A school teacher by the name of Lekeshia Jones was fired in Georgia, after some of her students hacked into her phone and posted her nude selfies online. Not only did they post her selfies online, they also shared the pics with their friends. Of course, all of this was done without Jones’ permission and as a result, she lost her teaching job.
Many people, such as myself, were outraged that the school officials didn’t punish the students for their wrongdoing of hacking into Jones’ phone and sharing her personal pics without her permission. Instead, the school officials blamed the whole incident on her by saying that she was “negligent” with property. However, the question that stems from my mind is that, ‘How was she being negligent if, according her, the phone was put away INSIDE of her desk?’ Allegedly, that’s where the students found the phone. Furthermore, her phone was password protected but the students hacked into it.
Oh, but the tee-hee-hee is that allegedly, Jones’ knew about the incident about a month ago after someone informed her that her racy photos were loaded online. However, Jones’ didn’t report it. According to the news, she tried to handle the situation herself by tracking down the students and confronting them about the matter.
America, what do YOU think about this matter? Do you think that the school board was fair in terminating Lekeshia Jones? Honestly, I don’t believe that Ms. Jones should’ve gotten fired for the simple fact that her phone is HER property and if she wanted to take naked pictures of herself, it’s her life and that’s her business. She’s an adult whereas the students are not. In fact, the students should’ve been the ones to get reprimanded for not only stealing someone else’s property but also hacking into their private information.
At the present moment, Jones is pressing charges against the students and suing the school board for what happened to her. However, I don’t think that the lawsuit will be as easy to win as she might think. Why? Well, although the students were completely wrong for their actions, I’m sure that any judge and/or attorney will point out that Jones was the one that chose not to report the incident when it first happened.
She chose to handle it herself, not realizing that the school board would still find out about it. Had she reported it immediately, she probably would’ve still had her job at Myers Elementary school. Even if the school chose not to punish the students involved, at least she would’ve had something on paper that showed that she did go to the proper authorities to get the manner handled. In this day and age, when there’s no paper trail or camera footage, you will have a hard time winning a case.
Although I’m not a teacher, I do know that you have to handle students with care and only trust them to a very limited degree because unfortunately, the school board will mainly support the actions of the students versus the actions of the teachers. They will mainly protect the students, leaving teachers defenseless. This situation is rather sad because as hard as it is to find AND keep a job, this teacher has to now regroup and try to put this matter behind her as much as possible.
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