When RMT refused to remove the comments without a police report, I began contacting the Vice-Presidents of marketing for the advertisers on the site. I used the opinions of my friends. In all respects to the writer of the post asking for a site on rate my students. RMT would have some validity if the majority of students rated their teachers, not just 2 or 3 kids a year (which skews the rating either way), and RMT actually monitored the site to make sure postings were appropriate (ie: not vulgar).
Many are from parents. No wonder there are sites like rate my teacher.
Thank you for submitting your note. Putting this tool in the hands of vulnerable and sometimes misguided Middle School students is a danger. ARE YOU DUMB?
They are rude and disrespectful, they want to talk instead of listen. Sometimes, they do not know what a good teacher is. "At the same time teachers are teachers. First off, I’ve had teachers who probably didn’t really care about teaching and only came in everyday because it was their job and absolutely brilliant, dedicated and wonderful teachers who I now visit sometimes on my days off.
Suicides are on the rise for teachers. Does homework? I contacted google , since it is the only search engine that lists RMT with my name, to see how I could get this removed. Those parents hear their child's complaints and take it as an objective assessment without checking the information with the only other adult in the mix - the Teacher. Sometimes comments are just hurtful. teenagers are weird. While some teachers are lazy, ineffective, etc to varying degrees, good teachers are vital to a civilised society. Sure, kids can often be immature but there is a flag button and RMT WILL take down inappropriate reviews if you flag them and they are truly inappropriate. Now there's nothing I can do to get rid of them. If you're not overly sensitive, you can read over the comments and decide if you want some HONEST feedback that your peers will never dare give you.As I look through some teachers, and see the some comments for years, I have to wonder why the teacher and their supervisor has not addressed that problem yet . Right now I say keep the site. I have received several personal notes from students telling me how much I have positively impacted their life as a teacher.
I think rate my teacher is a good site and just maybe all you teachers out their will learn something by it. I don't believe that our Constitution was ever intended to protect online bullies. NOT ALL ARE Capable OF.I happen to feel the radical bad raps , bad language, no respect reports are to be dismissed and get the body of the rating. I just saw a comment about me on RMF where the kid had dropped the class only a week into the semester and he/she essentially called me a charlatan. And when the tipping point is reached and enough talented educators have either left or young aspiring professionals have avoided teaching, the schools may be staffed by mindless goons, like the blogger on this site who hates teachers and remains nameless. Great idea and one that the colleges use. However, in some cases, all it takes is a misconstrued comment or a sudden onslaught on homework to turn a 13 year old into a vicious RMT evaluator. Hope someone else can help. If they even ask him a question, they will get a one hour detention which includes reading a short story and writing about it.