Anyways, a few years ago, my brother was actually able to get around the school systems set up for blocking out porn on the library computers and so he queued up like 500 copies of this goatse picture and left. Whoo boy, now that was a day to remember. And the message on the intercom about it just had me rolling.
Can you quote it? I'm really curious what the faculty had to say about it. Also, did it sound as if the person speaking was trying to not throw up while talking?
I really wish I could quote it rather than sum it up. It was one of the most awkward moments at that school. We had alot of them. Like when the faculty cancled the prep rally and the students decided to tell them to fuck off and we all went to the gym anyways. And then the hat ban, that was an interesting few months. God, my school sucked so hard but it was great.
Anyways, the announcement. Everybody in the school heard about it, so when the person came on the speaker, everyone got quiet to hear what she said. She sounded like she was embarassed and stumbled over every other word. She didn't even say what it was. She just went "that...picture" with the pause and everything. They actually said they knew who it was (bullshit, since he wasn't suspended/expelled) and that they were dealing with the problem and that it won't happen again and the students should know better. The principal was beyond pissed, she started hanging out in the library at lunch after that trying to catch people doing anything like that, which never worked. Half the teachers were disgusted, the other half found it humorous (absolutley nobody liked the administration and school board, so as far as they were concerned, it was a funny joke. I mean, it was so bad that students would do shit to make the principal's job harder and teachers would just turn the other way). The librarian, who was all kinds of awesome, chuckled about it and actually didn't rat out my brother, since she knew he did it. Ahh, the enemy of my enemy, as they say.
It was kind of like the time my friend wrote KOK on a hundred lockers in permanent marker. Or when we ran around with portable speakers and a cd player blasting "Lets play some tetris, motherfucker" over and over again. The faculty just didn't know what to make of it so they didn't really try to deal with the situation. It was just like "Don't do that. Now go to class."
Sometimes I want to go back there and do all the crazy shit over again.
I'm all for the odd prank now and then but being a disrespectful little shit is not something to be proud of.
carry on
Nor is using your position to enact some twisted little power trip because those 'little shits' disagree that 'hats disrupt learning' or that your zero-tolerance policy is doing more harm than good. Or siding with a teacher who calls a bunch of students gay, among other things, simply because he's a teacher and thus, somehow infallible. And when even your faculty points these out to you, you actually turn on them.
I mean, everyone was willing to give her a chance when she first took the position. Then she enacted bullshit policy after bullshit policy and the schoolboard agreed with her, but the school turned against her. I understand why she did those things, but no matter how much anyone said otherwise, or showed her, or how many problems arose from it, she didn't change it, she just slowly made it worse.
Was it disrespectful? Totally. Did she deserve respect? That's up to your views, but I say fuck no.
Anyways, a few years ago, my brother was actually able to get around the school systems set up for blocking out porn on the library computers and so he queued up like 500 copies of this goatse picture and left. Whoo boy, now that was a day to remember. And the message on the intercom about it just had me rolling.
Can you quote it? I'm really curious what the faculty had to say about it. Also, did it sound as if the person speaking was trying to not throw up while talking?
I really wish I could quote it rather than sum it up. It was one of the most awkward moments at that school. We had alot of them. Like when the faculty cancled the prep rally and the students decided to tell them to fuck off and we all went to the gym anyways. And then the hat ban, that was an interesting few months. God, my school sucked so hard but it was great.
Anyways, the announcement. Everybody in the school heard about it, so when the person came on the speaker, everyone got quiet to hear what she said. She sounded like she was embarassed and stumbled over every other word. She didn't even say what it was. She just went "that...picture" with the pause and everything. They actually said they knew who it was (bullshit, since he wasn't suspended/expelled) and that they were dealing with the problem and that it won't happen again and the students should know better. The principal was beyond pissed, she started hanging out in the library at lunch after that trying to catch people doing anything like that, which never worked. Half the teachers were disgusted, the other half found it humorous (absolutley nobody liked the administration and school board, so as far as they were concerned, it was a funny joke. I mean, it was so bad that students would do shit to make the principal's job harder and teachers would just turn the other way). The librarian, who was all kinds of awesome, chuckled about it and actually didn't rat out my brother, since she knew he did it. Ahh, the enemy of my enemy, as they say.
It was kind of like the time my friend wrote KOK on a hundred lockers in permanent marker. Or when we ran around with portable speakers and a cd player blasting "Lets play some tetris, motherfucker" over and over again. The faculty just didn't know what to make of it so they didn't really try to deal with the situation. It was just like "Don't do that. Now go to class."
Sometimes I want to go back there and do all the crazy shit over again.
