As long as they don't check it while at school, it should be fine, right? Or do they have some kind of special rules that students must define their entire private life by?
2007-03-25 05:14:36 · 7 answers · asked by GuitarGod2005 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
Some private schools have "codes of conduct" that people have to abide by and, if they banned myspace.com accounts, then the student isn't supposed to have one at home either. It all depends on the school.
"Illegal" is generally a term used to describe unlawful activity that constitutes a "crime." No, it's not illegal in that sense. Is it unlawful discrimination? A violation of one's civil rights? Well, again, it depends on the rules and things like whether the student knew they weren't supposed to have a myspace account or knew (or should have known) it violted the "code of conduct."
They were probably within their rights.
2007-03-25 05:37:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
good grief the private school is interrferring wayyy to much in private lives then. It should not matter if you have a myspace at home as long as it does not interfere with your schoolwork, attitude etc. However being privately owned they pretty much make up thier own rules. They have their own private school board that is not unified with other school boards in general. The only thing they truly have to abide by is educating the children to the correct standards. They do not have to offer all of the electives and extra cirricular activities that public schools offer. They are not govt. schools. If they are trying to say how to run your private life than they are way too involved. As long as you pay the money and are not disrupting school it SHOULD be o.k. but private schools will do what they want when it comes to rules.
2007-03-25 05:25:09 · answer #2 · answered by 'lil peanut 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your operative words here are "private school". This means it has its own set of values and rules and only has to adhere to the barest of normal laws of the land. In other words, NO its not illegal to kick students out of a private school for having a myspace at HOME.
Now, since it is a private school, that means your parents are paying good money for you to go there, and might be able to have the school make exceptions for those who only use their myspace at home.
The other course of action would be to withdraw and go to some other school that does allow myspace in free time or home time. Good Luck!
2007-03-25 05:26:52 · answer #3 · answered by ricketyoldbat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This depends on the school's contract. A private school can make whatever rules they want. The students or parents sign a form saying they agree to abide by all those rules. This could include what the stduent does in their private lives.
2007-03-25 05:22:34 · answer #4 · answered by puppyraiser8 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You bet. The school makes up it's own rules. Go to a public school or another private one if you don't like the rule. It's your kid's responsibility to know what the rules are. He broke the rule, now he must pay the price. Go take a dump on your boss's desk and when you're fired say "you didn't know there was a rule against it"
2007-03-25 06:58:01 · answer #5 · answered by Superstar 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Private schools can set any guidelines they want. This includes conservatory programs at colleges/universities, too. They do not want their name to be tarnished by the actions of their students. In theatre school, I had to have my part-time theatre jobs "approved" so that I wasn't wasn't working at a disreputable place.
2007-03-25 05:23:08 · answer #6 · answered by seweccentric 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it isn't, It should be...As long as you only access it while your at home. I call that invasion of privacy. What you do at your home at your own time is your business...
2007-03-25 05:26:07 · answer #7 · answered by lsjcmo3 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