Color me bewildered. What the bloody hell business is it of any school - public, private, or parochial - what my kid does when she’s at home? How do they have the gall to make such a rule as this? If my daughter’s school tried a stunt like this, I’d be in that office and up their asses so fast they’d think my name was Fleet.
Translation: I’m a lazy stupid bitch and I’m too afraid of my kids to try to limit their Internet use myself, so I’m very happy the school is doing it for me! It’s double-plus-good!
My kid doesn’t have a MySpace account (I happen to think she’s too young) but I’m pretty sure when she’s a little older and more interested in Computery Things I’ll be able to monitor her usage and keep her safe from the Big Bad Internet Pervos Who Reach Right Through The Screen And Feel Up Little Children without any help from the damn school board. Sheesh.
Why aren’t more of the parents throwing a fit about this?
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The policy states that students enrolled in the school can’t have a MySpace.com account or any similar type of personal site, according to a news release.
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That could extend to blogs, or gaming forums, maybe even MMORPG guilds. I have a feeling this will be overturned once challenged, depending on how heavy handed the enforcement is.
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Those students who have existing MySpace.com accounts must delete them if they wish to continue going to school there. Students who do not delete their accounts cannot attend the school, Van Velzen said.
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Yes, I’m glad they are focusing on such matters. Great for the parents too. What in the holy hell is the difference if the kids just decided to waste their time on AIM/Chatrooms instead? Who is going to enforce it? Why can’t the students just remove their pictures and personal info? Not hard to do.
This is probably another reaction to the whole, “Child predators are after your kids…ON THE INTERNET!”
Of course we should continue to coddle our kids until they are 21 and never learn any real life skills. Then that way they become narcissistic emotionally stunted adults with huge ego problems. A message to all parents and would-be knee-jerkers, get a grip. I looked at all kinds of weird shit on the interent as a kid. The internet of the mid-nineties was filled with much more dangerous material. In fact, kids today are probably much more savvy than I was.
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Blah blah blah. Its a catholic school. If the parents don’t like it they don’t have to pay for it. Who gives a fuck.
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My thoughts exactly. It’s a private school, they can do what they want. If enough parents have a problem with it, the policy will most likely be changed, since a private school can’t risk pissing too many parents off.
Suspending a kid for having a Myspace account? That’s like suspending a cow for giving milk. That’s like suspending a dog for going “woof, woof, woof.” That’s like suspending a dead battery for going “wroorrr, wroorr, wroor…”
Jesus would have had a Myspace page, until Saint Paul hacked it.
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Blah blah blah. Its a catholic school. If the parents don’t like it they don’t have to pay for it. Who gives a fuck.
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St. Hugo of the Hills **Catholic School ** students were informed recently that under a new school policy, Think First, Stay Safe, the use of MySpace.com will be prohibited at school and at home.
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A Catholic school makes questionable decision. Parents must go along with it or find another school. This seems so mild compared to the horror stories of Catholic schools my Sister’s put up with.
This is an ignorant pitting. Sorry Marlitharn, if it was a public school, maybe I would agree, but you are pitting a private Catholic school over restricting their students from frivolous internet stuff. LAME!
When you march into that office “and up their asses so fast they’d think my name was Fleet.” They will ask you and your kid to leave. It is that simple.
If you hate their rules and think they are silly, do not send your child to such an institute. Once you send your child to a place like this you might have to put up with their silly little rules.
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This is an ignorant pitting. Sorry Marlitharn, if it was a public school, maybe I would agree, but you are pitting a private Catholic school over restricting their students from frivolous internet stuff. LAME!
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Except for the part where enthusicastic parents are saying “All schools should implement this procedure”, right?
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Another St. Hugo parent, Liza Stanczak, said all schools should implement the policy.
“I think this is just the beginning of schools taking a stand against this kind of thing,” Stanczak said. “I think this is going to have to happen because things are getting out of hand.”
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… the nuns made me wear a skirt I hated, but only while at school.
Can we pit the parents for “expecting the schools to parent their kids”? The OP didn’t put it exactly in those terms, but dang, if the school where I took my (hypothetical) kids tried to tell me what can or can I not do in my own home, I’d be making a lot of noises and they wouldn’t be to the tune of “how nice they are, the Sisters at St Hu-go, how nice they are, they take us for a walk” (adapted from Spanish “qué buenas son, las Madres Ursulinas, qué buenas son, que nos llevan de excursión”)
Also, just because it’s a private school doesn’t mean this is a lame pitting. Nobody is forced to go there, but that doesn’t mean people cant point out what a retarted rule this is.
