Getting Fired From My School - Warren Smith 

You weren't fired by Emerson College? What school fired you then?

I do not believe you until you make sense.

@@liamrobinson8239 Hogwarts probably.

Hang in there. Hard time will pass. Your dignity remained.

@@Imbapiranha what do you mean

​@@SuperGloomymanand it's absolutely by design - which is a dark realization

Dissenting opinion is not allowed.

If by modern 'education' you mean the collapse of society as we know it, then you are correct 100%. I've got a feeling that history is desperately trying to repeat itself, and the part that it it wants to repeat is the cultural revolution.

Bingo. "Higher education" in America today is a cult. Follow, and "teach" others to follow & you'll go far. Think, question, or deviate from the narrative & you are a polyp that must be removed from the colon of academia.

@@julesknight1511 Watch europa the last battle - one of the darkest realizations, but as dark as it is its equally as bright.

that's how socialist dictatorship East Germany worked. If you didn't support the state party (the socialist party) then you couldn't work at a university, be an engineer, researcher, a media representattive or join sports teams because everything was run by the state. It wasn't just you, your children couldn't go to university either.

He really did not force the student-he simply asked obvious questions which young people should be asked today-our job as teachers is to motivate them to think and discern -we can not and should not force anything on them.

Nothing new. Look what happened to Socrates.

Wait you guys think that was real? These are all obviously scripted, you know that right? Kid just 'happens' to ask that specific question for no reason and there's a camera just 'happens' to be already set up facing the teacher and it just 'happens' with no other pupils present? You know these are all scripted....right? Just random convos with a 'lawyer' or a 'teacher'? A teacher of what? From where? You have to be able to see these are carefully crafted vignettes to appeal to a certain mindset in order to garner as much traction within outrage culture as possible? Our boy here is a failed screenwriter but he obviously knows how to craft a narrative. You do know that....right? God I hope so lol

Let's be clear. You don't know why he was fired.

Hear, hear

No he did worse, he encourages critical thinking, a very dangerous thing for those in power…particularly those promoting a specific agenda…

What video was it?

The video is obviously staged. It plays out like a wojak - chad meme, with the student speaking in a frail voice, having a strong opinion but not being able to tell why, but then quickly whipping out a specific pre-chosen mild JK qoute for the teacher to pick apart instead of just googling "why is JK transphobic". And the theatrical change of mind. Lol, I've got a bridge to sell to you lot.

so this is bull ? ​@@DrMakak

@ReactionaryRighty-nt6hq Lul, what? It's just a comparison

@ReactionaryRighty-nt6hq God forbid you point out the fallacy and prove a point

@ReactionaryRighty-nt6hq What's the false narrative, or bad argument? How is it a deliberate attempt to manipulate or etc.? He saw similarity, he stated it. It's his view. Why are you acting like it's harmful for him to say that?

@ReactionaryRighty-nt6hq I'm not sure what you are talking about based on what I said man. You're arguing me about what the video creator has said, when I was merely talking about the commenter. I said nothing about the video at all. I think we are talking about different things

​@ReactionaryRighty-nt6hq I think if he name dropped the school it might hurt his career in teaching or finding another teaching position unfortunately that's most likely the case

ASAP

To do what? Massachusetts operates under at-will employment, meaning employees can be terminated with or without cause, unless there's an employment contract in place. Unless you're fired due to being under a protected class i.e race,gender or disability then theres nothing he can do. They can fire him because he takes sugar in his coffee if they want, thats what 'at will' means. They dont even need to give a reason and before anyone starts with 'but muh first amendment', that only applies if the Government is restricting your speech.Basically the school didnt like being linked with him and felt it made them look bad so they offloaded him. It is what it is and they perfectly entitled to do so. Oh and as far as the computer goes? Anything on there is automatically their property and you dont have any right to privacy on it as its owned by them. You learn that very quickly working in a basic ass call center, you should NEVER use a company PC for personal activity. The PC and the data on it belongs to them.

​@@endlessnameless6628I thought you said "unless there's an employment contract in place." Teachers don't have employment contracts?

​@@chuck1804Merica!

