No Sexting For Wicked Houston Students

[grieve]

""Aside from those factors, devices containing said material could potentially violate child pornography laws.""

Potentially?
I am pretty certain if you receive a nude pic from your girlfriend who’s under 18 (regardless of your age) its child porn....

I have spoken to my son about nude pis already, namely if he receives any, DONT show anyone! And of course... don’t take them of yourself as some Skank could show them around (just like every teen male/female will).
I personally believe cell phones should remain in your locker during school hours. There is just no way any teacher will ever catch a kid having pics on his phone unless said teacher violates the students rights and goes through the phone. If a teacher confiscated my phone and browsed through It, I would QUICKLY find her/his and do the same. Also… It’s called a password, teach your kids to use it.

There is a time and place for everything... school is not the best place to be checkin your GF's beaver.

 

[mrsandoo]

[citation][nom]astrodudepsu[/nom] On school grounds your rights don't really exist, of course if you are under the age of 18 you don't really have rights anyway.[/citation]

You're retarded. After making general statements like that, you are really going to call someone out for being a punkass "know it all" kid? LOL

 

[doomtomb]

I'm from Houston and when I was in high school, the cell phones were to be turned off and put away.

 

[grieve]

[citation][nom]doomtomb[/nom]I'm from Houston and when I was in high school, the cell phones were to be turned off and put away.[/citation]
Which should be the rule in every school.

 

[San Pedro]

What constitutes semi-nude? Male with no shirt? Girl in bikini (or underwear would be the same really)?

Semi-nude is just so, unclear.

 

[fulle]

I'm 25, and when I was in HS EVERYONE had a cell phone. Back then (7-11 years ago), the popular thing to do was to get new custom face plates and such for our phones, since smart phones didn't really exist yet, like they do now. But, text messaging, and picture messaging did exist... even a little web browsing.

When I was in HS use of phones in class would result in temporary confiscation of the phone. Texting wasn't all that popular yet, and in my circle of friends considered something that mainly only diva girls did. Nobody would have been stupid enough to send a naked picture of themselves in a text message... and when we witnessed the birth of Myspace most of us shrugged our shoulders.

Kids now are so into text messaging and social networks, its fucking annoying. I was trying to date this girl who's 21 (I was thinking with the wrong head, so sue me), and one night trying to read a book while she constantly texted me, I had a moment where I felt really really sorry for kids right now (genuine pity here). Time to relax and collect your thoughts is important for mental health!

 

[bbri06]

"call me old fashioned... but i still don't understand why school children even need a cell phone with a camera on it much less a cell phone at all. never needed them before and have yet to see a valid reason for them yet."
They don't need a cell phone. Children have cell phones because they want them and that is the only reason with few other exceptions.

 

[astrodudepsu]

[citation][nom]mrsandoo[/nom]You're retarded. After making general statements like that, you are really going to call someone out for being a punkass "know it all" kid? LOL[/citation]

Someone can't read. I didn't call anyone anything there genius.

And you don't have full legal rights as a minor.

 

[michaelahess]

My kids will hate me, they will never have cell phones in school, even if they pay for them by themselves. Dumbest idea in the world. I was distracted enough by my TI-92 and TI-85, but at least I had to learn how to put another OS on them to play my games Learning, it's a wonderful thing.

 

[jangocat]

[citation][nom]astrodudepsu[/nom]They can absolutely tell you what you can/cannot have in your car! Don't think so? Try to bring a legal shotgun or rifle and leave it in your car, see how that works out. On school grounds your rights don't really exist, of course if you are under the age of 18 you don't really have rights anyway.[/citation]

I don't know what country your from but in the USA your car absolutely is private property no matter if your on school grounds or anywhere else. No one has any right to search it except the police, and even they need probable cause. If the school could see the gun through the window they could call police but if it was hidden under the seat or in the trunk they cant search for it without probable cause.

A students cell phone is also private property. As soon as this school tries to search a students phone they will be sued by the student with support of the ACLU. The school will lose and cost taxpayers millions. The school could try to ban cell phones but that's shaky legal ground and would never be accepted by parents in this era of columbine type incidents.

Basically this is misguided feel good legislation. The real answer is parents teaching morals. Children DO have rights, the only ones who can approve of over riding them to search private property are the parents or police.

 

[truehighroller]

No body, has rights any more period.

