A bunch of eighth graders in a “wealthy Philadelphia suburb” recently targeted teachers with an extreme online harassment campaign that The New York Times reported was “the first known group TikTok attack of its kind by middle schoolers on their teachers in the United States.”
According to The Times, the Great Valley Middle School students created at least 22 fake accounts impersonating about 20 teachers in offensive ways. The fake accounts portrayed long-time, dedicated teachers sharing “pedophilia innuendo, racist memes,” and homophobic posts, as well as posts fabricating “sexual hookups among teachers.”
I decided against teaching 2 decades ago and reading this vindicates that decision.
I speak that really from experience. My Reddit account (which I abandoned) is roughly 17 now. Was on other platforms prior.
You can usually tell when you’ve got a teen when they become libertarian and angry about why anyone should care about something edgy being done. The whole “it was just a prank, bro” mindset.
Maybe we misunderstood each other. I meant the children should not be on the internet.
If they are going to do hurtful crap like that they should not be allowed to have smart phones.