A Georgia bus driver, Johnny Cook, was recently fired for
aiding a student on face book. The child was unable to purchase lunch due to
being 40 cents over his account. When his bus driver heard this he was crushed
and put a post up on face book that if any student ever was in a financial
situation they could come to him and he would assist them. He also posted his
number as well. The school demanded he take the post and apologized but he
refused and is now unemployed because of it. He still stands firm in his
position and is still doing all he can to help kids with sticky financial
situations. That being said, do you think the school was wrong in firing him?
Do you believe he was fired under good circumstances? Was Johnny Cook right in
the actions that he took? Should he have been commended instead?
http://gawker.com/school-bus-driver-fired-for-facebook-post-about-hungry-511444892
This story is kind of sticky. With all the crazy people in the world things can't be taken lightly. But I'm sure in this case this man meant no harm and was truly just trying to help kids that weren't very financially set. But I'm pretty sure certain parents were worries and felt that it might have been a little inappropriate for him to try to be contacting the students outside of school and especially with offering them money. But like I said I'm sure he meant no harm. It really all depends on the person and their intentions. I don't believe he was wrong for posting the stuff on facebook and trying to help but he was wrong for not taking it down when they asked. That may have been the cherry on top of the whole incident by him refusing to take it down but, that was his prerogative and, he stood by it so ultimately I guess he was fired under good circumstances being he got fired for standing on his beliefs.
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