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So, by extension then, we shouldn't allow the review of products on the internet. I mean, a hardworking corporation that employs hundreds of people shouldn't have to deal with "some anonymous rating site telling people random things about them". In fact, we shouldn't ever ask each other for advice about anything, because, "you do not get anything but a false impression of the [thing] being rated."

Seriously, teachers provide a SERVICE. They're just like consultants or auto mechanics. Sure, they're people and they get paid crap, but the fact of the matter is, by paying taxes or by paying tuition I am paying for this service. I have a right then, to review the service being provided by the teachers. Just because they're in a thankless job doesn't mean they shouldn't be subject to review or criticism.

Now, you can argue that early teens usually don't pay taxes (except sales tax, which still contributes), and often, that's true. And in those cases, it seems irrelevant for a rating system anyway, unless the parents do the rating. That I will agree with. But for High School, enough students are working and paying taxes that they should have a right to review their professor.
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Teachers do not want their poor performance's  mrlinux | 03/03/08
Kids tell others ...  Prosthetic_Lips | 03/04/08
Actually, one could conclude that  Boot_Agnostic | 03/03/08
Why don't you also have...  zkiwi | 03/03/08
Well then how do you weed out teachers...  mrlinux | 03/03/08
What qualifies student to judge?  DarbyOhara | 03/04/08
Students are well-qualified to judge teachers  kckn4fun | 03/04/08
Don't be abusrd  athlon | 03/03/08
Ahhh free speech  tom.toughill@... | 03/04/08
Free Speech  voska1 | 03/04/08
Product Reviews  p0figster | 03/04/08
I agree mostly  Boot_Agnostic | 03/05/08
RE: French court says site cannot grade teachers  bruce.greiner@... | 03/03/08
Please,  jbobby_2000@... | 03/03/08
A potentially rude american happy  batch | 03/04/08
You are not rude!!  jbobby_2000@... | 03/05/08
This court ruling is rude.  TheSimulacra | 03/04/08
RE: French court says site cannot grade teachers  kguzzi@... | 03/03/08
Well I do not know where you went to school...  mrlinux | 03/03/08
Who put the evaluation  magallanes | 03/03/08
There's a solution: no grades at all!!  vic_peacock | 03/04/08
RE: French court says site cannot grade teachers  LordLiverpool | 03/04/08
Same with bad physicians  Boot_Agnostic | 03/04/08
For those who say it defames  Boot_Agnostic | 03/04/08
What is life?  roberto_maietta@... | 03/04/08
Host it in America  bweir13 | 03/04/08
French Court was ethically in the wrong  Dr_Zinj | 03/04/08
Simple Answer  dsides@... | 03/04/08
RE: French court says site cannot grade teachers  yid_witch@... | 03/04/08
RE: French court says site cannot grade teachers  TheSimulacra | 03/04/08
RE: French court says site cannot grade teachers  fleshban@... | 03/04/08
RE: French court says site cannot grade teachers  ali.thinks@... | 03/04/08
RE: French court says site cannot grade teachers  jbobby_2000@... | 03/05/08
Again, the system can be constructed  Boot_Agnostic | 03/05/08
I support ratemyteachers.com  John Musbach | 03/08/08

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