School Monitors Student Blogs

American Voices

May 30, 2006 | ISSUE 42•21

A school district in Illinois is going to monitor students’ blogs and MySpace profiles for "illegal and inappropriate behavior." What do you think?

Yay! Now they definitely won't have enough time to monitor the boiler-room and under the gymnasium bleachers.

Todd Grubman
Intern
Oh, so if I cruise MySpace looking for information on children, I'm a pervert, but if a school district does it, they're being responsible.

Lisa Hruska
Housewife
Finally we can move on to the next item on the district's agenda: The spectacular lack of learning going on in the classroom.

Holden Rasche
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