Comments on: Students ordered off Myspace.com

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 29 Oct 2005 22:00:47 +0000

They don’t understand that not EVERYONE is stupid enough to post exactly where they live. Some people don’t even put their real name, what school they actually go to. Not everyone on the website is getting stalked. And definately not everyone is getting bullied or is being a bully to others. Some people don’t add people they have never met. They really need to think about things like this.

Myspace recently added a new security option where you can make your profile private and only people who you have added as friends can view your profile. There is also a new option where no one listed age 18 or above can view your profile. They obviously don’t know much about the website if they banned every student. I think more investigation needs to be done on this.

It definately is a violation to the student’s rights. Seriously, it’s quite stupid of them to ban their students from the website or face suspension.

They need to open their eyes. They really do.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 29 Oct 2005 03:29:00 +0000

this is just bull shit what do u want your kids in the strees or at home communicating with friends and another kind or race lerning about others because MySpace.com is only a safe place because tom is always on the looking what is going on if theres something bad his on top if you guys dont have one get one so u see what your kids are doing become there friend and comment theme for there good pictures or stuff that they do because i am a mother that have a my space to see what my kids are doing

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 09:01:23 +0000

I figure you have a fifth grade reading level and an even lower comprehension level.

You were probably more interested in getting in a cheap shot against the ACLU and EFF than in actually understanding the article. Your brains….talk about fluff and puff.

Go back into the living room and watch TV and stay away from the computer as it is a perfect barometer of your ignorance.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 08:56:11 +0000

Both…the point of the article is that the school has the nerve to tell it’s students not to blog to the website from anywhere. Someone should shove a first amendment violation up their ass.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 08:45:53 +0000

“Pope John’s order seeks to reach into students’ homes”

wow hope the students sue them and not a class action suit either.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 03:59:42 +0000

“I don’t see this as censorship,” McHugh states. He continues, “If some yahoo trys to ban me from the porn sites I visit when I’m at home, now THAT would be censorship!”

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 01:55:11 +0000

are they blogging at school or at home?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 22:45:40 +0000

I honestly dont see a difference… and I dont beleive a Private school has any more write to do this to them, than an Public school does…

Anyway, I really hope most of the students don’t follow this… I’m sure there are enough students using it, that if they all got suspended, it would lose that school a lot of money. (besides, good luck finding everyone on the internet XD)

Seriously… how do they even think they have the right to take away the students writes like that… its a community website and not harmful to them, its very important to most of them…

Next they’ll try to ban IM programs and cut them off from all their friends that didn’t go to that school… sheeeesh…

I hope this school gets whats coming to them. >=[

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 21:59:04 +0000

I am a resident of Sparta, NJ. My anonymity is requested in an effort to protect friends that attend and work at Pope John High School. I have been informed by current students that this is probably the least of the school’s civil rights violations. A few months ago, a student was suspended for receiving an abortion. The school reserves a lot of privileges because it is a private institution, so it has enacted a plethora of ridiculous rules. Students with cell phones in the parking lot can recieve suspensions, students with untucked shirts can recieve detentions, and students arrested for illegal activities outside of school can be punished and reprimanded by the school. I have heard rumors that the principal (the role model who dictates and enforces the schools moral integrity) has a history of DUIs (though I have never seen proof personally). It seems ironic that a school who’s mission statement says something to the effect of wanting to develop students into mature Christian adults does not allow them any space to actually mature. Instead, it generates a repressive environment with a student body that is forbidden to think or speak freely. It is simply ridiculous that students (many of whom are forced to go there by parents, and some of whom are 18) be educated in an institution that suppresses any form free thought. If the school receives any sort of federal funding at all (and I don’t know if it does), these students should have a means to communicate their dissatisfaction and demand some rights. In response to parents that advocate in the Daily Record that students “go elsewhere” if they disagree with the school’s policy, I believe than many probably would if given the option. Do minors (and certain 18 year olds) have any rights?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 21:57:14 +0000

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 21:24:21 +0000

“A student who identified himself as a senior who was expelled posted, “pope john kicks you out once you think freely,” the story continues.”

So tell the truth and be expelled. This sucks ass if you ask me. Anyways, an ip addresse is equivalent to your phone number so why not just ban the internet all together?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 21:23:35 +0000

Did you read anything in the article? The order is, use or post on MySpace from home, and you’ll be suspended. The school is telling them they can’t use their own computers. Sheesh. Higher learning eh?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 19:59:42 +0000

Its not censorship since its not their computer. I dont let plenty of people use my computer…is that censorship? My employer wont allow me to visit certain websites…should I sue? Not at all…

They probably wouldnt have a case against public schools anyway…a lot of fluff and puff from the ACLU and EFF since they really cant do much in this circumstance.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 19:39:40 +0000

On school property, maybe [ I understand the school's right on their property but still feel uncomfortable with banning blogging]….but in a student’s home or outside of school? Definitely not. Do civil liberties mean ANYTHING to these people? I was brought up in a Catholic school system and luckily I was never subjected to this blanketing with ignorance of young people’s minds.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 19:16:23 +0000

If we accept that schools exsist to teach young people about the world they live in, the school should include an “internet safety” component to it’s curriculum.

In anyone’s book it’s probably not a good idea for young (and vulnerable) people to be posting big “My name is Sue and I live at…” signs all over the net, but is an outright ban on blogging the best way to stop that from happening?

Making kids aware of the dangers is the best thing the school could do, and if the kids still decide to do it…well, there’s no law against being stupid – just look at the Darwin Awards. Or perhaps the RIAA.