In This School : Blogging Prohibited !
Weird truths from [BoingBoing] :
A blog isn’t just fun, says a Catholic school principal in New Jersey —
It’s an open invitation to predators and an activity that Pope John XIII Regional High School in Sparta will no longer tolerate,
the Rev. Kieran McHugh told a packed assembly of 900 high school students two weeks ago.(Because if there’s one thing Catholic Church officials know about first-hand, it’s the behavior patterns of sexual predators.)
Effective immediately, and over student complaints, the teens were told to dismantle their Myspace.com accounts or similar sites with personal profiles and blogs. Defy the order and face suspension, students were told. While public and private schools routinely block access to noneducational Web sites on school computers, Pope John’s order reaches into students’ homes.
