What makes litnet so uneducational and how come it is a prohibited site?

[RoCKiTcZa]

:rage:

Earlier this afternoon I was litnetting peacefully in our school library when suddenly the librarian-on-duty appeared behind me... I was confident that she wouldn't scold me or anything, litnet being a very educational site and all... however, I was wrong... she told me that students were only allowed to open sites related to our subject matter while pointing to the sign posted to the wall that said the same thing in clear block letters. I understood that perfectly, yet I didn't mind her much for I knew very well that litnet was not a prohibited site, neither could this be called chatting. It was just too bad that she came back and threatened to file an IR against me if I didn't get my seat off the computer right away seeing as I didn't want to listen. Goodness! What the hell is wrong with litnet? Is it because they've christened it
"Literature Network Forums," a name analogous with chatting? But for heaven's sake, it is educational! Or is it not? What on earth has gotten into them and what makes Literature Network Forums so wrong? :flare:

[SleepyWitch]

what makes Litnet uneducational?
Lote-Tree! (plus Aimus and Sleepy)... but it all depends on how you define education, of course :)

[Niamh]

Some off the randomness of the forum maybe, but next time it happens, tell them you are on online-literature and are having online discussions about certain topic, then quickly click out of general chat and select and author. might work, especially if you select a novel and go into the text available.:p

[Koa]

Well forums are not usually tolerated in schools, and every time I've browsed a forum from the library or wherever I've done it very secretively and with a sense of guilt... it's just like that, you're not working. If you pretend to browse another then it's something else yes, but it's christened Lit Net FORUMS because this is the forum, other parts of the site are not.

[Lote-Tree]

what makes Litnet uneducational?
Lote-Tree! (plus Aimus and Sleepy)... but it all depends on how you define education, of course :)

I am terribly uneducational :-(

So Rocki your teachers are probably right! Stay clear of "uneducational" stuff ;-)

Learn Bionomial Triangular Double Integer biconical quadaratic equations! You will never have to use it in your entire life :D

[Dori]

Learn Bionomial Triangular Double Integer biconical quadaratic equations! You will never have to use it in your entire life :D

Unless you become a Mathematician. ;)

Most of the teachers at my small school are pretty lenient, with the exception of the librarian. :rolleyes:

[Anza]

Teachers don't know what they're talking about. They're trying to protect us from "bad websites." It comes from the same theory of theirs that they can protect us from all germs, and every bad situation that could arise. They're trying to make us too sheltered. Go on litnet once every week, just to piss them off. Make sure you have your parent's backing first, though.

[barbara0207]

I think Niamh's is very good advice. Show them the intellectual in you, and they'll go, 'Wow, the kit rocks' - or something to that effect. :D :D

[Bakiryu]

It's blocked in my school library, just like wikipedia. :(

[Lily Adams]

It's blocked in my school library, just like wikipedia. :(

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...What kind of sick, twisted, wrong school do you attend?! Wikipedia?! No Wikipedia?! *shudders*

I'm surprised they block LitNet, I mean, at my school all the sites that are actually blocked are the big ones like MySpace and Facebook, but not the unknown ones. I go on LitNet and a bunch of other "unknown" sites at school all the time. But I'm like, buddy-buddy with the librarians. (They're mah home dogs or whetever the kids say these days.) Plus I always have my e-mail account open in a window just in case one of them decides to stray my way. We also have a Career Center with loads of computers and there are never libraians to pester you there. There are adults, but they don't seem to mind...

So I suggest you do the e-mail thing. Or Wikipedia. Whatever. Fake it.

[Bakiryu]

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...What kind of sick, twisted, wrong school do you attend?! Wikipedia?! No Wikipedia?! *shudders*

I'm surprised they block LitNet, I mean, at my school all the sites that are actually blocked are the big ones like MySpace and Facebook, but not the unknown ones. I go on LitNet and a bunch of other "unknown" sites at school all the time. But I'm like, buddy-buddy with the librarians. (They're mah home dogs or whetever the kids say these days.) Plus I always have my e-mail account open in a window just in case one of them decides to stray my way. We also have a Career Center with loads of computers and there are never libraians to pester you there. There are adults, but they don't seem to mind...

So I suggest you do the e-mail thing. Or Wikipedia. Whatever. Fake it.

Oh, it's sick and twisted allright. My english teacher dropped out of high school and doesn't know who Vivaldi was! :alien:

You're lucky! DeviantART is blocked too!

[Tersely]

Next time cover up the words "Network Forum" and tell her you dont know what the hell shes talking about.
Librarians just dont have anything to do...they used to troll our halls yelling at students for going to the bathroom. You'd figure they would use their freetime and resources for good.
Our high school network was 'trustful'...I spent many an hour on myspace and youtube :D

[Lily Adams]

Oh, it's sick and twisted allright. My english teacher dropped out of high school and doesn't know who Vivaldi was! :alien:

You're lucky! DeviantART is blocked too!

I cry for you.

I don't think I ever tried deviantART...which reminds me, I have tons of drawings to post there.