So what you're saying is, you lived in a 1980s highschool comedy? Porky's style?
Awesome.
I'm curious about this hat ban too. Were hats considered dangerous? Did someone suffocate due to their overly extravagant hat or something?
Anyways, a few years ago, my brother was actually able to get around the school systems set up for blocking out porn on the library computers and so he queued up like 500 copies of this goatse picture and left. Whoo boy, now that was a day to remember. And the message on the intercom about it just had me rolling.
Can you quote it? I'm really curious what the faculty had to say about it. Also, did it sound as if the person speaking was trying to not throw up while talking?
I really wish I could quote it rather than sum it up. It was one of the most awkward moments at that school. We had alot of them. Like when the faculty cancled the prep rally and the students decided to tell them to fuck off and we all went to the gym anyways. And then the hat ban, that was an interesting few months. God, my school sucked so hard but it was great.
Anyways, the announcement. Everybody in the school heard about it, so when the person came on the speaker, everyone got quiet to hear what she said. She sounded like she was embarassed and stumbled over every other word. She didn't even say what it was. She just went "that...picture" with the pause and everything. They actually said they knew who it was (bullshit, since he wasn't suspended/expelled) and that they were dealing with the problem and that it won't happen again and the students should know better. The principal was beyond pissed, she started hanging out in the library at lunch after that trying to catch people doing anything like that, which never worked. Half the teachers were disgusted, the other half found it humorous (absolutley nobody liked the administration and school board, so as far as they were concerned, it was a funny joke. I mean, it was so bad that students would do shit to make the principal's job harder and teachers would just turn the other way). The librarian, who was all kinds of awesome, chuckled about it and actually didn't rat out my brother, since she knew he did it. Ahh, the enemy of my enemy, as they say.
It was kind of like the time my friend wrote KOK on a hundred lockers in permanent marker. Or when we ran around with portable speakers and a cd player blasting "Lets play some tetris, motherfucker" over and over again. The faculty just didn't know what to make of it so they didn't really try to deal with the situation. It was just like "Don't do that. Now go to class."
Sometimes I want to go back there and do all the crazy shit over again.
I'm all for the odd prank now and then but being a disrespectful little shit is not something to be proud of.
carry on
Nor is using your position to enact some twisted little power trip because those 'little shits' disagree that 'hats disrupt learning' or that your zero-tolerance policy is doing more harm than good. Or siding with a teacher who calls a bunch of students gay, among other things, simply because he's a teacher and thus, somehow infallible. And when even your faculty points these out to you, you actually turn on them.
I mean, everyone was willing to give her a chance when she first took the position. Then she enacted bullshit policy after bullshit policy and the schoolboard agreed with her, but the school turned against her. I understand why she did those things, but no matter how much anyone said otherwise, or showed her, or how many problems arose from it, she didn't change it, she just slowly made it worse.
Was it disrespectful? Totally. Did she deserve respect? That's up to your views, but I say fuck no.
I had a similar situation last year, except for a project in my college history class I made feedback sheets for any students or faculty to fill out. I mailed them off to the school board and they are part of the reason that principal is not in power this year.
Wow, I don't even remember high school...except for this one time in "computer science" class, which was innovative for the time, when the teacher told us all to guide our Mosaic browsers (netscape's father, for those young-ins in the crowd) to whitehouse.com instead of whitehouse.gov. Oh, that was a good day.
We've put a car on top of ours, and we've also painted the roof pink. (The school is two domes with the cafeteria in the middle, we put trash cans on the top of each dome and painted them darker than the roof. )
Good times.
Back to parental responsibility. Yeah, this is total bullshit.
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caffron said: "and cat pee is not a laughing matter"
It's best for parents to react on the side of caution when dealing with sex and youth. Who knows if the Wii or PS3 even have protection to protect children against online predators. This is one instance where the media isn't blowing something up, out of proportion
I know. Because it (the Wii) does. Dumbass. Just disabled using Wii Shop points, the Internet Channel, and the News Channel. Took me all of 2 minutes.
Of course, a 4-digit pin isn't exactly iron-clad, but if you go back every couple weeks to change it it's pretty decent. And any kid who is willing to brute-force a 4-digit pin will probably find porn through other means anyway.
So again, for anybody that missed it, there are several ways to keep kids from surfing porn on the Wii. You can
A) disable the Internet Channel (and Wii Shop channel) disable online settings
C) simply filter it (the Wii) out at the router end
So not only can it be done through router settings, but the Wii makes it possible using shiny buttons, easy to follow instructions, and soothing sounds. At least for porn. As for online multiplayer leading to online predator goodness, I think Nintendo's stance with the DS can be used as evidence that it isn't likely to be an issue.
