social networking

1. I found a lot of hits for my name in google advanced search. I found my father’s face book site, http://www.facebook.com/eturkeydurst. I found my LinkedIn profile at http://www.linkedin.com/pub/everett-durst/a/877/429, and I found a number of articles about the second time I was shot. The article has the official version of the story, which is easily proven false by a look at the bullet wound. Here’s one site that shows the story: http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2006_11_01_archive.html. As the story implies, the DA chose to use the psycho’s story and declined to prosecute. I also found a post I made to a question about quads. Here’s the link: http://forums.powersportsnetwork.com/Topic127840-525-1.aspx#bm132117.

2. I don’t have anything I can change, but I wish the story was a little more accurate, and of course I wish it hadn’t happened.

3. I think teachers should be held to reasonable standards of conduct, but I think politicians should have the same requirements. If the mayor of Portland can keep his job after fondling a 17-year-old, a teacher that loses their job for personal conduct is being treated unfairly. I don’t think a teacher should have their free speech limited or held against them, unless it demonstrates an unsafe attitude toward students. For instance, if a teacher has a blog where they express the idea that non-white students shouldn’t be allowed in school, they are demonstrating an unsafe attitude toward potential students. If a teacher is publishing personal information about students, which may embarrass or endanger the child, they need to be stopped.

4. The most interesting thing I read in the article was about dealing with trolls. I hadn’t thought of ignoring them, but I think that’s exactly what to do. I also found the practical rules to be helpful.

5. I’m definitely going to keep in mind the idea that students, parents, and administrators are going to read anything I post on the internet. I don’t plan to post anything controversial.