@@chuck1804 Unless theres a specific exemption for state employment law ? I doubt it, also the fact he got tossed shows there isnt, they would have combed that before canning him to avoid blow back. If he had a contract it obviously doesnt protect him or, more simply, he just didnt have a contract. At will employment sucks, you got zero rights to complain, you can be gone because you wore a white shirt on labor day lol

How far Liberty has fallen!

@@alexfrank5331 On the plus side we know that it didn't reach the bottom since we can still feel it falling.

SO TRUE!!!!! SO TRUE.

A thinking populace is the biggest threat to monsters.

1984 is our reality.

Guess somebody shoulda taught our fella to backup the data on his devices. lol.

You mean conservatives, right? I don't see how any real conservatives can justify such a class based in thinking. If one actually needs instruction on how to think, they should let others handle the job. If one is not a non-voting centrist, they are definitely not a critical thinker...

I agree deductive, you should let other people handle the job

@@oxydoxxo I have - and look at the mess world is...

@@deductivereasoning4257 Thats because you belong in the room that lets other people do the thinking for you.

Definitely should hire a lawyer. I don't think they're allowed to access his crypto data or accounts like that. That's a really low blow if they do.

I’d like to see the actual excuse used to fire him. Public school teachers have a right to free speech. This looks like an attempt to remove a person for his views expressed online, which possibly violates his constitutional rights.

@@CMVeal Most states are an at will employment contract and both parties need no reason. However, obviously this is because of his RU-vid channel.

if it's a school machine I think they have the right to yoink it at any time obviously messed up, but if you're using your employer's equipment you should keep that in mind (don't save personal passwords, backup your book on the cloud, etc) or better yet, computers are cheap just buy your own

So, so sorry 😔

Bingo!

Damn right! I was president of my high school debate team and then college debate. And I am always stunned how stupid everyone is. They were never learned how to utilize logic and evidence to approximate the truth to the best of one's ability. Some people are so convinced their bullshit opinions are true when I'm still tentative regarding a conclusion that took me 100 hours over 5 weeks to formulate.

There's the rub, though. An administrator's definition of a 'good teacher' may not be one that encourages critical thinking. It's dangerous to think outside the box, apparently

​@@johngordon9387ummm....that was the point pretty sure

"Why is it so easy to fire good teachers?" -Administrators

Yup

@@johngordon9387A great teacher to the machine is a corpo-bot that consistently spouts the party line, never makes waves, and files their TPS reports on time. A bad teacher is one that comes to their attention for anything other than doing the above.

THIS, THIS, THIS, AND THIS.

The students dont know winning from losing, they are being convinced that losing is winning and winning is losing. Next gen of wage slaves and useful %&^*#'s

Also their indoctrination effects everyone more than it effects them, they are often happy to go along with the ride the ego takes them on.

Are you sure? Using his own beliefs what makes you believe the students will lose?

@@Gee-xb7rt Regardless of what side of the isle, critical thinking is important for everyone. Unless you think being a lemming is a good thing.

That's not cancel culture anymore. It is fascism.

​@@AccAkut1987except it doesn't come from the left

​@@tdb517 The pendulum has swung so far that the left is now practicing fascism.

@@tdb517 Your best guess is that the school he came from was conservative? Please think about how likely that is.

@@linjp2773 I worked there, I know the school and it is definitely not progressive.

Best comment!

Hear, hear!

Join a local homeschooling community as a tutor to meet the local families. Determine needs and supply them with classes/sessions that can be recorded and monetized.

He can't because we have socialized schools which forces everyone to pay for public schools, like it or not.

@@bernadettesandoval3990 excellent suggestion! This is precisely what we need to do - detach from the systems which do not work for us

Watch europa the last battle

​@@Aluttuh What is this?

@@smashtoad Its what we cant say on here

he told no truth. also orwell was a socialist numbnuts

That hits hard. But yeah, absolutely.

I agree

Solid!!

Always easier to say when you have a current means of income 😆

Easy to say, harder to fulfill. Hopefully he does get some job offers and isn't struggling for months until he can get back on his feet.

Not really, too many place support ESG and DEI

Actually, this quote did not belong to Augustine, did my research...

🎯🎯100%. "All diversity except diversity of thought"👏👏

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. John 14:6

This is what evil women do, indirect aggression. They create a strawman of you, it grows, they tell others not to like you or they will target you and next thing you know everyone wont speak to you and the company is looking for ANYTHING to get rid of you. Women are uniquely evil and as a society we have to figure out how to stop them.

