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| Thread ID: 110070 | 2010-06-02 05:05:00 | Do you think this is unethical? | The Error Guy (14052) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1106034 | 2010-06-02 07:06:00 | Our school apparently uses AB Tutor Control :horrified Time to stop playing Google Pacman. |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1106035 | 2010-06-02 07:25:00 | Not unethical at all. You are at school to learn rather than visit social networking sites. Boarding school means the staff become your parents effectively and the staff would be lacking in their duty if certain measure are not taken. When I went to school you could not use ballpoint pens as they were banned as they could destroy your handwriting skills. They did not ban laptops or computers or calculators though. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 1106036 | 2010-06-02 08:48:00 | While on the school network: www.torproject.org While not on: www.vodafone.co.nz I don't see how they can find out you're using one. Just use it in your room and lock the door ie don't use it out in the open. lol at all the school kid haters: "I'm on the internet and have left school, you should do what I say! ho ho ho" |
Orca (3098) | ||
| 1106037 | 2010-06-02 08:54:00 | Get a cheap laptop with 512mb or less of ram install Vista, Nortons and any other blotware you can find. Half way though class tell your teacher your still waiting for the laptop to boot up.;) |
rebels181 (14841) | ||
| 1106038 | 2010-06-02 08:55:00 | Not unethical at all. You are at school to learn rather than visit social networking sites. Boarding school means the staff become your parents effectively and the staff would be lacking in their duty if certain measure are not taken. When I went to school you could not use ballpoint pens as they were banned as they could destroy your handwriting skills. They did not ban laptops or computers or calculators though. Ha, ha, same here. When I started Grammar School, ball point pens, ie 'Biros' were verboten, fountain pens were frowned upon, we had to use the school wooden pens with school supplied nibs and the school supplied ink dispensed into our inkwells from large brown glazed pottery bottles. We used to buy fancy nibs to write in fancy styles. Slide rules were also frowned upon as we were supposed to show all the 'workings' not just the answer. Laptops were for sitting upon, these became increasingly popular as one progressed towards senior school, and the petty rules were eased. Edit: I went to a co-educational school just in case anyone gets the wrong idea. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 1106039 | 2010-06-02 09:03:00 | @ Terrey. I was going to say Biro but quite a few would not know what a Biro was. Very surprised that we were not issued with feather pens as in quills. :-) |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 1106040 | 2010-06-02 09:07:00 | I can understand the ban on 3g modems because the school would have hell to pay if one of the students got caught looking at porn. The forum blocking is probably because the teachers don't know how to change the settings & don't think it is enough of an issue to talk to their tech about it | Greven (91) | ||
| 1106041 | 2010-06-02 09:34:00 | @ Terrey. I was going to say Biro but quite a few would not know what a Biro was. Very surprised that we were not issued with feather pens as in quills. :-) We were not quite back into the chalk and slate era, but my Ma and Grandma used chalk and slates for general work, paper and pens were reserved for more special work. If the end of the pen nib was snapped off, the result was a deadly two pronged missile. This could be fired into the ceiling, preferably when sitting in the back row. The contest was to see whose pen would stay up there the longest, as eventually they would fall out, sometimes it would take several days. We also had ink monitors, a now long forgotten job. It was their job to dispense ink into the inkwells, and to refill the ink bottle when necessary from the caretakers store. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 1106042 | 2010-06-02 09:49:00 | You obviously never heard of this. (www.topbits.com) Sorry sir, any decent software like ab tutor is obviously going to block any form of proxy site |
GreacherTech (15784) | ||
| 1106043 | 2010-06-02 09:53:00 | We were not quite back into the chalk and slate era, but my Ma and Grandma used chalk and slates for general work, paper and pens were reserved for more special work. Arrrgh!!!! Are you trying to age me Terry? Bad enough that it's my birthday tomorrow, that bungs another 365 days on the clock. :( I started in the slate era. We used that and chalk in new entrants, then once we were able to write numbers 1 to 10 and the letters of the alphabet we graduated to paper and 'Black Beauty' pencils that wrote lines as thick as a politician's skin. Cheers Billy 8-{) :horrified |
Billy T (70) | ||
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