A German court has ruled that pupils can rate their teachers online, rejecting a bid by one instructor to shut down a Web site that gave her a low grade. The judges said that freedom of expression was more important, a sentiment that German commentators largely agree with. The Internet has long been the first place that holidaymakers turn when looking for a clean and comfortable hotel, or where diners search for a restaurant with tasty food and pleasant service. There are a host of rating sites that can provide them with other consumers' evaluations to help them make their choice. A court has ruled in favor of the Internet site spickmich.de which allows pupils to rate their teachers. Now, however, the online judgement game is being applied to education, with German pupils using the anonymity of the Internet to rate their teachers. And some of those educators are far from amused about being graded by their own pupils on competence or coolness. On Tuesday, though, a German a teacher who objected to the low marks she received lost her battle against one such Web site. The Federal Court of Justice supported a lower court ruling which struck down her bid to have the site, called spickmich.de, shut down.
A German court has ruled that pupils can rate their teachers online, rejecting a bid by one instructor to shut down a Web site that gave her a low grade. The judges said that freedom of expression was more important, a sentiment that German commentators largely agree with.
The Internet has long been the first place that holidaymakers turn when looking for a clean and comfortable hotel, or where diners search for a restaurant with tasty food and pleasant service. There are a host of rating sites that can provide them with other consumers' evaluations to help them make their choice.
A court has ruled in favor of the Internet site spickmich.de which allows pupils to rate their teachers. Now, however, the online judgement game is being applied to education, with German pupils using the anonymity of the Internet to rate their teachers. And some of those educators are far from amused about being graded by their own pupils on competence or coolness.
On Tuesday, though, a German a teacher who objected to the low marks she received lost her battle against one such Web site. The Federal Court of Justice supported a lower court ruling which struck down her bid to have the site, called spickmich.de, shut down.
No. of Ratings: 13 Average Easiness: 2.2 Average Helpfulness: 2.6 Average Clarity: 2.2 Hotness Total: 0 Overall Quality: 2.4
The comments are also similar to the ones I got in my reports - only those who hate you or love you bother to comment.
Interestingly they have added a Professor add your rebuttal here link. They might as well call it professor take the flamebait here. A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds; a man of deeds and not of words is like a garden full of turds — Anonymous
