Middle School demands FB password from student...

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shortylickens

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What are they feeding kids in middle school to get them so big? :p

They arent doing anything special. The kid I'm thinking of got held back a year by his parents. And he grew fast on top of that. 9th grade he hit 6'2". Most of the teachers were scared shitless of him.
 

Red Squirrel

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What's up with people of authority having right to get people's passwords now? What's next, having to give a key to your house too? Gotta love how America is slowly turning into a dictatorship.
 

Newbian

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What's up with people of authority having right to get people's passwords now? What's next, having to give a key to your house too? Gotta love how America is slowly turning into a dictatorship.

If you check the story the school says they had permission from her parents as it sounds like she was causing issues in school with it but who knows.
 

Anonemous

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Well since employers and colleges are asking for passwords why not let them install cameras in our residences since we got nothing to hide right?
 

ch33zw1z

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If you check the story the school says they had permission from her parents as it sounds like she was causing issues in school with it but who knows.

Yea, but the ACLU is claiming that consent was never given..Would be interesting to hear what the parents say. Why would the school have to force if the parents consented? Wouldn't a conversation between the parents and the child most likely have taken place? Unless they called the parents on the spot..

I would never instruct my kids to hand over the password. If the school has a problem with my kid then a meeting can be arranged. Intimidating a student to gain access to FB is not cool.
 
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Kadarin

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I would never instruct my kids to hand over the password. If the school has a problem with my kid then a meeting can be arranged. Intimidating a student to gain access to FB is not cool.

I have no kids, but if I did, this would be my answer as well. School administrators are administrators, not parents.