http://www.ratemyteachers.ie/

davej · 10-03-2005 11:16AM #1

Heard about this site on the news last night:

http://www.ratemyteachers.ie/

It seems the tables are being turned on the teachers who are receiving unofficial report cards from their students and parents!

Is this sort of thing a good idea? Or is just an easy way for pupils to hurl abuse at teachers they don't like?

davej

I am MAN · 10-03-2005 11:17AM

Yeah I seen this yesterday and didnt have much of an opinion towards it!

Chalk · 10-03-2005 11:21AM

looks like a lawsuit waiting to happen,

either that or clever teachers have set this up to figure out which students are the troublemakers....

Kernel · 10-03-2005 11:23AM

I'd say it will be used more by irate students who failed exams or got punishment etc... And as such, the ratings cant be trusted.. it's far more likely that the people who go on to rate will be doing so to vent against bad teachers, rather than praising good teachers or rating average ones.

Also, schools which are more net/computer savvy will be more likely to be represented, giving an unequal skew. Cannot work tbh.

The Bollox · 10-03-2005 11:24AM

LMAO! this is too much fun

RicardoSmith · 10-03-2005 11:24AM

I'm waiting for "Rate My Student - the ungrateful brats" site myself

D!ve^Bomb! · 10-03-2005 11:26AM

cool!! some of my old teachers are on that!!

mr_angry · 10-03-2005 11:27AM

I'm waiting for the hotornot-teacher site personally.

Robbo · 10-03-2005 11:32AM

mr_angry wrote:

I'm waiting for the hotornot-teacher site personally.

That's exactly what I thought when I saw the topic.

The horror, the horror.

davej · 10-03-2005 11:32AM

Well at the moment it just looks like they're starting off in ireland. This is an american company that has a nice ratemyteacher template that they can export to different locales.

They seem to be hiding behind some waffle about being a great service to the community:

"In the public discourse on improving education, we believe the most important voices are often ignored. For the first time in the history of public schools, the student is being heard, and parents can share their experiences in an open forum."

Still if it gets a debate going it might prove some use.

davej

Chinafoot · 10-03-2005 11:38AM

Its unfortunate that theres no way in hell this will be taken seriously and im sure every attempt will be made by the teachers unions to shut it down.

There are so many bad or underqualified teachers in the non-fee paying schools in this country and yet nothing will be, or ever really has been, done about it.

shane0312 · 10-03-2005 12:42PM

I think its a step in the right direction so long as it's used responsibly because finally we're giving the people who are most affected, the students a voice. This is important because in the past any student who has tried to legitimately complain about a teacher is dismissed patronisingly by the management saying that they are not mature enough to know what constitutes good teaching and that they should stop complaining and leave it up the adults with superior intellects.

jezza · 10-03-2005 12:43PM

this is the business hahaha

Burago · 10-03-2005 02:31PM

peachypants wrote:

There are so many bad or underqualified teachers in the non-fee paying schools in this country

They're in the fee paying schools too! I had some bizzare teachers.

Mr.Nice Guy · 10-03-2005 02:37PM

Best laugh I've had in ages.

Neuro · 10-03-2005 03:01PM

davej wrote:

Or is just an easy way for pupils to hurl abuse at teachers they don't like?

I checked out my old school and all of the ratings were positive.

As for the teachers, they're probably s**ting themselves. They've always been opposed to any sort scrutiny. The unions will complain that it's not fair or that it violates privacy but what they're really nervous about is the public finding out that some of their number should not be allowed to teach animals let alone children...

OFDM · 10-03-2005 03:18PM

My school already has a Mr Brown, Mr Black, Mr, White, Mr Orange, Mr Pink, Mr Grey etc - it's a crock tbh...

Panda · 10-03-2005 03:47PM

so far unfortunate unoccuring typo, <snip>

my old secondary school is there aswell!
Gort Community School.

some comments up, the one about the principal isnt fair tho, he was ok.

there is however a good smathering of ****e teachers there tho.

Piste · 10-03-2005 05:58PM

There appear to be two users for my school but no teachers up......thats all changed now.....

*Page* · 10-03-2005 06:06PM

why can you only be a parent or student what about past pupils

abccormac · 10-03-2005 06:08PM

The thing that I find most disturbing, is that they link to a site with software to get around software that controls web access. Not a good idea IMO, it could leave schools open to all sorts of allegations if school computers end up full of porn.

segadreamcast · 10-03-2005 07:19PM

Acting as a moderator for my school after receiving a letter from the guys there. Seems like a logical idea if other moderators do their job properly.

Hopefully it'll unleash some of the power which the ASTI unfairly yields over schools at the moment - using themselves as a shield to protect inadequate teachers who are guaranteed employment.

JBoyle4eva · 10-03-2005 07:39PM

I@m pondering wether or not I should put myself down for mod for my school? Should I guys?

lomb · 10-03-2005 07:43PM

JBoyle4eva wrote:

I@m pondering wether or not I should put myself down for mod for my school? Should I guys?

ive become a mod for the school my mum works in so can delete any 'unhelpful' comments for her

Draupnir · 10-03-2005 07:44PM

its a joke, or at least its being used as one. my old school has ratings for 5 ex teachers, 2 of whom are dead. plus, half the teachers in their for my old school are in it under the nicknames given to them by students.

its a sham. a funny one though!

Hobbes · 10-03-2005 07:51PM

I was tempted to put in a "St Boards" school and see how many teachers we can get in as names here before they cop on.

It is a stupid system as if a teacher was really that worried, they could just spam their name into the system. From what I gather though its already being banned from schools.

shane0312 · 10-03-2005 08:48PM

My only one concern about the website is whether or not the comments can be considered libellous or is it grand because its based abroad in america?

simu · 10-03-2005 09:01PM

Hobbes wrote:

I was tempted to put in a "St Boards" school and see how many teachers we can get in as names here before they cop on.

Hee hee! What fun! The mods would be the teachers?!

Slunk · 10-03-2005 09:09PM

Thats a nice find, just looked up my old school and all the teachers are still there, ratings are pretty accurate too I must say.

Piste · 10-03-2005 11:02PM

I applied to be a mod for my school. In fairness most of the teachers are good at their jobs. My school is very selective about their staff. One or two evil ones though.....

Matthewthebig · 10-03-2005 11:04PM

Thats why you got the guy who was fired from Collaiste Iosagan for **** in class!

http://www.ratemyteachers.ie/

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