“Foxfire.exe” [Pic]

Hoax?

Dumb ppl

Even if it were real, the student was being punished for disobeying the teacher and it has nothing to do with whether the browser was better or not.

The school can lock down Internet Explorer with Group Policies but can’t do the same with Firefox (aka in this Letter to the Parents as “Foxfire”). They can prohibit the use of other browsers by technical means, though, and prevent this type of situation altogether. I say the school’s IT/MIS should receive a 2 hour detention to learn better preventative measures. The discussion here may be a good start for them: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/217950-46-prevent-running-unauthorized-program

I’m afraid to say a similar incident happened to me, except for using Opera – Thankfully my detention was 15 minutes, not 2 hours.

Dan

School kids tend to have a superiority complex when it comes to IT, there’s always one that’s upto date with current programs, the problem really lies in the way their insubordination is dealt with – if they show some opinion why not have an open discussion about it first (i.e. why does the student think that firefox is better). Then ask politely that the student uses a particular browser (usually IE) and explain the reason why he/she should not use the other (security issues usually). If the student continues to be an ass about it then have them write an in-depth essay on their reasoning behind their choice, and until a satisfactory essay is written they have to continue improving it.

I hope this is fake. This is one of those cases where I shake my head and say, you can’t fix stupid. First, the teacher had a superiority complex, they didn’t even listen to the student, let alone actually look to see if they were doing their work. And I could see a warning, but not a detention over this. You give detentions to students who are cutting class, you suspend students who smoke pot behind the building. Since I do wish to teach when I finish school, I find this somewhat disheartening.

A future teacher for student rights,
Skye

had a relatively tech saavy librarian, was using firefox to evade the stupid blocking thing they got (srsly, it’s getting out of hand with the blocking.) It really didn’t matter if i was on IE or firefox, cuz i was using a proxy site (i get new ones often) to access stuff. This time it was firefox so he comes up to me trying to sound all tough like he knows a lot, tells me i’m “hacking the system which could get me suspended” with this program called firefox cuz y’know firefox was DEFINITELY a hacker tool. And yeah i needed to “terminate the program” or i’ll be ‘arrested’ cuz y’know, the police will do that. =T Dumbass