Posted on 03/23/2007 10:30:42 AM PDT by LurkedLongEnough
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. -- 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'm not Catholic but gee, the way some people on this thread are howling about the poor little darlings being deprived of the trash and near-porn on myspace...it's ridiculous.
Priorities, people. This is that pesky "free exercise" part of the First amendment in action.
no it applies to all of them, but i was speaking in terms of myspace bc that's what the story is about.
Lord help me.... it's in loco parentis. When one is using a term from Latin, one should verify the spelling therof, not in the least to help suppress these things becoming a permanent part of the language.
yeah, i don't get it. there is always public school where anything goes, if one objects to RULES/.
So your school rules are kids can't use the internet?
I don't understand?
They're acting like a religious organization.
If you think they should be punished financially for requiring students to keep to the tenets of their religion in and out of school, I wonder about your real motives.
But fine, tax their asses off. Maybe the government would like to then cough up the money that won't be available for the hospitals and charities that the Catholic church won't be able to afford to run anymore.
"I can flip you the bird and walk away anytime I want."
Actually, no you can't (in public, in many jurisdictions) without risking a disorderly conduct arrest. Obscene gestures are not always and everywhere a form of protected speech.
As far as I see it, if they're getting special financial consideration from the government, it's as good as getting government funding. Government-funded institutions have to respect the Constitution, and so should they.
Frankly, I would question the priorities of any institution that would rather shut down hospitals than respect its members' rights and privacy.
they cannot have pages on these sort of websites-- myspace, facebook etc.
No all Private Schools participate in the same programs. I was just showing an example in answer to someone's question about federal monies.
no federal subsidies at my kids high schools either.
That will exempt them from using some of the internet. Using some net services automatically gives you a page.
You know, there was a time when you wouldn't have to explain these things to normal people.
It's not just the school. It's the religion. If St. Hugo says "no fornication" it doesn't mean "no fornication within the school walls, but do whatever you want at home." If they say "no porn", it doesn't mean "You can't look at porn at St. Hugo's, but hey, knock yourself out after three o'clock." It's a way of life. School, church and home is where Catholic kids learn that way of life. You can't separate out one of the three and say "the church has no business here" and still expect the lessons to take.
If they don't want their students looking at some of the smut on myspace and similar sites, it's the same thing. They can ban myspace and MTV and most network programming too as far as I'm concerned. It shouldn't be skin off of anyone's nose. It certainly isn't any off of mine.
Maybe the kids can read a book or paint a picture or learn to cook, in the time they would normally have spent filling their minds with trash.
Personally, I think the school is stepping into business that doesn't concern them. However, that being said, it is a private school. In essence, it is a business, which can choose to enact the standards of behavior for its students that it sees fit. If they ordered all students to color their hair purple as a condition of attendance, they would be within their rights. So, the kids have two choices. They can either comply or go to some other school.
see post 78, pls.
being assigned a page by a net service and actually taking advantage of it are a bit different. i am sure they are not monitoring everything under the sun, but myspace and facebook are the most popular. as i said, last year the IT guy at Visitation, at the administration's behest, printed out the webpages of the kids who were violating the rule. the administration sent them home to the parents, and there were noises that prom and other things might be impacted. it is ridiculous to think that schools cannot impact what kids do outside of school. Last year, there were parties that served alcohol before/after Snowball, and citations were issued by the cops. those receiving citations were not permitted to attend prom. you break the rules, there are consequences.
thanks, i was starting to feel aberrant that i didn't see the problem with these rules! it's WHY we are paying tuition!
The policy is also supposed to apply AT HOME for these kids.
That's crossing the line, IMO. For a parent to make that decision. NOT a school.
Our Christian school forbids it as well.
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