We Have To Talk About Teacher Influencers

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#teachertok #overconsumption #teachers Teacher influencers are on the rise with the hashtag "#Teachertok" racking up millions of views across TikTok where you can find countless teachers recording day in the life videos from their classrooms. These teachers are filming themselves during lesson plans, dancing with their students, showing off their OOTDs and so much more. There's been a slew of viral controversies on TeacherTok like a teacher posting his students braiding his hair, another who goes by the name of “Teacher Bae” showing off her tight-fitted outfits that she wears to school that are more suitable for the club and teachers just being all around reckless by showing their student’s names and faces. Let’s discuss why I feel like this is an invasion of the student’s privacy and is impeding on them having a normal school experience. Sources + Further Reading Maryland Teacher Under Investigation After Viral TikTok of Students Taking Out His Braids https://people.com/teacher-under-investigation-after-tiktok-of-students-taking-out-his-braids-8650638 A teacher was fired after posting TikToks joking that he lied to students and farted in class https://www.businessinsider.com/teacher-fired-tiktoks-school-archaic-policy-2023-10 TeacherTok ‘Temu hauls’ a trend that requires vigilance: researcher https://educationhq.com/news/teachertok-temu-hauls-a-trend-that-requires-vigilance-researcher-189499/ Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freiere https://fsi-ebcao.princeton.edu/sites/g/files/toruqf1411/files/media/freire.pdf Teaching to Transgress by bell hooks https://www.routledge.com/Teaching-to-Transgress-Education-as-the-Practice-of-Freedom/hooks/p/book/9780415908085?srsltid=AfmBOooLkrVSMko032ndB7lQ1q_l7XzgPXgSOFD3KP92-2yFbjA6y9d9 Follow me on my socials: https://instagram.com/ashleyaviola https://x.com/ashleyaviola Join my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AshleyAViola *Disclaimer: Information presented in this video is my opinion and mine alone. Business inquiries: [email protected] Keywords for the algo: Teacher Bae, TeacherTok, EduTok, Teacher Influencers, Gen Alpha Can’t Read, Education crisis, teachers of TikTok, teacher live streams his students painting his nails, teacher hauls, school supplies haul, influencer teacher ethics, teacher hauls & consumerism, back to school hauls, overconsumption, teachers should not be influencers, that TikTok teacher, teachers filming students, family vloggers, consumerism, influencer culture, teacher tips, gen alpha is doomed, gen z teachers, millennial teachers, teacher bae controversy