And he's a white man 😱

It’s gone exactly as planned. The people who steer it are mad. The rest of us want to be left alone, live free & be unfettered to think our own thoughts in an informed as possible way.

Indeed. I only found out about him a few months ago. But it's because he was bold.

Im sure our praise will keep him warm at night when he can't afford heating

not if you live in a liberal city

@@nickmagrick7702 Have you heard about donation? Buying online courses or similar?

amen

Agreed

As a law student you should recognize that freedom of speech isn't necessarily protected when it comes to employment terms and conditions. In the US, it applies primarily to political free speech, i.e., you can criticize the government without fear of getting jailed or executed. Keep studying kiddo...

There will also be many dissenting parties willing to fund the suit. lol They've already executed you for being their enemy, so... you might as well play the part.

Schools have actual lawyers they talk to before firing an employee, not law students...

And yet they still end up paying in wrongful termination cases, @@cjp1599. Isn't that crazy?

Correct, that job wasn't worth his dignity!

Amen. We were born into a war against humanity and conditioned from birth before we even have the ability to know whats actually going on, you notice too early you never get to play, start later and you will be stuck in a soul sucking loop of enabling what enslaves you.. Watch europa the last battle.

All the student(s)

It is to those who want to institute thought-crime from 1984 because they want to be the thought police.

Didn’t used to be.

​@@user-vz7eu8kg4xIt always has been... Now there's a different breed of moron ruling the lands.

Doesn’t that depend on the content of the thought?

@@Summalogicae No, critical thinking is an important skill that allows you to discard rubbish ideas once you've found them unfit. It also allows us to be less emotional in our thinking. All are needed for survival in the wild, not the least within our environment. To learn to learn, to learn to think - they don't rely on emotions or indoctrination but rather deal with what is true in spite of those emotions or our free will. You could still get to different positions on a topic from others but that is more on where you are environmentally or practically.

He knows that dude. Hence he post this video ASAP. He is still teaching in other institution he just got fired from one. Let's stop the naivity with influencers and content creators. They all want to live making from videos, some of them start to whack things at their dayjobs to get fired when their channels starts to make some profit.

Pride does not pay the bills

He got "fired" not cancelled, one exists and effects his paycheck, the other is a boogeyman people fundraise off of.

​@ombra711 bullshit, it represents a number of nefarious and illegal harassment such as brigading, tortious interference with contracts and political discrimination. You are just mad that the right has the moral high ground.

I often think of The Scarlet Letter when this stuff comes up, I'm sure some people would love to force people to wear a scarlet letter 'R' in the future, after they are labeled a "Racist."

Agreed wholeheartedly. He is made for much bigger things. Hope for the future of humanity!!!

Defiantly! You should start yesterday!

Who actually cares rather than trying to make a false impression due to possessing little genuine character due to the society one was raised in.

Yes. The world is in desperate need for people like you.

Yeah, I saw this coming honestly. You were becoming bigger than them. Like how Dr. Jordan B Peterson became bigger than his university. Also, you're blatantly anti-political correctness...and THEY aren't! Maybe you could sue them? Another thing I've realized is that "coworkers" are never true friends. Ever. I don't trust them at all. They're just a bunch of jealous, two-faced, passive aggressively conniving, plotting cowards. This is what people are

Yes, we do. And I saw this coming. He was becoming bigger than their indoctrination camp. Like how Dr. Jordan B Peterson became bigger than his university. Also, he's blatantly anti-political correctness...and THEY aren't! Maybe he could sue them for wrongful termination? Another thing I've realized is that "coworkers" are never true friends. Ever! I don't trust them at all. They're just a bunch of jealous, two-faced, passive aggressive, conniving, plotting cowards. This is what people are. Especially female coworkers (holes) who all they do is engage in gossip and badmouthing people behind their backs. I wouldn't be surprised if the person who was smiling in his face then later fired him was a hole. GUARANTEED.

