“I used to be friends with a middle school teacher who was constantly sharing stuff about her students — photos, full names, things they told her in confidence, everything. This might seem mild except that she was sharing private information and images of minors who were not her kids without their knowledge/consent OR their parents' knowledge.

I finally lost my interest in maintaining that friendship when she posted a story about how a student had approached her in private and come out to her as transgender — in which she used the student's name. AND one of her other friends responded to that post by saying she should write a book about her experiences teaching.

No no no no no.”

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