The Fischbowl Again

I chose the month of October labeled "Two Steps Forward" to read in the fischbowl. It was a blog about anyone having access to this school's internet service through personal devices such as cell phones and iPods. This access is filtered and because of this students are restricted from video sites such as Utube and Google Video. The author of this blog does not agree with this and believes that it contradicts his school's motto. The motto is basically to trust students to make good decisions and learn from their mistakes, not shelter them and punish them by taking away all their learning resources. According to the author the students are not expected to make the wrong decisions with the advantage of using these sites.
I believe that the motto of the school itself is the most ignorant way to view young people today. It would be nice to be able to assume that kids will make the right decisions given privileges in technology that could further their education. However, the reality is that they don't. Anyone who works with teenage kids on a regular bases is stupid if they think they are not going to abuse these privileges. Curiosity is in the nature of their age. Kids today, because of this media and access to certain technologies,are getting in trouble and making wrong decisions at an earlier age. Technology can be a wonderful aid to education, but can also be a window to inappropriate substance on the Internet for kids. The author seems to think that the school is depriving teachers and students of advanced, and helpful learning tools. The truth is, computers and the Internet help and technology has become a whole new and popular language all over the world, but we can live without some of it. The future is full of technology but i don't think we are going to be quote "deprived" from restrictions to videos. The are a lot of other ways to learn and expand your mind. If the teacher is a good one, they can create other ways to make it fun and exciting for the kids. It is better to protect our young kids from the chance of being exposed to violent or sexual content that by the way has also become a popular language plaguing the world and causing so many problems, than to improve every inch of the curriculum with technology.