Mail from a music teacher...or maybe P.E.

[Morbid]

I gave this person a chance to respond, but they have not contacted us after my last comment. I was truly curious as to her viewpoint. Here is the initial email:

Why do you allow the blantant use of profanity on this site? I am a teacher at the middle school. Students may read your site. Surely you can censor the comments.

You guys probably can guess, but we get a lot of emails and such. Most of it is normal stuff, but some of it is dumb, or dumber, than this question. I get aggravated at people asking me questions that are answered already in the About section of the site. But I was being nice and simply responded:

We are an uncensoreded blog. Keeping students from reading our site is your responsibility. Not ours. It's part of what you get paid for, right?

This person did not like that short answer and assumed that I was being nasty:

First of all, I wasn't referring to when they are at school because we block certain sites. I was just speaking of children period. You really didn't have to get nasty with me, I just wanted to know. If you had simply stated that it was uncensored, that would have been
fine.

Remember, a kind response is always well received.

I always try to teach my students that you can either work to make someone's day better or worst.

Have a Nice Day,

Which was ironic as she teaches her kids that they have choice in how they can effect someone's day, but then decides to hassle me with dumbassery. Which led to my reply in which I explain my tone and viewpoint on children on my site:

First of all, why would I have to tell you that we are an uncensored blog, when you were the one asking me why we don't censor the comments? Was that not a big clue that we were uncensored?

Even so, my comment wasn't meant to be nasty, it was meant to be matter-of-fact. I usually reserve that tone for the countless emails I get from people who ask us questions without simply clicking the big ABOUT link at the top of the page that contained the answer.

But my reply still stands. It is not our job to censor ourselves for children. That is the parents job. As a responsible parent, I make steps to ensure my children do not visit sites like mine, I assume other parents do as well. If they are not taking an active interest in their children's on-line activities, that's really not my problem.

Also, I eat passive aggressive for lunch. Yours was was quite tasty.

I am hoping that there is a possibility that this music or p.e. teacher was able to come away from this exchange with a little more common sense and that it will help her in molding her students into more productive members of society.

NEXT!

 

[Lavonna]

I gave this person a chance to respond, but they have not contacted us after my last comment. I was truly curious as to her viewpoint. Here is the initial email:



You guys probably can guess, but we get a lot of emails and such. Most of it is normal stuff, but some of it is dumb, or dumber, than this question. I get aggravated at people asking me questions that are answered already in the About section of the site. But I was being nice and simply responded:


This person did not like that short answer and assumed that I was being nasty:



Which was ironic as she teaches her kids that they have choice in how they can effect someone's day, but then decides to hassle me with dumbassery. Which led to my reply in which I explain my tone and viewpoint on children on my site:



I am hoping that there is a possibility that this music or p.e. teacher was able to come away from this exchange with a little more common sense and that it will help her in molding her students into more productive members of society.

NEXT!

:five: LOL Some people are just stupid

 

[Wicked Doll]

I always try to teach my students that you can either work to make someone's day better or worst.

A teacher you say? Uh yeah, the proper word there would have been worse. What an idiot.

 

[Dakota]

Yeah... because you really want the site to became a mecca for middle schoolers. It's bad enough some around here act like them at times without really being them. All the cussing on the site makes my day better. Good work, Morbid (and everyone).

 

[Peeperann]

Ah Morbid, it's just that if someone doesn't know you, and your penchant for short to the point answers or comments, it may seem rude them! But she's grown for Gods sake, did she really expect hearts and flowers from a site called DreaminDemon?

 

[sanityslipping]

I wonder if she's taking the time to email every site she deems inappropriate for the children? That'd be one time consuming hobby.

 

[seductress]

I allow my children to view certain parts of this site. I will navigate the site for them and take them to what I want them to see.

As for middle school age children, I have heard the mouths of some of these children and they can cuss like no other.

 

[thatsmallgrl]

I was wondering when you were going to put that up when you posted on facebook that you got a letter from a teacher. I'm so glad you did, that was great. You're replies are always a hoot.

 

[Morbid]

A teacher you say? Uh yeah, the proper word there would have been worse. What an idiot.

One of the other reasons why I assumed she was a music teacher. Or P.E. But I guess she could have actually been an English teacher at some public school system somewhere.

 

[brokenandtwisted]

Oh, gosh...I hope her school kids aren't reading the DD, I'll have to tone things down. And profanity? We have a Whitechapel section...

 

[Stella]

I just love passive aggressive. Works every time. This teacher is reading your site and, well, that about says it all. All things considered, I thought your first reply was enough, but the second was priceless. I'll be she teaches shop class.

{S}:bebored:

 

[Morticia]

I wonder if he is contacting porn sites:

"simmer down on the crotch action"

think of all the children!