Yes, we do. And I saw this coming. He was becoming bigger than their indoctrination camp. Like how Dr. Jordan B Peterson became bigger than his university. Also, he's blatantly anti-political correctness...and THEY aren't! Maybe he could sue them for wrongful termination? Another thing I've realized is that "coworkers" are never true friends. Ever! I don't trust them at all. They're just a bunch of jealous, two-faced, passive aggressive, conniving, plotting weirdos. This is what people are. Especially fe-fail coworkers (holes) who all they do is engage in gossip and badmouthing people behind their backs. I wouldn't be surprised if the person smiling in his face then later fired him was in fact a hole. GUARANTEED.

They think they're protecting their own skin but deep down they live in terror, rdy to stab each other in the back, wondering when the machine will turn on them.

sounds like most eras.

@@soulward6334Realky enjoy inventing things based on feelings rather than evidence, don’t you?

Yet Brits laugh when I say how communist it is and how communist it is still to become.

We don't live in a communist world, though. We live in a Captialist world. Capitalism won. It's the system everyone uses...so you still think that the lack of free speech is a Communist issue? How dumb are you? Oh right. You're Polish.

I hear you. I'm a Romanian in the Netherlands for 22 years, and I never thought the West will become communist in the worst way possible. Anyhow I am more prepared than the dutch because I know how to avoid to be punished by this disgusting corrupt governments that we have now 😡🤢

I emigrated from the UK to a country bordering Poland... (it's not Germany).

I worked with a lady that left Russia in the early 70s. A few years back she said she could see the US slowly becoming what she fled. My family moved to the states in the late 70s but we moved from the Netherlands with much of my family being from France.

1984

Brilliantly stated. I agree completely!

I HOPE

Don’t “hang in there” and Don’t “Hope”. Move to find the community that will back you up and find the lawyers that will bring this to light.

@@johntwiford Such cynicism in a time like this is unnecessary. We're not waiting for your approval to offer our condolences to Warren, so I think I speak for all of us when I say I'd rather you not act like we *are.*

@@ApolIo. How’s that cynical? That’s based and pro-active.

Not on the way as in "short term". Doesn't matter which of the two parties win or control the 3 ring circus of the U.S. government. But, yeah, change is coming. Either a dystopian nightmare or a world without oppression. So far, freedom has been losing for decades.

It's definitely more than a bit fishy, you may not have a faith but I do and as the saying goes when God closes one door He opens another, the opening of the next door will lead you to far greater things and get on on the path to your destiny. Do not let this slight setback, which might not feel like a slight setback yet, take your dream away just follow the path you believe in. Your family must be so proud of you as you didn't change who you are to first in with todays woke culture.

Admin doesn’t care what anyone thinks, one way or another, they just want to keep getting butts in seats bc that keeps the funding coming. You don’t need these conspiratorial insinuations

Yeah I wouldn't even log in to your personal Google account or anything like that because you know the work computers likely have keyloggers.. what stops them from using your passwords or personal information?

@claudeyaz Agreed. The state has complete control of the digital space. It's unfortunate that Warren has possibly lost his work. I've been in the same situation and learned the hard way.

C'mon, Warren-no backups?? What if they hadn't fired you, but you accidentally spilled fruit punch on the laptop?

That was my first thought. Always back up personal work on company/school computers on an outside/off campus location.

@@bronsonstone725I think they’re just advising to keep personal stuff on a personal computer, not a work computer, for exactly the reason he said-that now he’s lost it.

logical thinking...

Watch europa the last battle

@JustMe-bu1cp Post the statement he made that was biggoted. The problem is people like you who simply can't handle differing opinion.

​@@dr.emilschaffhausen4683 So if groups disagreeing with your group is bigotry, wouldn't you disagreeing with them in favor of your own opinion also be bigotry? (yes it is) i hope you can see the irony there... Wouldn't bet on it though.

​@JustMe-bu1cpwhat's your home address tough guy?

And that is essentially the real reason he was fired.

Thank you sir.

You can now write a better book. Good luck. And get an employment attorney asap!

The problem is people are no longer educated within the classic curriculum of The Liberal Arts & Humanities which provides basic critical thinking skills and a broad foundation of basic knowledge. Instead, they are trained to serve corporate interests... not educated to be good citizens and people. This is by design. Do a search for "The Powell Doctrine" written in 1971 by future Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell. It is a call to business about the danger of a citizenry capable of critical thinking. The dumbing of America is by design and can be traced back to that document.

