DJ, that's how I'm feeling about her. More like,"Lady, this co-op is going to eat you alive."

It also doesn't help that she has the same name as one of our worst co-op people ever, so I was already holding her name against her.

They died because they are too stupid to breathe.

OMG yes. Like the substitute teacher in Connecticut whose computer was infected by malware, and instead of turning off the computer, let it run all day, showing porn popups to the kids. She was convicted and could get a sentence of 40 years, although frankly I think losing her job and being mocked internationally should be punishment enough.

I recognize a few more of the BNFs in that ranty post, but really, you can't shame people into reading unfamiliar writers. Fandom doesn't work that way. It's my happy zone and I'm happiest when I read things I trust won't turn into happy fun incest or bad grammar infested with poor spelling.

t sits in the corner of MNFs with Nutty, Shrift, and Plei

'Suela, what makes me so angry about that case, though, is that that teacher wasn't even the one who infected the computer with spy/adware. An expert later determined it had been there for weeks before she covered that class--either one of the students or the regular teacher must have clicked on the wrong thing--and she tried to keep the kids away from it since she had been explicitely told not to turn the computer off.

Read the article here.

It makes me so angry, I could cry.

ETA: Here's a link to the NPR story, which was really good: [link]

I wonder what the ranter would think of the fact that I don't read fanfic.

I'm probably the evillist of EVOLHATERS.

I've read some really well written stuff, but...not my thing.

Why didn't she just turn off the monitor and send a kid to the principal asking him to come to the classroom so that he could deal with it?

If there was a reason she couldn't turn off the monitor - I've known kids at the library that get into places - and if they don't turn off the monitor they hang paper in fron tof the monitor.

NowI'm going to read the story and see if I still make sense.

The NPR story says that she called the office repeatedly, and no one helped her. In terms of the monitor, it appears that she honestly had no idea how to turn off the monitor without turning off the computer. Sadly, that doesn't surprise me--most of the subs I worked with didn't have much experience with computers. Personally, I think that the school should be held responsible for not having a friggin' firewall in place, and I think the regular teacher should have known better than to leave the computer on in the first place. Don't get me wrong--the woman was unprepared and didn't handle the situation as well as she should have, but there is no way she should be made the scapegoat and sent to prison for 40 years, IMO.

(Beth, if you have time to listen to the NPR story, it's much clearer and more detailed than the blog I linked to first.)

Remember a couple of days ago when somebody (Sue?) was all excited about the Accidental Husband - that movie with Colin Firth, Sam Shepherd and Jeffrey Dean Morgan? I kept waiting for you guys to point out the best thing -- but you didn't!

JDM plays a fireman in the movie.

I just read the story

1) she had a really bad lawyer.

2) yes, there are pop ups that you don't have to click on

3) the school let the filter software expire???

4) I don't know a lot of teachers that have had any real training on computers.

5)I still say she should have covered the monitor

But 40 years - that's just stupid. and if she did call for help and got none, there are bigger problems at the school and she is the scapegoat.

3) the school let the filter software expire???

By a couple of years, apparently -- which as I understand it means the school system is out of compliance with all kinds of child protection laws, and makes me think that, while she may not be the brightest of bulbs, she's getting the shaft in the system's place.