Comments on: Em I Ess Ess I Txt U Not http://www.timvansant.com/otoh/2008/07/29/em-i-ess-ess-i-txt-u-not/ ~Tim blathers, prints, repeats.... Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:52:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Snowelf http://www.timvansant.com/otoh/2008/07/29/em-i-ess-ess-i-txt-u-not/comment-page-1/#comment-5769 Snowelf Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:03:18 +0000 http://www.timvansant.com/otoh/?p=597#comment-5769 I can understand it to a point, but I also think that like colleges, all schools should have a web portal available to students for email, assignment help, etc. However, banning all communication through these sites is ridiculous. And how funny was the "wait til your principal gets home!" line!! --snow I can understand it to a point, but I also think that like colleges, all schools should have a web portal available to students for email, assignment help, etc. However, banning all communication through these sites is ridiculous. And how funny was the “wait til your principal gets home!” line!!

–snow

]]> By: Jenn http://www.timvansant.com/otoh/2008/07/29/em-i-ess-ess-i-txt-u-not/comment-page-1/#comment-5761 Jenn Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:04:57 +0000 http://www.timvansant.com/otoh/?p=597#comment-5761 Bishop Moore HS now prohibits any student-teacher e-mail interaction without a CC to the parent, thanks to a lawsuit over a grade where a parent alleged that ex-parte communication about an assignment was "incomprehensible" to the snowflake receiving it. I have an electronic folder in which I save all kid/parent e-mails, and I print out really bizarre or demanding ones--exactly for this purpose. I can still log on to Blogger to update my assignment blog from school, but the sites that are blocked are mystifying and seemingly random. I don't know if you remember but last year I was blocked AND REPRIMANDED for attempting to log onto a site critiquing "Death of a Salesman"--apparently, Willy Loman is porn. Good times. Student/teacher communication is vital, but I'm highly suspicious of any faculty or staff member who constantly texts kids at all hours. And I know one who does, and it's gross. Bishop Moore HS now prohibits any student-teacher e-mail interaction without a CC to the parent, thanks to a lawsuit over a grade where a parent alleged that ex-parte communication about an assignment was “incomprehensible” to the snowflake receiving it.

I have an electronic folder in which I save all kid/parent e-mails, and I print out really bizarre or demanding ones–exactly for this purpose.

I can still log on to Blogger to update my assignment blog from school, but the sites that are blocked are mystifying and seemingly random. I don’t know if you remember but last year I was blocked AND REPRIMANDED for attempting to log onto a site critiquing “Death of a Salesman”–apparently, Willy Loman is porn. Good times.

Student/teacher communication is vital, but I’m highly suspicious of any faculty or staff member who constantly texts kids at all hours. And I know one who does, and it’s gross.

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