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考研阅读精选：在教师言论自由的时代 2011年09月08日10:57　 来源：新东方在线 【发表评论】 摘要：《新东方考研英语历年真题详解及复习指南》同源泛读，新东方名师精选，每日一篇好文章，能有效帮助考研的同学培养语感，建立良好的英语阅读环境，有助于考研英语阅读成绩的提高。 『曾经，在课下吸烟、跳舞、不去教堂会让教师丢掉工作；如今，他们会因为在脸谱上发表的言论而被停职，甚至辞退。』　　When Teachers Talk Out of School　　在教师言论自由的时代　　June 3rd 2011 | from The New York Times　　IN 1927, a schoolteacher in Secaucus, N.J., named Helen Clark lost her teaching license. The reason? Somebody had seen her smoking cigarettes after school hours. In communities across the United States, that was a ground for dismissal. So was card-playing, dancing and failure to attend church. Even after Prohibition ended, teachers could be dismissed for drinking or frequenting a place where liquor was served. 　　　　Today, teachers can be suspended, and even fired, for what they write on Facebook. 　Just ask Christine Rubino, the New York City math teacher who may soon be dismissed for posting angry messages about her students. Last June, just before summer vacation began, a Harlem schoolgirl drowned during a field trip to a beach. Ms. Rubino had nothing to do with that incident, but the following afternoon, she typed a quick note on Facebook about a particularly rowdy group of Brooklyn fifth graders in her charge. 　　“After today, I’m thinking the beach is a good trip for my class,” she wrote. “I hate their guts.” 　　　　One of Ms. Rubino’s Facebook friends then asked, “Wouldn’t you throw a life jacket to little Kwami?” 　　　　“No, I wouldn’t for a million dollars,” Ms. Rubino replied. She was pulled from the classroom in February and faced termination hearings; the case is now with an arbitrator. 　　Ms. Rubino’s online outburst was only the latest example of its kind. In April, a first-grade teacher in Paterson, N.J., was suspended for writing on her Facebook page that she felt like a “warden” overseeing “future criminals.”　　　　Such teachers have become minor Internet celebrities, lauded by their fans for exposing students’ insolent manners and desultory work habits. Their back