Catholic School Bans Myspace

[Spider-Bite]

I doubt it's even about internet predators. This is going too far.

 

[Apollo]

what haven't they banned?

 

[Sun_Down]

That is absolutely ridiculous. It would be one thing to ban them on their school computers, but the school cannot control what the students do in their own time.

My high school didn't seem to see that distinction. My senior year, two kids on the track team got suspended/kicked off the team for drinking during spring break while on a cruise ship where it was legal to do so. The year after I graduated, they tried to make every kid in a 2000+ person school sign a contract stating that they would never use alcohol, drugs or even tobacco, even when it was legal to do so.

Honestly, some people have their heads so far up their own asses that they are completely blind to the real world.

 

[The Apatow Crew]

Yeah cause you know myspace is the work of the devil.

 

[Tangled Web]

Thank God for public school.

I can get on myspace during photography.

 

[SentinelMind]

The important thing here is that this is a private institution, not a public institution. They have a right to reject, accept whoever they want (as long as it doesn't violate Due Process). So yes, if this were a public school, I would say they were overstepping their bounds and liberties of their students. But this is a private school, and if they want to ban students who use myspace, they have the right to do that. Parents are free to withdraw their students if that's such a big deal. I think the private school is doing a good thing in helping push lazy or clueless parents.

 

[Apollo]

Thank God for public school.

I can get on myspace during photography.

yup without my myspace, i will go insane

 

[Sun_Down]

The important thing here is that this is a private institution, not a public institution. They have a right to reject, accept whoever they want (as long as it doesn't violate Due Process). So yes, if this were a public school, I would say they were overstepping their bounds and liberties of their students. But this is a private school, and if they want to ban students who use myspace, they have the right to do that. Parents are free to withdraw their students if that's such a big deal. I think the private school is doing a good thing in helping push lazy or clueless parents.

It is true that they may have the ability to implement such a ban, but I can't really agree that they're doing a good thing. It's just typical political posturing where they attack something that has nothing to do with any real or perceived problem.

 

[C-$]

I go to a public college and they have myspace & facebook "blocked".

 

[thedeadite]

haha my friend went to this school..many moons ago...silly bloomfield hills

 

[Darthphere]

My high school didn't seem to see that distinction. My senior year, two kids on the track team got suspended/kicked off the team for drinking during spring break while on a cruise ship where it was legal to do so. The year after I graduated, they tried to make every kid in a 2000+ person school sign a contract stating that they would never use alcohol, drugs or even tobacco, even when it was legal to do so.

Honestly, some people have their heads so far up their own asses that they are completely blind to the real world.

Actually, I dont know what cruise line they went on, every cruise line I know of has pretty strict policies against underage drinking, meaning, its not allowed on the ship.

 

[Calvin]

Actually, I dont know what cruise line they went on, every cruise line I know of has pretty strict policies against underage drinking, meaning, its not allowed on the ship.

Yeah, I remember going on a cruise with my extended family when I was 12 or so, and my cousin and I were so looking forward to international waters. Once we got there, it turned out the boat had its own set of rules. I remember they did have it set a tad lower at 18 though.

 

[04nbod]

should this catholic school also ban the kids from going to church so they dont get molested by priests?

there are some sick people out there- not all are catholic

think before you write this sh/t because it may baffle you to know there may be catholics on the hype

 

[The Chairman]

Well, I was raised Catholic, although whether or not I still consider myself a tride and true Catholic is up for debate. (I'm as far as you can get from atheism, don't get me wrong).

Anyway, my sister goes to a Catholic school, and her school implemented the same ban, and was enforced to an even greater degree after a Myspace - related rape incident occured not to far from where she goes to school.

Now, I've always been anti-Myspace, but at the same time, no school, be it Catholic, private or public, has the right to impede on what we do in our personal time. If they don't want students to access their Myspace during class, that's fine with me. But if they feel the need to do it in their own time, the school has no say.

 

[04nbod]

i went to a catholic school to and even youtube was banned and eventually the hype. It was mostly because people weren't working though.

 

[jaguarr]

Matt and others have it right. It's not the school's place to tell kids what they can or can't do once they are outside the walls of the school and on their own time; it's the kids' parents place to be, you know...parents. Not the school. Besides, Catholic schools have always had such amazing luck enforcing their rules with their students. Good luck with enforcing that.

jag

 

[The Chairman]

i went to a catholic school to and even youtube was banned and eventually the hype. It was mostly because people weren't working though.

Wel, if people aren't working, that's one thing. But to violate what they do at home is a bit extreme.

 

[Motown Marvel]

there are some sick people out there- not all are catholic

think before you write this sh/t because it may baffle you to know there may be catholics on the hype

hm. apparently catholics also dont get jokes or understand sarcasm.

 

[Deep Thinkin'!]

I remember taking my cousin to the library so he could do "research". Oh deary me... he just tricked me into going there so he could get on myspace. (His computer had crashed)

I insisted on him to study first and play later... after a few threats he listened to me, and I finally allowed him to get on once an hour of study time had passed.

Going on the computer, he visited the site only to yell (yes in a library) "Damnit!" because it had been blocked.

You can imagine my surprise because he hasn't reached teen hood yet. (yes, he is too young for myspace) I kicked his tooshie to the car... and on the way home he kept on complaining about how stupid it was to have it banned and that the library didn't have the right to ban it.

I would laugh so hard if all the schools did this... I could just imagine his face, his santa believing face.

 

[Sun_Down]

Actually, I dont know what cruise line they went on, every cruise line I know of has pretty strict policies against underage drinking, meaning, its not allowed on the ship.

Their cruise line had a rule that you could drink beer and only beer at 18 with parental consent.

 

[Kritish]

They cannot tell students to do that. How do they even plan to enforce that anyways? But I'll support anything that gets rid of myspace. t:

 

[Addendum]

The important thing here is that this is a private institution, not a public institution. They have a right to reject, accept whoever they want (as long as it doesn't violate Due Process). So yes, if this were a public school, I would say they were overstepping their bounds and liberties of their students. But this is a private school, and if they want to ban students who use myspace, they have the right to do that. Parents are free to withdraw their students if that's such a big deal. I think the private school is doing a good thing in helping push lazy or clueless parents.

No, the important thing to remember is that a school that is not a boarding school, has no authority over what the students do when they are not in the school. Public or private schools have the kids for 7-8 hours a day during the school year, the rest of the time, they're at home.

If the school bans the use of myspace or other websites on school grounds, I see no problem. However, once that child leaves school grounds, they have no say.

If the student's parents have no problem with their child having a myspace page, the school can **** off.

 

[SentinelMind]

^I disagree. Private school has the right to keep its reputation as having a highly selective, quality class of students. What if a student displays something obscene on myspace in a way that can publicly embarrass the school? I can understand a private school not wanting to get caught up in a televised scandal because a student wanted to post foolish on myspace. I don't have myspace, but I've been on facebook, and people are just ready to embarass themselves publicly on the web. While I "may" agree that the private school si going a little overboard, I can certainly understand where they are coming from.

 

[Addendum]

What if a student displays something obscene on myspace in a way that can publicly embarrass the school?

If it was done in privacy of the student's home, the school can go hang.

The authority of any non-boarding school over a student ceases at the end of the school day.

 

[SentinelMind]

If it was done in privacy of the student's home, the school can go hang.

The authority of any non-boarding school over a student ceases at the end of the school day.

So, are you arguing the school cannot withdraw enrollment from that student? What I'm arguing is that if parents think the private school is going overboard, then they can remove their student and tuition. The school should certainly be allowed to expel the student if it believes its in its interest.