Moms Talk: Was Blogging Teacher Telling It Like It Is or Was She Out of Line?

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NPR, CBS, ABC's Good Morning America featured stories on the Pennsylvania teacher Natalie Munroe, who was suspended by her school district and may lose her job after statements she made in her personal blog.

According to CBS News, the high school teacher described students as "rude, disengaged, lazy whiners. They curse, discuss drugs, talk back, argue for grades, complain about everything, fancy themselves entitled to whatever they desire, and are just generally annoying."

In another entry, according to Good Morning America, she said she would like to have flexibility in her student evaluations, adding "rat-like," "dresses like a streetwalker," and "frightfully dim" to the evaluation lexicon.

On Good Morning America, Munroe said that her blog was meant for her family and friends and not for the general public, she never identified any particular student and that her blog posts about school, which made up less than 20 percent of all of her posts, were taken out of context. (Unfortunately, I can't embed the video, but GMA has an interview with her.)

 What do you think? Was Munroe out of line? Does she have a point? Is it appropriate to punish her for her opinions? And how would you feel if you knew that your child's teacher felt this way about his or her students?

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