School Policy Prohibits Use Of MySpace Site at Home & School

School Policy Prohibits Use Of MySpace Site at Home & School

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One Bloomfield Hills school is enforcing a new policy that will end the use of a popular Web site on the premises.

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.

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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I realize this is a private school but what gives a school the right to say what you can or cannot do from your own home?

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The fact that they are a private school gives them the right. If the parents or kids don't like it...find another school.

If anything it might help enrollment!

So just because it's a private school gives them jurisdiction of what they do in their own home now? If this were a public school, you'd be screaming bloody murder.

[edit on 24-3-2007 by sardion2000]

Originally posted by sardion2000
So just because it's a private school gives them jurisdiction of what they do in their own home now? If this were a public school, you'd be screaming bloody murder.

[edit on 24-3-2007 by sardion2000]

it is the private schools "right" to make such rules. But if I were a parent with a child attending I would pull my child, not for the support of myspace, but it is a slap into the parents face to have a school tell them what THEIR child can't do in THEIR own home.

Myspace in school I can understand blocked, as it is in my school as well. Myspace at home though? Screw that private school.

Pretty soon these schools will start telling the kids when to go to bed, what to eat and all the things they can and can not do.

Turning the kids into robots who act and think like they want them to.

Proving once again that old and out of touch people should just be put on the moon, with no gear. These are the same types of people that say "the google." If I ever become a technologically retarded, doddering idiot like that I'm having someone inject supersonic lead into my brain.

They're making policies that they simply cannot enforce. You don't need proof of identity to make a myspace profile. And to what degree you identify yourself is entirely up to you. And even if tracked down, a student can always just say, "it's not me, prove it, stupid."

With each passing day I'm starting to think that some serious population control would be a really good thing.

Sorry about the tone, but I have zero tolerance for stupidity.

Like we say, deny ignorance...
but I do it with extreme prejudice

While I can understand some people getting miffed about this, as a parent trying to raise my children in a way to set in moral values and let them decide what they choose as acceptable behavior once they are adults.

It isn't the easiest job to do without the internet, just ask our parents before us, but to expose our children to common filth which is overwhelmingly in abundance on the net and also present on the myspace universe, a parent is easily ignored as the child gets input from bad influences.

IMO every child needs to get a strong moral base to rely on before they become adults to allow them to make better decisions and comprehend whta they see on the internet.

Don't get me wrong, the internet has a vast resource of entertainment, learning, etc. and when used by those who can weed out the muck it is a valuable resource.

If I knew there was a group of child predators running a summer camp that my child wanted to go, I would not let them go for their own protection from those who would prey on an innocent child. To allow our children to go online is basicly letting our innocent children go to this camp.

The courts recently ruled in favor of "freedom of speech", favoring pornographic sites rights when they should have thought about protecting the rights of our innocent children. The courts said that parents can simply add software filters to prevent their access, which is true at home but access to the internet is not limited to the home.

There has to be a bettter way to protect our children.

The thing that stood out in my mind was when they stated it also applies to similar sites. Does that mean if you use your ISPs free furnished webpage or a Blog on ATS you are in violation of this policy?



[edit on 3/24/2007 by shots]

Originally posted by shots
The thing that stood out in my mind was when they stated it also applies to similar sites. Does that mean if you use your ISPs free furnished webpage or a Blog on ATS you are in violation of this policy?



[edit on 3/24/2007 by shots]

Possibly. I think they were targeting more of the "myspace, facebook, etc." type pages where its only point is for teens/college kids to meet other teens/college kids. But what they may twist it into is not for me to say.

As stated before this is not a free speech issue IMHO. Its a private school period. They make up the rules you abide by them or take your education needs elsewhere.

Church based private schools are little different IMHO.

No if a public school tried to legislate this at home then you could make a free speech case. However banning this type of stuff AT school is already court tested.

Originally posted by Sunsetspawn
Proving once again that old and out of touch people should just be put on the moon, with no gear. These are the same types of people that say "the google." If I ever become a technologically retarded, doddering idiot like that I'm having someone inject supersonic lead into my brain.

What would you say if I told you that the average age of these school administrators is 34 years old?

It seems like you have a problem with "older" people.

Deny ignorance.

they can make policy all they want, but enforcement will be quite arbitrary are they going to spend time checking the web sights each day? how funny.
I guess when enrollment drops they will blame myspace for that as well??

Oh and as far as protecting the Children, don't let them read the Bible, it's full of sex and horrible Violence, and Never let then see the News either, thats just Packed with filth, it's much better to have an innocent, ignorant, naive child put out in the Big world for the Pimps to find and feed off of, gotta keep the economy growing don't ya know..

If you really feel the need to protect your children educate them at home and never take your eyes off of them, or be smart and enroll them in a martial arts class early on

but then they wouldn't be blissfully ignorant would they????

By banning mySpace, the school administrators have inadvertently caused the youngsters to "secretly" get an account. It's the thrill of thwarting the authorities that now makes it so attractive. Stupid *dudes*!!

"Just another Brick in the Wall"

Mod Edit: Edited out derogatory term

[edit on 3/25/07 by FredT]

I feel the private schools by this manner are directly infringing upon the 1st Amendment Rights of the children that attend their school. I also feel that the kids' rights should be the 1st thing taught, private school or not.

Like that'll ever happen!

Oh wait. I forgot the pun... it's a private school. I guess they don't have to be there.

[edit on 3/25/2007 by Infoholic]

The schools can ban Myspace at school no problem, public schools have already done that... how might you ask? By putting blocks on the website. The blocks in my school district are so intricate that I can't even use google images for a school project, hell I can't even use almost anything I want to complete a project because of the blocks.

Al though for the average computer user who actually knows network and program, there is a way around all of this; the average student has no flipping clue how to properly navigate the operating system let alone a network.

In my opinion, let the private schools ban myspace on premises, what they CANNOT do is ban it in a home of the students as it's their HOME! A students home should not be under the jurisdiction of idiotic school policy. Let the government tell people what to do, not a school legislation.

Shattered OUT...

Banning MySpace in a childs home is just another type of censorship that ppl think that they can do just because they believe it isn't right for themselves, so it shouldn't be right for anyone else. This is just stupid on the schools part! There is nothing that encourages kids more to do something than to ban it!!!

Schools try to have too much power over the kids. I think they forget that they aren't the parents. Schools definitely have control issues.

The school have rules on the school time and school related activities after school time but when it comes to the private time of the students and family time at home this can be contested.

And even can be taken to court.

Looks like another case of the PMRC at work behind the scenes. How the hell can this so called school enforce no Myspace at the homes of all children within their school district? It's hilarious to think it will work, some children these days are highly smart some will find a loophole somewhere to override this school's policy banning Myspace in the home. This school will never be able to keep it out of the many homes in their district, 1st amendment is under attack here why can't you all see this this is blatant censorship. I say to the so called school you'll lose and lose big watch kids leave the school or better yet watch the school become a target for hacking.