You're a philosophy professor? Maybe you can give me a quick critique of a philosophical proof of God's existence that I, honestly, just came up with for the fun of it. You could call it "The Gamer's Proof that God Exists", and it involves about three different variations of a simple story. Variation 1: If Sonic the Hedgehog gets the Chaos Emerald, he'll become omnipotent. But the Emerald is in a vault that Sonic can't get into. But Sonic has an idea how to get in, the first step of which is: Sonic waits. And then, the thing that Sonic is waiting for happens: a version of Sonic from the future appears outside the vault, holding the Chaos Emerald, and with a wave of his hand, future-Sonic uses his omnipotent powers to teleport present-Sonic into the vault. Sonic grabs the Emerald, and becomes omnipotent. The first thing Sonic does with his new powers is teleport himself a minute into the past, just outside the vault, where he teleports past-Sonic into the vault so past-Sonic can get the Chaos Emerald and become...well, himself. It's a classic bootstrap time-paradox, and the final result of it is that Sonic has the Chaos Emerald, and is now omnipotent. Variation 2: The setup is the same as variation 1, in that it's still true that Sonic can do anything if Sonic gets the Chaos Emerald, but there's a twist: Sonic doesn't exist. This, however, isn't a problem: Sonic appears ex nihilo next to the Emerald in the vault, gets the Emerald, and becomes omnipotent. The first thing he does with his newfound omnipotence is to bring _himself_ into existence a minute in the past, right next to the Emerald---another bootstrap time paradox, the final result of which is that Sonic has the Emerald, and is now omnipotent. Variation 3: The setup is the same as variation 2, but with another twist: neither Sonic the Hedgehog _nor_ the Chaos Emerald exist. ...You know _exactly_ where this one is going. Now, here's how I take all of this and distill it into a proof that God exists: if this paradox were possible, then there would be a _lot_ of these spontaneously-self-creating beings, including some that would find it amusing to appear to us while we were discussing these time paradoxes...yet none have appeared. What could _prevent_ such beings from appearing to us, if they would be omnipotent? Only something or Someone who is already omnipotent could prevent that, and whoever or whatever they are, they must have omnipotent influence at all points in time; if they did not, then from some point in time where they're not omnipotent, these spontaneously-self-creating beings could subvert them from a point in time where they're not omnipotent. So...that's the proof. Dunno if it works, but hopefully it's at least amusing :) Is it the first new one in a few centuries, or are there more recent ones?

Its funny that philosophy professors are last to realize the Socialist Commie/Fascist philosophy that has taken over academia.

@@longWriter I'd say you do not understand time... its warped by games and movies to thinking it some thing that can be traveled backwards on. Time is a hard concept to wrap our heads around really... but time is just a way we measure things. To simplify it some, think of distance. If you travel 1 km up the road, then 1km back to where you started... you still traveled 2 km... not 0, you aren't canceling out the distance you traveled, you keep moving. For time, we measure how everything changes (cells copy themselves in living things, wind erodes mountains, etc etc...), and intellectualize it into something called time, so we can measure it, to try to understand. Traveling back in time isn't some type of a time line thing you can just do... it would take reversing every single thing in existence to a data set that has been lost... its fun to think of an imagine in fantasy worlds, but it just doesn't roll over into reality.

@@AyaWetts I dunno; you hear physicists talk about "closed timelike curves" sometimes, and when they do, they also talk about...well, _something_ becoming infinite in theory if a closed timelike curve were to happen. Heck, that'd make it interesting to get a _physicist's_ take on this!

@@longWriter Things like moving.. moving at speed, can throw off perceptions... then things become just as bad as compounding rounding errors.

Blessing in disguise is exactly what I was thinking.

I bet he has a new job in less than a week. Probably so much better than the present.

Start all over again, my friend. Sorry can't help it.

Yeah it is very subjective.

@Alex-bl9hc How considerate and empathetic of you. Jog on

@Alex-bl9hcHe states clearly in this video that he had met with school administrators and their lawyers and had operated fully within the school’s public disclosure/social media policy.

