Why do some schools do not allow students to access their e-mail accounts and Myspace?

Answer 1

The range of material available on MySpace, and in private email, easily violates that which is allowed by most school's acceptable use agreements. It is unreasonable to expect that faculty or staff will be standing over the students shoulders, reading as they read, so it is much simpler to block access to private email accounts and sites like MySpace.

FWIW, there are sites set up especially for use by schools to allow the use of blogging as an educational tool. That allows them to explore social networking in the academic setting, which gives them the best of both worlds, in some ways.

Answer 2

You have to ask yourself if a straight dating site is inappropriate also. If you don't think so then the gay dating site is appropriate. Keep in mind if you single this person out and it comes to be that other students that are straight are looking at similar thing you could be reprimanded or worse lose your job if your student decides to take action against you which will go on your work record. It would be very hard to find a job if this goes that far. If you don't want your students on these sites then you need to be clear that it goes for all the students. Would also be smart to consult a human resources individual for appropriate action.

Answer 3

Students are not in school to goof off. They are there to learn. Our tax dollars pay for their learning opportunity.

Additionally, with all the problems teens have had with internet stalkers and pedophiles the schools feel they are not going to be a vehicle for harmful material or people. If you check the news, there have been reported cases of teens and pre-teens meeting someone online, and planning a face-to-face meeting, just to discover the person is not who they claimed to be. Just as it is a parent's responsibility to safeguard a child at home, it is the school's responsibility to safeguard the children while in school.

Answer 4

becaue if a virus is sent through the child's e-mail or myspace account then it will screw up all the computers in the school, since they are all in the same network. schools rather spend money on education then fixing computers.

Answer 5

They have some schools that allow myspace and e-mailing. However, usually this is restricted due to the people that abuse this privlege.

Answer 6

you are not in school to go onto email or myspace. you are in school to learn. not to mention myspace and your email can open or download virus's to the schools computers. wait untill you get home. nothing on myspace is that important that you can't wait until 2:15 to go home and read it.

Answer 7

Because they're big meanies who actually think it's more important for you to spend your time at school learning such trivial things as how to construct properly worded questions.

It might also be because they know a lot of parents wouldn't allow you to do such things at home, and if you do them - you're sneaking around behind your parents' backs - and they're not going to help you do that!

Answer 8

Because you aren't at school to play on the computer and contact your friends. You are there to lean something to make your future better!!! So you don't stay dumb all your life!!!

Answer 9

Most schools prefer that their students learn proper grammer before embarking on stupid popularity pursuits on My Space.

Answer 10

When I was in school we didn't have computers. Count yourself lucky you get to use them for what you do!