The Ledge is Banned at School / Homecoming
 

D: Okay I'm like seriously distressed here, because the Ledge is now BANNED at my school. It just happened yesterday, because I go on the Ledge every Tuesday/Thursday during study hall. I am now convinced that my school only bans websites because they are fun/enjoyable. EVERYTHING IS BANNED. They banned Youtube last year (Well ok, I can see the reasoning behind that one), MLIA was banned within the past two weeks, along with all forms of social networking sites. If they see a pattern of people going onto websites, they ban them. @$!^#!

And also, IT'S HOMECOMING WEEK! YAAAAAAAY! The TPers will be out tonight, and sadly, I will not be joining them. I will however be hiding out in my bushes with a hose, car alarm, and silly string. Hohohohoho yesss. And of course, there's the dress up days and various games and mischeif going on. It's pretty awesome.

Soooo tell me Ledgies, how is/was your homecoming!? Care to share embarrassing pictures of your 80s hair? I want to see them, and I know you've got them! :laugh:

~Rhiya :blob1:

Rhiya,

It's likely that you're the only person at your school surfing the Ledge.

Therefore, you've got a pretty anal "IT Dept Guy" at your school who has probably been monitoring your web surf-age.

Suggestion... You could possibly have a chat with him about it and have him to remove the block. :shrug:

It was bound to happen, with all that discussion of tusking, hands slipping into gloves, gates and gardens, shaking rattlesnakes, shacking up, night tangoing, and still nights, going on day after day.

ha ha.. what a nightmare! It's banned at my job too, but I have free access to anything (I'm a manager), though I try not to enter frequently at job time.

Do they ban it specifically, or have they banned by category? (entertainment, adult, media, etc..)

It's amazing how much internet time is allowed here in NZ. As long as you don't abuse it (porn, etc) then it seems to be okay. I have my Gmail browser open all day so I can chat with my wife...! It's great!

My office is good about it too. You need a break from dry work stuff now and then to keep your head on straight. Some of us need more straightening. :p

High School is fascist, hang in there, it only gets better once you're out.

One of the mates surfs Facebook all day... I keep telling him he's gonna' ruin it for all Kiwis :laugh:

Are they Republicans? :laugh:

My school is just as bad, if not worse... students often call it St. Fascist instead of St. Francis. They have blocked EVERYTHING. And at private school, you basically sign your rights away by accepting enrollment.... we can have our cars searched by administration at any time without due cause, etc. It sucks.

I'm pretty sure my school's I.T guy is a Fleetwood Mac fan so i don't imagine it will be going the way of Youtube and Facebook anytime soon.

Usually if it doesn't use much bandwidth they don't seem to care :shrug:

The horrors of going to private school! :eek: Get a freakin' grip.

I went to a public high school and they still searched your locker,car,backpack etc.... Also, we didn't have study hall and our computers were like these IBMs from 1981 or 1982. (This was the late '80s/early '90s) I am surprised that students can use internet access at school for anything other than educational purposes.

i graduated in 1986 & there was only 1 computer class in the whole school & there was no internet access~ it was strictly for educational purpose~ i also graduated during a time when NO ONE had cell phones, & texting?, what was that?~ there was no GPS, you had to actually look stuff up on a paper map~ we bought all our mac & stevie music on vinyl or cassette & maybe an 8 track or two, & seeing stevie in 1986 front row cost me 14.50~ there was no cable tv until i was 13~ we had 3 channels to watch & 2 pbs channels~ i remember being 13 & seeing mtv first air~

the internet is a great tool, but i don't want my son to use it as a crutch either~ he is home-schooled & i take him to the library to use actual books & learning tools to teach also~ we both like taking the time to read an actual book & do science type stuff outside & not always sitting in front of a screen~

how did we make it thru?:shrug::rolleyes:~