Should educators be allowed to drink?

To put it another way...

ker-ching!

Should mind their own bloody business!!! So what if the teachers drink outside work hours??? Does it affect their teaching performance??? NO!!! Does it interfere with any of the students' beliefs? YES!!! And that is the problem here.

To the students: Grow up! Mind your own business! AND specially: Respect who teaches you what you know!!!

lol - after I'd written it down I actually went and checked I'd spelled it right! It looks wrong.

Sue! Sue! Sue!

A Qatari forum actually shows more pictures, and they don't seem really drunk to me. I think it's inappropriate that the newspaper published the picture in the first place.

In a similar way to when Hamad prosecuted a journalist for publishing a damaging story about them, could QU do the same in this case?

In Qatar the press laws allow you to be prosecuted for saying something that tarnishes someone's name, even if what you say is true.

If holding a beer and making a face is the students' idea of excessive partying, then their education is sorely lacking.

Bearing in mind what Alexa said about excessive drinking (falling down drunk, urinating in public, passing out in the gutter etc) and assuming that they are sober and focussed when they are teaching, then I can't see what the problem is.

Unless and until the university pays them a salary for 24 hours a day, they are free to do whatever they please in their own, unpaid time, short of breaking the law, or being a bad role model.

"Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship"

i think each one of us is entitle to our own personal social life. as long as they don't exceed to their limitations and put QU in a shameful actions then nothing to be afraid of....QU should also understand that being a prominent figure is not an excuse to deprive the social life of their staff.

it's unclear if it's in a bar. It started as an email spread between the students. I don't know if the picture attached in the newspaper is actually of the instructors.

Good points Alexa.

Got to agree with Alexa.

Educators or teachers as we used to call them in the old days are supposed to set an example. If they are "drunk" or "misbehaving" in public , then they should be censured, otherwise they should be left alone.

I recall a case this year about a teacher in the UK who posed for "girly pics" in private, but had her piccies posted on the internet. She was sacked.

So how did the students get the pictures?

Spying? Shame on the students.

Invited to the party? More fool the tutors.

Is it a contractual requirement that tutors do not drink or party?

It is not for the students to say how the tutors should run their lives. If anything it should be the other way around.

As long as it doesn't affect their ability to do the job, then yes they should be allowed to drink and QU has no right to take any action.