My Space At School Watch - That is… watch out for the Secret Service!
October 14, 2006 – 5:47 pmWe had a great chat with some of the folks at ISTE about the DOPA issue on Friday(Amongst other things). They agreed with what I understand is the general community opinion, “if we don’t teach them safe social networking in schools, who will?” There is a significant literacy gap between children today and their parents…. It was easy enough, fifty years ago, to explain that walking down dark alleys, in the middle of the night, holding a hundred bucks over your head wearing a bikini in November was asking for trouble. Or, for instance, that saying you wanted to do bodily harm to a public figure on the radio was not a good career move.
Enter the internet.
Enter the trials and tribulations of one Julia Wilson. She was visited by two secret service agents on Wednesday who visited her at her place of daily travail. She was hard at work and was pulled from the room and “yelled at me a lot” and threatened with incarceration. Apparently she had threatened to ‘Kill Bush’ on a very popular social networking site that you will find in the title of this post.
Catch is… Julia is a 14-year-old freshman at Sacramento’s McClatchy High School.
This SFGate article details the “unnecessarily mean” way she was treated by the agents. You’ll notice this key line inside the article “She replaced the page last spring after learning in her eighth-grade history class that such threats are a federal offense.”
wow. talk about the standard issue kicking in your door.
They take her OUT of class, question her in private, scare the crap out of her and then send her back in. Beside the obvious didactic opportunity lost, does it not seem odd that the plan for dealing with kids posting inappropriate stuff online (and i certainly am not condoning her actions) is to send SECRET SERVICE AGENTS?!?
just wow. that is all.
36 Responses to “My Space At School Watch - That is… watch out for the Secret Service!”
Man I’d like that job. Go around and ask kids about their death threats to the President.
By Kevin Landry on Oct 14, 2006
At least this way the students will be easier to locate when they’re in their mid-30’s wearing tinfoil hats in their secluded mountain cabins blogging their manifestos.
I wonder if this would cause a problem…”Defoliate Bush!” Not sure on that one.
(knock, knock) ’scuse me…need to answer the door.
By Art Gelwicks on Oct 18, 2006
I think it is important to teach students what is appropriate online at school because many of their parents are just as clueless as they are.
By Kristal on Oct 25, 2006
wut the… never mind i can’t believe this is stupid this is a free country just because you say your going to kill the president doesnt mean you will. good example if you say to a friend that you going to kill the president doesn’t mean you accually will hire a hitman from los vegas and tell to kill bush for a dolla. P.S we are being traced right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By luvbugs on Oct 30, 2006
http://www.WebsiteRedirect.com
Get on myspace at school!
By Raithe on Nov 8, 2006
Bush’s grandfather was hitler! Mabey not, but sure seems like it. Mabey bush is just inspired by hitler. What a great presedent we have. Seem more like the S.S. wanted to send a message to the public. “FEAR BUSH!” If you dont you’ll end up in guantanamo where you have no rights to phone, lawyer or trail. Who really need free speach or habeas corpus anyway. It was a silly idea to begin with.
By Someone on Nov 11, 2006
thank you
By AMe christiannson on Mar 14, 2007
http://www.instantunblock.com
Unblock websites at school. Unblock myspace and more.
By Joe Unatu on Apr 1, 2007
so, we have this effing nerd that comes around my school and he blocked just about EVERY way to get there. The websites ya’ll put don’t work! HELPPPPP!
By sandi on May 2, 2007
hi i’m andrea. i would love if ppl could find a way to unblock myspace and youtube plz.
By Andrea on May 9, 2007
i cant get in myspace i tried 3 ways that i know but didnt work so please let me know how to get in
By erik lopez+ on May 11, 2007
okay i honestly need a way to get on myspace.. my school gets ahold of everything we go on and they block it because of the history on the computers.. i need something.. something very very secret that noone knows!@
By amanda on May 11, 2007
thank u for letting me find a website to log on to MY SPACE
By ramon reyes on May 15, 2007
thank u
By ramon reyes on May 15, 2007
thank you
By sixto on May 15, 2007
i hate this how do u get on myspace from school i tink that they should let us we are not doing anything bad so let us on!!!
By jesse on May 22, 2007
thank u no i want to get on myspace
By jesse on May 22, 2007
NO NO NO NO i want myspace NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By jesse on May 22, 2007
only 14? holy crap! Secret service or not her parents should have been notified first and they should have grabbed a lawyer quick.
By Nate Fanaro on May 26, 2007
i need a way to get on myspace but my school has blocked almost every web site excepted this one!!!!!!!!
i need a help !!!!!!!!
one that will take a while for the school to find!!!
need it to be very secretive
By bianca on Sep 6, 2007
i want to get on myspace
By milquiades on Sep 7, 2007
how do i get on myspace they got everything blocked
By nicole on Sep 17, 2007
they got every thing block need a way…………………that welll take a long time to find out about
By wade on Sep 19, 2007
how to get on myspace
By big moma on Sep 19, 2007
if you have any proxy codes for school tell me damm i need to know
By natalie on Oct 10, 2007
help me get on myspace at school
By Ta'Niah on Oct 12, 2007
DUD3 HOW CAN U G3T ON MYSPACE AT YOUR SCHOOL?
By shay on Jan 14, 2008
This junk don’t work…
By Kandi Pantz on Apr 15, 2008
well there is one that always works for me, http://www.kproxy.com
By eleivia on May 6, 2008
how can i log in at school non of the web says work
By celia on May 7, 2008
hey i got one go to http://www.facebookfly.com that works for
By celia on May 7, 2008
i need me a way to get on myspace
By jhon on May 8, 2008
wat da bleepety is this bleep it aint helpful at bleepity all i tried all that bleep at school and it dont muthableepity work u dumbass bleeps!!!!!!!!!
By shakeara on May 13, 2008
I need to get on myspace at school!! ( we are not doing nothing bad, but checking our stuff [messages])!!! =]
By b_a_b_y on May 16, 2008
man shit yall need 2 find a way 2 get on myspace
By lil low 4rm nuccio on May 21, 2008