In short, you are a dumbass.
EDIT: Also, while computers don't come with Firefox they do come with IE, or Safari, or Konqueror. And generally do not come with Net Nanny or whatthefuckever.
Listen, most parents aren't very knowlegable about technology; does the wii come with instructions on how to do this, or do the parents have to figure it out themselves.
What about the PS3?
There is tons of information for parents looking to disable their children from accessing most inappropriate sites on the PC.
It's only a matter of time until predators start using Wiis and PS3s for predatorial purposes; probably when the prices drop.
If you are the parent of children (and I use "you" in the general sense here) and you are afraid of online predators, but not technically knowledgable enough to figure out how to filter things properly, and unwilling to read a manual that will tell you how to do it, you should not be allowing your children to play games online, at least not unsupervised. It is not the world's responsibility to protect your children, it is yours. Handguns don't come with a special sensors to stop them from firing when a kid is pulling the trigger, that is why you lock them up and store them where kids can't get to them, and seperate from the bullets. Scissors don't become less dull when a child runs with them, that is why you teach your child not to run with scissors.
If you are unwilling or unable to supervise your children, will not or cannot teach them right from wrong, and refuse to to set (and more importantly enforce) a strict set of rules on them, then you are an unfit and neglegent parent. Stop screwing up your kids, people. I'd like my tax dollars to go towards providing help to people who need it for matters that were beyond their control, not just because their parents were fucking ignoramuses. There are enough problems already in this world.
btw, this thread fials for lack of "overwiiact" in the title.
This is happening alot recently, wiimember your wii puns people!
Wii puns got old really fast.
Like, as soon as the system was actually out, and we had Zelda to play, we stopped needing to occupy our time with Wii puns.
Wii inuendo, however, does not seem like it will be getting old any time soon, if ever. Just earlier this evening I was telling some one how the size of my Wii is great, and really adds to my pleasure. I enjoy playing with my Wii for hours on end, but I have to be careful because if I egt too in to it, for too long, my arm starts to egt sore and I have to take a break.
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Nor is using your position to enact some twisted little power trip because those 'little shits' disagree that 'hats disrupt learning' or that your zero-tolerance policy is doing more harm than good. Or siding with a teacher who calls a bunch of students gay, among other things, simply because he's a teacher and thus, somehow infallible. And when even your faculty points these out to you, you actually turn on them.
I mean, everyone was willing to give her a chance when she first took the position. Then she enacted bullshit policy after bullshit policy and the schoolboard agreed with her, but the school turned against her. I understand why she did those things, but no matter how much anyone said otherwise, or showed her, or how many problems arose from it, she didn't change it, she just slowly made it worse.
Was it disrespectful? Totally. Did she deserve respect? That's up to your views, but I say fuck no.
So what you're saying is, you lived in a 1980s highschool comedy? Porky's style?
Awesome.
I'm curious about this hat ban too. Were hats considered dangerous? Did someone suffocate due to their overly extravagant hat or something?
We've put a car on top of ours, and we've also painted the roof pink. (The school is two domes with the cafeteria in the middle, we put trash cans on the top of each dome and painted them darker than the roof. )
Good times.
Back to parental responsibility. Yeah, this is total bullshit.
caffron said: "and cat pee is not a laughing matter"
If you are the parent of children (and I use "you" in the general sense here) and you are afraid of online predators, but not technically knowledgable enough to figure out how to filter things properly, and unwilling to read a manual that will tell you how to do it, you should not be allowing your children to play games online, at least not unsupervised. It is not the world's responsibility to protect your children, it is yours. Handguns don't come with a special sensors to stop them from firing when a kid is pulling the trigger, that is why you lock them up and store them where kids can't get to them, and seperate from the bullets. Scissors don't become less dull when a child runs with them, that is why you teach your child not to run with scissors.
If you are unwilling or unable to supervise your children, will not or cannot teach them right from wrong, and refuse to to set (and more importantly enforce) a strict set of rules on them, then you are an unfit and neglegent parent. Stop screwing up your kids, people. I'd like my tax dollars to go towards providing help to people who need it for matters that were beyond their control, not just because their parents were fucking ignoramuses. There are enough problems already in this world.
Wii puns got old really fast.
Like, as soon as the system was actually out, and we had Zelda to play, we stopped needing to occupy our time with Wii puns.
Wii inuendo, however, does not seem like it will be getting old any time soon, if ever. Just earlier this evening I was telling some one how the size of my Wii is great, and really adds to my pleasure. I enjoy playing with my Wii for hours on end, but I have to be careful because if I egt too in to it, for too long, my arm starts to egt sore and I have to take a break.