@Alex-bl9hc You’ve already made it clear that you don’t give a fuck about anyone but you. As for somebody who has fucked up his life that’s more likely to be you than him, I’m sure he’ll get plenty of good offers. Sharpen your crayons and have another go.

Absolutely

For sure!! Warren Smith would be a perfect addition to the school!

That's taking education to the next level.

This man does not need people like Jordan, he is good and strong enough to stand on his own 2 feet.

It's worth a conversation.

Very True ‼️

THIS!!

Not completely true, its only good if you make it that way. You have to work hard and pick yourself up.

My sentiments 100%. I am an old, single dad. My little kid is amazing. Everything bad that happened in my life, and there's a crap load of them, turned out to b good. Because of t path to now. Everything!! 🤙

Absolutely! Good things will come out of this

Amen

I was fired in 2015 from the corporate world. Now self-employed, and understand what life-work balance means.

u said it perfectly. im screenshotting this comment

It would argue we are living in a dystopia. ever day I wake up I view this as a nightmare.

Are you one of the people that complains that schools are full of bad teachers that should be fired? If so, funny how selective you are with whom you take to be worthy of firing and who is being ‘brave’ against a neoliberal institution that has a bottom line responsibility to biased shareholders

Bingo.You said it.

Oh please. Not only have the Republicans been overtly anti-education for decades now, they put forth the ridiculous idea that “disagreeing” with known enemies of America such as the traitors, racists, fascists, Nazis and QAnon lunatics who have found a welcoming home in the Republican party is the moral equivalent of disagreeing about pizza toppings. It isn't. And being *rejected* because no one likes you isn't the same as being "censored" or "cancelled". Get a grip.

Bingo ... you are likely Wrong. Those who stand against this incredible human are unlikely critical anything in terms of critical thought. Critical thought is NOT criticizing out of existence what you do not believe or accept.

That's his great sin, isn't it? He didn't comply.

i think that's the point.

All by design.

The important stuff he has to another hard drive... unless he backs it up he's gonna be in trouble in the future

I agree with you regarding personal files, photos, etc on an employer-provided computer. I was let go during a 2009 company-wide downsizing during the ‘Great Recession’. The company had a guy from the IT department on hand to download personal files, with my manager present, while she ‘helped’ me clean out my desk. I had already seen the signs of a tremendous drop-off in business, so I’d begun preparing weeks in advance by clearing my drawers of unneeded files. I always kept a tidy, clutter free desk, so all I needed to take with me was a coffee mug, my lunch I’d brought from home, a single employee file, and now my severance package envelope. I never had a single personal file or photo on that computer - EVER - as this company gave off distrustful, snarky vibes from day one. She was astounded, and demanded the IT guy to “search” my computer for hidden files. He’d already been given 24 hours notice regarding those of us who would be fired that morning. He told her I had the cleanest computer in the entire company. She was then joined by our Chief Scientific Officer, demanding proof that I’d used the computer for anything unrelated to my job - including emails, online shopping, etc. He found ONE item……an order for a floral arrangement. Yep, I was verbally torn apart in the hallway outside my office for using company property for personal use. This “how dare you” tirade was heard throughout the building. After about 3 minutes of this ‘tear down’ the IT guy finally spoke up (after having been interrupted by these two fools), and continued with his finding: The floral arrangement was ordered for delivery to a funeral home 1,800 miles away. Silence. I explained I had ordered the flowers for my father’s funeral. It would now be my extreme pleasure to walk out that front door, never to return to such a heartless organization, but before I departed, I would be personally shaking the hands of all my fellow employees (we were about 60 souls in total). These fools stood there in silence, finally at a loss for words. I held my head high, shook hands, received lots of hugs, wiped away tears (not mine), picked up my meager belongings, and handed my security card to my now ex-manager. That was a good day. Surprise! Within an hour of arriving home, my ex-manager phoned, saying that a beautiful bouquet of flowers, chocolate covered strawberries, and an additional edible arrangement had arrived for me at the office! It was sent by a client, whom I’d coordinated a very successful medical device study and fast-track FDA application for. They had no idea I was no longer employed at the company. My ex-manager wanted to deliver them to my house; however I turned her down. Four of us had been fired that day, leading to an “am I next” atmosphere. Something good had to happen that day, so I told her to leave everything - including the thank-you note - in the employee break room for everyone to enjoy. My good day turned into a better day with that single decision.