[papayahed]

Oh, it's sick and twisted allright. My english teacher dropped out of high school and doesn't know who Vivaldi was! :alien:



Sounds like your school dropped the ball during the interview process.:rolleyes:

[lili student]

this so unfair :eek:

I do not think this web site is prohibited.:confused:

I swear by God that I find things in this web site that never I find them in the liberary.

Maybe, the teacher thought like chat rooms & massenger:lol: :p

[Bakiryu]

I bet is Bakiryu

Bakiryu is very educational. yes. (:p)







(I've no idea why it's blocked.)

[Dori]

When in doubt, Alt+F4. ;)

(I do this in order to avoid having my precious forums blocked at school.)

[kiz_paws]

Wow, that is really sad because in my own opinion, LitNet has a lot to offer a student. Albeit, the forums are not always the place for information (ha), but I remember when Adol posted a question about Calculus and a couple of our whiz bang math people jumped on the question right away and Adol was on his way to understanding! Just one sample of how it works here -- we fool around, but there is a really cool pool of information in our midst, from archeology (Niamh) to math (kilted, virgil), languages (assortment of folks), and the list goes on!

Yes, such a shame... :smash:

[kratsayra]

Wow, I'm so glad I'm not in school nowadays. How depressing to have your internet controlled! I can waste time however I want - though I'd probably be better off if I did have a librarian looking over my shoulder telling me to stop!

As for Wikipedia being blocked, Baki . . . granted I think it's a perfectly acceptable source of general information (especially when you need to know who Vivaldi is, or something like that), whether or not it's an acceptable place to go for school work is another matter (not totally sure how I feel about that yet). Perhaps they have Wikipedia blocked because they are afraid people will use it too much for their projects and papers and whatnot. Even if Wikipedia is useful, it is also important to use the library too.

[aabbcc]

Our school does not actively block anything, as far as I know.

There is a warning that it is not allowed to access sites dedicated to or dealing with pornography, weapons and illegal activities, and that whoever gets caught on pages of the kind will be restricted in their future use of school computers; however, I have never heard that they prohibited the access to wikipedia, forums, social networks and such services. They simply assume that most of the people will respect the needs of those who desire to do school-oriented or general academic work, and thus not occupy the space by the activities they can do in their leisure time at home, if there are such people around; if not, they generally do not care what do you do online, nor pay much attention. They say that we are too old for that.

[kilted exile]

to math (kilted, virgil),

erm, no, my name doesnt really belong in there. I'm afraid I havent had to use high end maths much over the last couple of years & so I am forgetting so much of it - now if you want some groovy pipe-layout schematics or information about water/waste-water treatment I may be able to help but no maths anymore....

[Goodfella]

Was really surprise about the whole thread. More explanation, pls.

[Gadget Girl]

That's stupid. Although my poor old school doesn't have an internet connection (:(), I can say that LitNet is definitely an educational website. I mean, it's a Literature network for goodness sake! What more proof does she want?

[Lioness_Heart]

Our school just has a general thing against forums; I guess it's in case the younger kids get to influneced by people or something... I always just have an educational site open as well if i'm online at school, and then quickly change over if the librarian is prowling.

Oooh that's odd, why did i start off in 1st person plural??

[Nossa]

I never thought I'd say that, but I think it's good we don't even have proper computers, let alone net connection, in my college :D
About Wikipedia...I know it's blocked in many places...it's kinda weird, cuz once I asked someone why they'd block a site like Wikipedia, it's one of the most useful sites ever, he's like, in some countries and schools and all, they do that cuz it has some material that isn't 'proper'!!! I still don't get it, but then again, I'm glad Egypt isn't one of these countries.

[Jane Jane]

Litnet is definitely blocked in our school. It is considered a mostly fooling around forum with few participating in actual learning and such.
But we have our own computers at home for the most part, so it is not a big deal.

[ntropyincarnate]

About Wikipedia...I would be dead without Wikipedia. But my teachers don't allow us to use Wikipedia as a source (I do anyway, I just don't put it in the bibliography :D) because, since anyone can add and edit articles, it isn't really reliable. People who have no idea what they're talking about can say anything they want and readers will take it as fact. A lot of Wikipedia articles also seem to be biased.

[thegreenthing]

Nothing's blocked in our school, we can do just about anything we want, wich we do (but not much that has anything to do with working...

[RoCKiTcZa]

Hey guys. You may have noticed that i have been away from litnet for a very long time. I'll tell you it's not a choice I made, but something I was forced to do because of this issue. :( In fact, I miss litnet very much. I miss everyone around. However, my absence from litnet has benefited me quite well too, as I believe it has contributed much to the improvement of my grades. As of now I really have no choice but to improve them--it's now or never. I believe I will survive, though. For now, I can't stand being near my addiction. I always give in. :blush:

As to the wikipedia issue, people in my school don't mind. It really isn't reliable, but good enough for people who are striving to cram. :lol:

[kiz_paws]

erm, no, my name doesnt really belong in there. I'm afraid I havent had to use high end maths much over the last couple of years & so I am forgetting so much of it - now if you want some groovy pipe-layout schematics or information about water/waste-water treatment I may be able to help but no maths anymore....Well, thanks for your honesty, kilted.:) And there you have it folks -- pipe-layouts? You know who to consult... ;)