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Search the Web site for your favorite school system. And then watch the public profiles of 20-something teachers unfurl like gift wrap on the screen, revealing a sense of humor that can be overtly sarcastic or unintentionally unprofessional -- or both.

But the crudeness of some Facebook or MySpace teacher profiles, which are far, far away from sanitized Web sites ending in ".edu," prompts questions emblematic of our times: Do the risque pages matter if teacher performance is not hindered and if students, parents and school officials don't see them? At what point are these young teachers judged by the standards for public officials?

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as public employees, we all understand the importance of living a public life above reproach.
Teachers caught with inappropriate Web sites could get a suspension for a first-time offense
I never thought about parents and kids [seeing it] before.

Minutes later, access to her site was restricted.