr2]

WTF? How can the judge not immediately issue a summary judgment in favor of this woman?

[aquamerfish]

Mr.Goodbar FTL

[nerdelicious5]

what the hell?! she wasn't underage!

[nativeops]

just another sign of the times. the constitution is practically gone

[WhiteSoxrock35]

YOU CAN THANK GEORGE W. BUSH.

[fnsp90]

Yeah right dumbass.