What does google say about me?

Well Google doesn't say much about me. When I searched myself on Google and Pipl I didn't find much. What I did find was my old Myspace page. I haven't logged on to that site in months. I used Myspace about 7 years ago and all the information and pictures are older. I am not very interested in having all of that viewed. We were much younger then and posted things that I don't want others to view. I deleted that page. I found some old information from an old job. I used Linked In while I was working at a professional staffing service.

The things that I found that were most interesting were not even from me. There is a poet who likes to write teenage angst poetry. I will provide a link to one of her poems. There really isn't any information to say that this isn't me, unless you know my birthdate. I suppose that someone could look at the link and think that I possibly wrote it at some point in my life. Here is the link, you tell me if it is negative http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-lame-poet-and-the-narcissistic-girl/

I usually keep most of my social networking private. I only allow people that I know and my friends view my page. Most of the people that I am friends with wouldn't post compromising pictures of myself on the internet, thankfully. Now that I am writing this I feel as if I am challenging someone to find the worst possible and most corupt picture and put it on the internet.... we shall see.

It's hard to say whether teachers should be held to community standards and if there speech should be held against them. I suppose it depends upon what you say. If you are using racial slurs, or inappropriate language in a public venue with community members around you, then yes I do believe you should be held to those standards. Being professional when you are in public is important regardless if you are a teacher. Now on the other hand if you are at a friends house socializing and letting loose and you say these things, then no I don't believe you should be held to those standards. Your private and public life can be very different, I do think however if you have friends or family members who would jeopardize your career by posting something unbecoming of you on the internet then there should be certain measures in place to protect you. That is why all of your social networking sites should be private and not shared with people who you don't know or aren't friends with.

I think that the only way to truly protect myself is by limiting the amount of pictures taken of me in certain situations, making and keeping everything private and speaking with my friends and family personally about what implications I could face if they were to post something without my permission or if they knew that it could jeopardize my career.