Jersey*Girl
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I have to wonder.....if one pays for attendance at a seminar. How can they be required to not discuss anything about a seminar. I can see if their attendance is sponsored or is part of another program, but if you pay for it...do you not have the right to discuss your opionions of that event?
This is why I was asking if it was also publicly funded, even somewhat. The rules could change, if so.
...meaning, if she's a teacher, how is this ethical...how can it even be legal (the things she's stating in the seminar). If she's a teacher, still, or even contracted to speak at the university, then that in itself is partially funded. Ok, follow me for a sec... If a preschool teacher, elementary school teacher or principal - or any other educator - had compromising pictures on their MySpace page showing bottled beer in their hands or them partying over a summer break, they could be fired...matter of fact, have been fired in previous months over this. If a student athlete gets drunk (underage) at a party & is taken to the police station but let go with a warning when his parents pick him up and he tells his athletic director in hs the next day b/c he's honest - this boy was pulled off the football team and LOST his scholarship! This just happened in my town - I know his parents. The kid wasn't even arrested, just detained, and it could have ruined his future over a minor indiscretion. Our local BOE held an emergency meeting & voted that it tainted the reputation of this young man, as well as the HS. Luckily somebody else pulled him in & he's now going to go to college in NC, instead of VA. Ok, well if these people have to pay a penalty for doing something that may seem unethical, why wouldn't this professional attorney be held to the same reprimand? Especially if she's still employed somewhat by a college or university? Hmmm...I wonder if such a university receives some sort of federal or state funding...I should think it would! As citizens, it's something we should all be looking into!