Firefox will get you Detention

**eXosYn** · #1 (**permalink**) 12-27-2007, 09:40 PM

So get this...I found this while using StumbleUpon. Basically, it's about a student that received detention for using Firefox at his or her school. Below is the school's response to the claim as well as the detention slip.

Source:: Big Spring School District

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Response to Internet Hoax
December 17, 2007
Recently, a file was uploaded to the Internet purporting to be a copy of a letter from Big Spring High School to a student regarding a two hour detention. The uploaded letter was an altered version of a detention letter sent to a student. Unfortunately, privacy concerns prevent the School District from giving a full explanation of the nature and source of the letter’s alteration at this time. The Big Spring School District does have confirmation that the discipline letter was altered.

The reports, blogs and other sources on the Internet indicating that a Big Spring student was assigned detention for using the Firefox internet browser instead of Internet Explorer are untrue and were based on the fake letter. Detention is assigned in our schools after appropriate warnings are given. If students continue to engage in non-academic activities or fail to follow a teacher’s directive during class time, discipline can and will be assigned.

Sincerely yours,

John C. Scudder

High School Principal

What do you guys think?

Swift19 · 12-27-2007, 10:35 PM

it's a load of bullshit. the kid was using a better browser and doing his schoolwork. the teacher had no right to tell him to turn off the program.

**eXosYn** · 12-27-2007, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Swift19

it's a load of bullshit. the kid was using a better browser and doing his schoolwork. the teacher had no right to tell him to turn off the program.

That is, of course, if he was actually doing what the slip says...a slip like that is easy to alter because of how it's made... I'm not taking sides, it's that it could be both ways...

Swift19 · 12-27-2007, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by synith

That is, of course, if he was actually doing what the slip says...a slip like that is easy to alter because of how it's made... I'm not taking sides, it's that it could be both ways...

the thing is is that i've seen people do the exact same thing this kid (as the letter claims) did. they used firefox because it was a better browser and basically got ripped a new one just because the teacher couldn't understand they weren't doing anything wrong. i wouldn't doubt that this is genuine.

**Ristaron** · 12-27-2007, 11:47 PM

Going on the premise that the letter is true, the teacher should be fired for being a dickface and not keeping up with modern technology.

iamthelordhitman · 12-28-2007, 12:29 AM

cant really say anything cause it could be altered

Purified · 12-28-2007, 01:42 AM

Im sure it wasnt altered. School are stric on kids now on computers. They think everything a kid does is a risk. The facts stand that the teacher said "this" but the kid did "that". You have to play their little games and just listen to the teacher. Our school was having internet issues so I oppened DOS and ran a ping to google. I received 3 days Out of School Suspesion.

You have to roll with the punches.

**Chad** · 12-28-2007, 03:14 AM

It doesn't matter if the student is correct... The teacher is always right, you are not supposed to think on your own. If you have a better way to do something its better to not do it or say it. Public schools suck, and basically they just teach you to OBEY your superiors.

Ol' Patty · 12-28-2007, 04:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Chad

It doesn't matter if the student is correct... The teacher is always right, you are not supposed to think on your own. If you have a better way to do something its better to not do it or say it. Public schools suck, and basically they just teach you to OBEY your superiors.

Yeah... In public schools, the actual details of the situation hardly ever matter. If you are not obeying you are a problem. I got sent to detention for READING in class multiple times. Apparently, the fact that I already knew the subject inside and out doesn't mean shit. Or the fact that I had like an f-ing 90-95 in the class. Oh well.. It gave me more time to read my books. Bah... incompetent, egotistical teachers make me have violent thoughts.

TakaiDetweiler · 01-05-2008, 09:03 PM

Our school district has imposed incredible limits on our internet access. We can not download anything onto the computer from a website without extreme difficulty, the webpages are severly restricted, its just bad, its terrible. It's very hard to get research done (even though they have sites) because for a recent eco project, I had to check my email and stuff (yay for lpunderground, hehe) and unless you know some ridiculously long trial to get to gmail or anything, you're fucked. Schools are turning education into something that reminds me of political correct bs.