Is checking what students are doing in school on computers an invasion of privacy?

I am a studen in high school. I understand that going on game sites and places like facebook and myspace are distracting at school but what if someones in an academic lab. Ya its a time to study but sometimes you have nothing to study and are just plain bored. I believe that if a teacher looks on a students computer it is an invasion of privacy. If a student is checking an email and something important is in there it gives the teacher NO right to read it. I mean I understand if a kid is looking at the computer all the time but just because some students do that doesnt mean all do. Some things are just personal and students arent allowed to look at what teachers are doing so why should it be the other way around. I dont always have time to check some stuff that I want to between school and work and the fact that I cant sucks because I'm a good student who gets easily bored. Any thoughts would be really great.

Is checking what students are doing in school on computers an invasion of privacy?

Find another way to pass your free time. They got the right and responsiblity to look.

Is checking what students are doing in school on computers an invasion of privacy?

Yes and no. I think that while kids are in school, the faculty (or parents) should have a way of monitoring email/computer traffic at school. However, I don't think that they should monitor everything all the time. I think that they should have that ability and use it in a situation where they think that a student may be in trouble or may be involved in illegal acts, etc.

Is checking what students are doing in school on computers an invasion of privacy?

Nope. You're in a public place, not your house, and it's not your computer. No invasion as far as I'm concerned. And yes, I'm a student; I graduate this summer.

Is checking what students are doing in school on computers an invasion of privacy?

Teachers do have a right. While in their care they are responsible for you.

Also, public schools generally have a written (and signed by your parents / guardians) Internet access policy that explicitly discloses and permits them to control and monitor your access.

Is checking what students are doing in school on computers an invasion of privacy?

School owned computer=they can see whatever you do with impunity.

I am in school, I have been in your situation- I know almost exactly what you mean. I finished those lab assignments SO FAST and I was bored to tears in that lab. Bring a book, do something else, but assume that someone will see everything you look at on a public computer. Especially since schools have to be such hard-ends about discipline. The point is, since these are lab computers, your school has every right know every letter you type in there.

Lawyers, please correct me if I'm wrong, but since it isn't a public computer, but a school lab machine, they're justified in looking at pretty much whatever- (I would assume as long as they're not simply snooping- but to prove that a teacher was simply snooping would be pretty difficult, since part of their job is to help a class maintain discipline.)

Is checking what students are doing in school on computers an invasion of privacy?

You should have learned by now that there is NO privacy on the Internet the way there is if you use first-class mail and that any message you upload will probably be stored in more than one server. I learned this a long time ago and have never published anything on the Web that I would be embarrassed by if it were publicly revealed, say, five years from now.

The police can dig up any messages you send to the Internet if they can convince a judge that they have probable cause to do so in a criminal investigation.

Schools have a right to insist that any use you make of their computers should be educationally related. It could become very disruptive if, for example, they allowed you to access pornography.

By the way, you should also realize that if you accidentally access some child pornography from a European web site and store it on your home computer and the police find out about it, you could be arrested as a sex offender.

(I myself, by the way, like to access porn on the web and beat off to it. But I will never do so in a public library.)

The bottom line is if you want to do something on your school system that is not directly related to schoolwork, it would be a good idea to clear it first with whoever on the staff may be watching you.

You obviously are a smart guy. I am sure you can find all sorts of educationally useful web surfing that will amuse you when you get bored in school.

Harleigh Kyson Jr.

Is checking what students are doing in school on computers an invasion of privacy?

Sorry. The school owns the computers so they say what you can and cannot do. The same rules apply when you go to work. Your employer has every right to see what you are doing on his equipment.

You may not be allowed to see what your teacher is doing at the computer, but you can bet your bottom dollar that the school board has that right!

If you're so very bored, practice your typing or study punctuation. You'll find both of them more useful than complaining about things you can't change.

Is checking what students are doing in school on computers an invasion of privacy?

I will never for the life of me understand how and why kids nowadays think they are ENTITLED to what ever they want.

If YOU paid for that computer, then you can use it with no invasion from teachers.

If YOU paid for that computer, you can do whatever you want when you finish the work.

YOu are under the control of the school and have to follow their rules.

This is the fault of the schools though, they should not let kids get on games, email, etc in the first place. They should be giving the kids enough work to do so they won't be bored.

Is checking what students are doing in school on computers an invasion of privacy?

At the beginning of the school year the student should have signed an access to technology form. This tells the student that when they are in school and using school computers, they are subject to being monitored on their computer use. So, to answer your questions, no it is not an invasion of privacy if you are using school computers to use the Internet. If you want to do things on the Internet that you don't want others to see, use your own personal computer.