Would-be Teacher Denied Degree Over Picture

Would-be Teacher Denied Degree Picture - Sciences, Education, Art, Writing, UFO - Posted: 29th Apr, 2007 - 5:52pm

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29th Apr, 2007 - 12:22am / Post ID: #

Would-be Teacher Denied Degree Over Picture

Do you think she has reasons to sue the University? What is your position?

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MILLERSVILLE, Pa. -  A woman denied a teaching degree on the eve of graduation because of a MySpace photo has sued the university.

Millersville University instead granted Stacy Snyder a degree in English last year after learning of the Web-published picture of her, which bore the caption "Drunken Pirate."

Snyder received "superior" or "competent" ratings on her final student-teacher evaluation in all areas except "professionalism," in which she was labeled "unsatisfactory," according to the suit filed Wednesday.

"I dreamed about being a teacher for a long time," said Snyder, 27, of Strasburg, who has two young sons. She now works as a nanny.

The photo, taken at a 2005 Halloween party, shows Snyder wearing a pirate hat while drinking from a plastic "Mr. Goodbar" cup. It was posted on her own MySpace site.

"There were errors in judgment that relate to Pennsylvania's Code of Professional Practice and Conduct for Educators," wrote professor J. Barry Girvin, who supervised Snyder's work, according to the suit...


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Post Date: 29th Apr, 2007 - 5:52pm / Post ID: #

Would-be Teacher Denied Degree Over Picture
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Even if the college she wanted to teach in was "dry" so long as she wasn't breaking any laws by drinking from that cup then she should have been treated as innocent.

It just goes to show doesn't it how incorrect labeling can cost a fortune.

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