Students face felony charges for downloading AIM and stuff on school computers

[kwelz]

I love how people twist the facts to meet their own needs. You all sound like the Antis normally do.

1: The "password" was not taped to the back of the computer. The schools Address was. The Admin was just stupid enough to use the schools short address as the admin password on the machines

2: These kids and their parents signed a code of conduct that they then not only completely ignored but actively tried to break. This alone is grounds for disciplinary action

3: The legal action is mainly because they used the access to break into and monitor the systems of Teachers and administrators. So not only have they broken the rules, and possibly local laws, but they have accessed confidential material and with a bit of work could have changed files, etc.

These parents are deluded enough to think that their little angels should be "rewarded" THese kids are idiots who continued to break the rules even after they had been warned time and again.

Maybe the criminal charges are a bit much. But I don't really think so.

 

[30Cal]

The news story is pretty compelling, but then I read the students side of the story at the cutusabreak website. It's a laundry list of pathetic excuses.

The kids got caught tresspassing, were warned and disciplined repeatedly over it. Plenty of prime opportunities to stop straighten themselves out before the hammer was dropped. And now their shocked that they find themselves under the same gun that points at folks that steal identities, alter grades, and cripple large portions of the internet?

Would you build a twenty foot fence with razor wire to keep kids from repeatedly vandalizing your property? Or would you call the cops? Apparently, the kids and parents think it's a the schools fault for not having a tall enough fence.

Time to sleep in the bed they made.

Ty