Yeah the issue isn't using the computer. The issue is where your own data is stored. Have multiple good quality usb devices to backup everything with it all backed up to a hdd.

​@@ge2719 exactly! I have 3 usb flash drives connected at all times and back up all new work daily -- sometimes several times a day. I live as though I expect the computer to fail at any moment (it's 8 years old), and I already have its successor staged with current copies of browser links. My laptop hard drive is organized with 3 main folders: Archive, Reference, and Current. Archive and Reference files almost never change -- they are fully backed up in triplicate on 3 portable hard drives. Current is where all active file changes occur -- it is backed up in generations on the 3 portable hard drives as well as daily on the 3 flash drives.

@@ge2719 yh u can also stick the external drive on the back of your laptop with velcro. thats what i do so its always attached

Yes, we do. And I saw this coming. He was becoming bigger than their indoctrination camp. Like how Dr. Jordan B Peterson became bigger than his university. Also, he's blatantly anti-political correctness...and THEY aren't! Maybe he could sue them for wrongful termination? Another thing I've realized is that "coworkers" are never true friends. Ever! I don't trust them at all. They're just a bunch of jealous, two-faced, passive aggressive, conniving, plotting weirdos. This is what people are. Especially fe-fail coworkers (holes) who all they do is engage in gossip and badmouthing people behind their backs. I wouldn't be surprised if the person smiling in his face then later fired him was in fact a hole.

Best comment

He said that it happened last Monday.😊

@@nadogrl I must've missed that... my hearing isn't the best. Thanks for letting me know!

⁠@@JaRyCu - You’re welcome.

agreed, NEVER use a work anything for personal interests, i.e. book. Also on your own computer, always keep your info on your local drive, not a server. And back up on a personal device at your home or off site location. Our perception of what is "ours or private" is faulty when using a digital device, especially when connected to a Network "anything".

Thank you. And anybody who is attempting to teach students and their audience about these issue of critical thinking and power dynamics should have been very aggressively invested in this topic as well. It isn’t just an oversight. He neglected to protect himself in a profound way.

Totally

This is exactly why I bought my own laptop for work. They can't take what they don't own.

The answer to what would I lose if they took my laptop tomorrow should be "nothing". This was a huge fail and I'm sure he knows it. He won't be making this mistake again

My thoughts exactly! This should be a no brainer for everyone. Also, why no hard drive to back up the novel he was writing at least. 🤦 I'm both frustrated with him and for him.

I agree with this, also keep company accounts off personal devices, keeps you safe if something ever happens

Totally agree. No matter how secure you feel in your job today, tomorrow it can go away. With the cowardice imbedded within most corporations, the current practices executed by HR departments will guarantee you will never be given a chance to get anything personal off your work devices. Treat all your data as if when you leave for the day that it was your last day. You never know when it might actually be. Hard lesson. I feel for you. Keep making the great content and keep making us all think.

As an educator, I bring my own laptop to work, and keep them separated, and I never do anything work related on my phone either.

It’s ok to DO things on a works computer, but STORE the data offline (Cloud or External)

@@tonysicily2687 Sorry, not correct. Most employers have strict policies against using company computers for anything personal, and specify that doing so is grounds for discipline, up to and including termination.

gen-z parents...

Basically, the parents went to the same schools. So they can't recognize communism either.

@@Ludak021 I'm a gen-x parent and I raised my now-adult kids to question everything and seek truth with an open mind. It's not always easy to live with the results of that when they don't agree with me haha, but I'd like to think we're all capable of changing our mind when presented with new information, and I'm super proud of them.

PlayStation Nintendo X Box became the babysitter

Bravo, responsibility always starts at home.

Teachers are underpaid in general sadly, so it might be an case of not being able to have an own computer, or at least at the time when he started. Or that he was not allowed to do his thing private/back it up because the school shoved everything under confedential. Or another reason

He should be able to get at least an backup of the more private projects tho

@@CatsLilaSalem Teacher here. We can afford a computer.

@@allyourpie4323You're not every teacher, in every place. Teacher wages in certain roles or locations get paid less than supermarket assistants

@@allyourpie4323 I was also more thinking along the lines of someone who just started, beside that every situation is different