Re: Schools Prohibit Personal E-mail Sites

M>> By Tracy Jan, Globe Staff

>> Boston Public School officials, who recently banned cellphone use >> during the school day, are angering students with a new prohibition: >> no checking or sending e-mail from Yahoo, Hotmail, or other personal >> Web-based accounts from school. > I don't see why this is a big deal. It's the school's computers and > they should be able to regulate them any way they choose. It's no > different from the workplace where an employer dictates what can and > cannot be done on his computers.

There is a critical difference: The schools are publicly funded.

In some ways, I think schools acting to prevent harassment/ bullying > between students is not such a bad idea.

It's not a bad idea, but denying access to Hotmail won't do squat.

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