Can I ask your sources for the following information?

"Julie Amero logged in to look at her AOL mail and, about six minutes later, either she or one of the students visited various websites about hair products or hair styles. Now one can reasonably ask why Julie was checking e-mail, or for that matter surfing the web while she was supposed to be teaching"

Who testified that she was surfing? And though one can reasonably ask, one shoulsd have a factual basis for the claim. No?

"In fact, she spent most of the day logged on to the Internet ? not just logged on, but actively surfing"

Again. What is the basis for this claim? Are you suggesting that during her break while soliciting help from 3 teachers and a sub that she was surfing? Why would she be desperately seeking help to stop the activity in that case? A sinister ruse?

"And why were her students allowed to be surfing Internet websites about hair styles? " How do you know they were her students?

"In fact, Julie Amero had been reprimanded for not paying enough attention to the students and instead just web browsing while in class."

So you're saying that someone in authority came, saw the porn pop-ups and told her to pay more attention to the students? Odd, no? Or was this during the next two days when the school administrators were setting her up?

"The substitute teacher said that she immediately stepped in and shielded the children from the images, pushing them away or physically blocking them from seeing the images. As she tried to close the pop-ups down, new ones would pop-up. She walked down the hall to get the assistance of another faculty member, who advised her that there was nothing that could be done. Meanwhile, of course, the hard-core porn was popping up on the computer for all the seventh graders to see. "

Really. A screen situated in the corner of the room facing an outside window is visible to the class? Were they standing outside? Was class in session when she walked out?

"and the log data indicates that Amero had continued to use the computer for the rest of the day ? browsing lots of other sites, unrelated to porn. Oh yeah, and unrelated to her work as a substitute teacher. In fact, it appears that Julie continued to browse the web all day ? even after the pop-up incident."

Is that right. And you know this because somebody watched her over her shoulder? Maybe it was the help that never came? Or the teachers who didn't raise a finger? Or the vice-principal who found it so significant he never bothered to check?

This information has veracity because... [please fill in the blank].



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