Posted on 03/23/2007 10:30:42 AM PDT by LurkedLongEnough
parents send their kids to private schools so that they can expect their own rules to be reinforced by the school. kids were using their school email addresses for these pages. the IT guy at the school printed off all the names and the school began contacting the parents. if the parents don't like the rules, they can certainly stop paying tuition and send their kid elsewhere.
The "at home" makes the difference.
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freerepublic.com ^ | 23 Mar 2007 | keat
Posted on 03/23/2007 10:51:00 AM PDT by keat
Private schools can have conduct policies which goes beyond school hours. There are Catholic Schools that have banned teachers for adultry for instance.
Pretty much so. If you don't like the rules one employer has, go find another one. Or, better yet, start your own company and make your own rules.
Except for pretty limited categories, employers can make whatever rules they want for employees. Then again, no one forces one to work for a particular employer.
It's clearly within the rights of a private company to do so. What makes you think otherwise?
It most certainly is the school's responsiblity to determine what kind of atmosphere they want to maintain in a private school.
Ever been around teens? geesh MySpace dominates a good part of the conversation.
They ARE minors, and their ADULT parents can choose to send them to school elsewhere, if the parents object.
A Private company cannot tell you what you can do in the privacy of your own home. If they tell you you cannot sing "America the Beautiful" on the front porch of your house, do you have the right?
It's a private home.
Not if it's a private school. Private schools can pretty much make whatever limiting conduct rules they want. If the students don't like it, they can go somewhere else. It's not like public school where the student is "trapped".
It's a private school, and as far as I know Catholic schools aren't receiving any government funds directly. Private school, private rules.
Good point!
I'm not a parent yet, cut a fellow Fred-head some slack!
:)
Not winning anything in court against a PRIVATE SCHOOL'S rules!
there is another component to this. a school's reputation can be harmed by photos posted on a myspace page of kids dressed in uniforms or other identifying garb like clothes with the school logo, drinking underage, doing drugs, sex acts etc. the school DOES have an interest in what is posted on these sites if they are linked to the offending conduct.
Suppose I told you that in order to work for me you had to be white? Or that you could never use the Internet or watch TV while you were at home? This school cannot violate the Constitution just because they deem it a condition of enrollment.
Those are obvious.
All Freepers can see those points.
But the complaint here
is in our culture
decision-making people
are making choices
(yes, within their "rights")
but choices that are bizarre
and seem to hint at
ethical controls
taking on political
(and oppressive) roles.
We can stick our heads
in the sand, and deal with this
ethically, that is,
do what's right for "me,"
but that won't change the larger
political thing --
really dumb people
are passing ethical rules
with political
effects. And sooner
or later, we will all pay
for these idiots.
Frankly all, I expect this will go to court somewhere. It's gonna be intersting to see what happens.
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