I got suspended yesterday

[Shellular]

I GOT SUSPENDED YESTERDAY JUST BECAUSE I HAD MY CELL PHONE ON CAMPUS AND AN ADMINISTRATOR SAW IT BECAUSE IT FELL. THE GUY GAVE ME ONE DAY OSS BECAUSE IT WAS ON! IT WAS MY VERY FIRST SUSPENSION AND I KNOW I HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. STUPID CELL PHONE RULE THAT TEACHERS AND OTHER STUDENTS DON'T EVEN BOTHER TO FOLLOW......I GOT THIS I'M GONNA DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS MESS!.....LATERZ

[DevilDriver]

THANK YOU FOR TYPING IN ALL CAPITALS.

If the school rules say you don't need a cellphone, don't carry one. Parents have a way of getting in contact with the school. It's not neccesary.

[ANAL_FROST!!!]

you were suspended for that?! kids in my class call each other all the time during class to get the other person in trouble, and the most the teachers done was take it away until the end of class.

[Rebelnerd]

DD, cellphones aren't the point. schools have no right to silence communication. it's just like those damn computer censors. the free flow of information is not theirs to control, and shellular has every right to be pissed.

[DevilDriver]

Rebelnerd Wrote:DD, cellphones aren't the point. schools have no right to silence communication. it's just like those damn computer censors. the free flow of information is not theirs to control, and shellular has every right to be pissed.

Wrong.
Computers are their property. They bought them, they own them.
Just like I can censor stuff on my Pc, so can they.

Also, they have other methods of communication.

[Rebelnerd]

but they don't own the information being sent on it (or the cellphones). and also, you're not coercing people into using your pc. they are. if they're going to censor their computers, they should allow cell phones or pdas, something so that kids can have acess to uncensored info.

[DevilDriver]

Rebelnerd Wrote:but they don't own the information being sent on it (or the cellphones). and also, you're not coercing people into using your pc. they are. if they're going to censor their computers, they should allow cell phones or pdas, something so that kids can have acess to uncensored info.

They bought the computers. They own it, and it's internet connection. They don't force you to use the internet either. You have to sign a legal contract to use it.

Besides, Censorship isn't always bad.

[Rebelnerd]

we have to use the internet, or else we fail the course. and we were coerced into signing the contract. and censorship is always bad. period. give one example of good censorship.

[DevilDriver]

Rebelnerd Wrote:we have to use the internet, or else we fail the course. and we were coerced into signing the contract. and censorship is always bad. period. give one example of good censorship.

Glady:
1. Sheltering kids from Pornography.
2. Preventing Child Pornography.
3. Preventing Snuff Films.
The list goes on.

Anyway. They can't force you to sign the contract. You can opt out of the class.

[Rebelnerd]

censoring it won't stop it from happening, they'll just find other ways of distributing it. and yes, child porn is sick. but kids have a right to see regular porn just the smae as everyone else. it's gross, but it's wrong to shelter kids from the world's bad things.

[DevilDriver]

Rebelnerd Wrote:censoring it won't stop it from happening, they'll just find other ways of distributing it. and yes, child porn is sick. but kids have a right to see regular porn just the smae as everyone else. it's gross, but it's wrong to shelter kids from the world's bad things.

Not really. We're stopping censorship right now. And what do you see? Record rates of depression.

[Rebelnerd]

if you'd rather be happy with lies than unhappy with the truth then go join the matrix.

[DevilDriver]

Rebelnerd Wrote:if you'd rather be happy with lies than unhappy with the truth then go join the matrix.

You must have misread the matrix. The matrix was meant as a control program. It was never meant to be a happy place.

[Rebelnerd]

no, remember when cypher says "ignorance is bliss"? do you really want to live like that? personally, i'd rather see the world for what it really is and feel however i will as a result instead of live in a stupid, happy, fake world of lies and censorship.

[DevilDriver]

Rebelnerd Wrote:no, remember when cypher says "ignorance is bliss"? do you really want to live like that? personally, i'd rather see the world for what it really is and feel however i will as a result instead of live in a stupid, happy, fake world of lies and censorship.

Have you ever been ignorant? Have you ever actually tried it?

[Rebelnerd]

everyone's ignorant in a way, we can never know everything. but i hate not knowing what's going on, so i'd rather try to learn as much as possible.

[DevilDriver]

Rebelnerd Wrote:everyone's ignorant in a way, we can never know everything. but i hate not knowing what's going on, so i'd rather try to learn as much as possible.

That's one. You wanna speak for the rest of the world.

[Rebelnerd]

not at all. whether a person wants to live in blissful ignorance or ugly truth is a personal choice. personally, i choose option two. but others may have different opinions, and the school shouldn't try to make that decision for them.

[Noeone]

I'm just going to toss my two cents in on the censorship software schools use. First off I would like to say our filters block out everything but pornography (including but not limited to anarchy, anarchist, anarchism, earth liberation front, communism, communist, socialism, socialist, this site before you moved, bbs, etc. and not hot ass). Anyhow the shear fact that they block sites of a political nature is enough to make it, in my opinion a form of oppression (mind you not a physical form of oppression but oppression nonetheless) also once again it is a requirement (after all they make us do Internet worksheets in English [learned a lot about reading and writing there])

[cheesenomore]

i dont think it is too bad of a rule to not allow cell phones on campus, but suspendidng kids for having them? thats a bit extreme if you ask me...

also, about the computer censoring: i have no problem with them censoring things like porn and stuff, but blocking anything else i would consider blocking out education. all groups, no matter how extreme or violent (ELF), have a right to express themselves, especially on the internet.l

[Rebelnerd]

go to the websense site. they have the list of categories that they cna ban, including stuff like "anti government material", pro life/choice sites, "advocacy groups" and many more. this should give you an idea what their goal is here. NOTHING should be blocked, we are people and we have a right to read and see what we want.

[IronicallyNamelessUser9]

You're lucky it was out of prison suspension. I was suspended for self defense once and enjoyed the free vacation and freedom.

[Ilija.m]

I personally think that mobiles needs to be allowed but if the rules says it isn't allowed it is not

[brainiac3397]

I'd have said yes back in the day.

Today, I see little kids running around with Iphones and I'm not going to go so far as to say I'd trust them to not be distracted by their fancy electronic devices with millions of possible apps as well as "everywhere anytime" internet connection.

And lots of youth(and equally adults) have some sick obsession with texting EVERY SINGLE FUCKING MINUTE. Put that shit down you bastards and socialize like goddamn human beings.

[sswbm]

Phones can give you information, school not. Can't have people actually learn things.

[brainiac3397]

(01-08-2016 05:15 AM)Jop Wrote:  Phones can give you information, school not. Can't have people actually learn things.

Nope. Phones are for social media and texting and selfies for the most part.

[schoolsux]

(01-08-2016 11:36 AM)brainiac3397 Wrote:  

(01-08-2016 05:15 AM)Jop Wrote:  Phones can give you information, school not. Can't have people actually learn things.

Nope. Phones are for social media and texting and selfies for the most part.

Don't forget games.

[brainiac3397]

Yehp