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Yoga Teacher Fired for Wanting Facebook Students to Turn off Phones In Class
Jul 10th, 2012
A yoga instructor reportedly lost her job teaching classes on Facebook's campus, because of her overly "strict" policy of insisting that students not use cellphones while trying to stretch. (Source: The Atlantic Wire) -
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