 

[jellico]

[citation][nom]jkflipflop98[/nom]Rofl, you sound like one of those punkass "know-it-all" kids. I'm guessing you're in highschool. Guess what junior, you're not as smart as you think you are. Wait until you get booted out on your ass into the real world, then people like me will eat you alive.[/citation]


Wow, not only do you make an incorrect guess based on your personal bias, you then compound your mistake by proceeding from a false assumption. In point of fact, I'm 40 years old. I have six children, four of whom are teenagers (none of whom sext or even think about it). I am a big advocate of privacy rights. In the case of those under 18, I believe they also have a right to privacy, subject to the determinations of the parents. By that I mean, it is MY job to monitor what my kids do, NOT the government (and by extension, the school system). Parents that don't monitor their children appropriately are the problem, not that the school isn't intruding far enough into their personal affairs.

I am alarmed at the number of people who seem to agree with those who feel that those under 18 have no rights. While I acknowledge that teenagers can be headstrong an obnoxious (and, damnit, if they would just listen to those who have already been there, it would save them a lot of headache... but I digress), to suggest that they have no rights is to relegate them to the class of property. And I find it hard to believe that anyone here honestly feels this way.

 

[XD_dued]

Lol little kids in my neighborhood do this DX

 

[mcreskiller]

they need to put radio interference in schools or emp so when you walk in the cell phones turn off and when you walk out they come back on mahaha

 

[Greg_77]

I don't see how having child porn when you are a child is illegal. Children can have "relations" with other children and not be charged with rape. Am I missing something?

 

[waffle911]

[citation][nom]Greg_77[/nom]I don't see how having child porn when you are a child is illegal. Children can have "relations" with other children and not be charged with rape. Am I missing something?[/citation]
It's the potential for such material, which is illegal in and of itself, to be distributed. Then anyone who isn't themselves underage would have access. "Relations" would be a whole lot more private and likely wouldn't result in lasting pornographic evidence that could then be distributed. Not to mention it is illegal for minors (under 18) to have access to pornographic material as it is; having the subject matter being underage as well doesn't make it any less illegal.

 

[belardo]

[citation][nom]jellico[/nom]While I acknowledge that teenagers can be headstrong an obnoxious (and, damnit, if they would just listen to those who have already been there, it would save them a lot of headache... but I digress), to suggest that they have no rights is to relegate them to the class of property.[/citation]

That is why THEY are STILL children... A 16 year old, even IF sexually active, do not have the experiences of someone older. Of course that IS also part of growing up.

Oh... not as an insult. You don't know WHAT your teenage kids are doing unless you have a security camera in their rooms (eww) and watching them 24/7. I've parties with quite a few "Christian" college girls and asked them "ER? Isn't that a Christian University?" their response "I'm NOT that Christian".

 

[Clintonio]

I left school around the same time this started taking off, but, if my experiences with my classmates were a good example, the kinds of people who would have given out the nudes of themselves would have been the typical sluts anyway. The same kind that has such dysfunctional home lives that any amount of help the government or school try to give, there is no way you're gonna help them. Obviously, they don't realise how much they'll regret every guy in school seeing them naked (or every girl, if a guy does it).

Sigh, while the younger generations are the best at using the recent technologies, they're also some of the stupidest risk takers with them.

 

[theblackbird]

I wouldn't define a 16 year old watching a 16 year old naked, child pornography. Seriously.

 

[FSXFan]

[citation][nom]jellico[/nom]Well, it depends on where you live, of course. I live in New Mexico. The car is an extension of the home (as it should be). So if you can legally own a gun, you can legally carry it in your car. That not withstanding, a cell phone is not a gun. They can ban cell phones in school, but if a kid is driving him or herself to school, and they have a cell phone in their car, there isn't a damn thing the school can do about it. Even if it is on the dashboard.Second, if you think kids under 18 don't have rights, try locking up your teenager in their room against their will and go tell the cops about it, see how that works out.[/citation]
What are you talking about? Nobody said anything about banning cell phones in school, just no more sending nude pics of themselves. You're bringing guns into the discussion? Of course nobody's gonna be searching cars for phones even if they did ban them (yes, even if it's on the dashboard), but I haven't heard of any kids shooting each other with cellphones (yet) either. Wait until they figure out how to make their iGrenades explode at will though.

And what kind of pushover parents did you have that couldn't ground you for fear of what the cops might do to them? I spent more time than I'd like to remember sitting in my room grounded. If I'd have tried going to the cops about it they would've had some good laughs is all. When I got back home a beating unlike any other would have ensued and I'd likely still be sitting in that bedroom. Parents should not have to have such fears about disciplining their heathen children. I totally deserved most of the punishments I got even if I didn't think so at the time. My parents were pretty hard on me compared to my friends' parents, but looking at how a lot of them turned out I'm glad now.