Lighten up on blocks

There are tons and tons of restrictions on the websites on our school devices. When teachers assign us work on the Chromebooks, we can’t ever just get an answer. Instead we have to go from site to site, hoping it’s not blocked. One of the main sites we could use to help us with our work is answers.com. That’s blocked too.

I could understand blocking movie sites and whatnot. YouTube is blocked too. Some students use that for useful purposes. Not all of us used it to look at music videos and funny things like comedians. There are things on there that help us learn math better and understand the events that happened in history.

I think the district blocks too many things that could help students more when they need it but nine times outta 10, it’s blocked. Some students find their way around the blocks, but not all students are know-it-alls. Hangouts is blocked as well. That was helping many students, including me. That app helped mainly with group projects and assignments.

Some of the main things I hear when students get to a blocked site is “shoot.” or “oh my gosh.” If the district really wanted a student off something, it could just block it from that student’s computer. I’m sure they know how to do that. I could also understand if a student was just using it to play games and listen to music on it or even just goofing around on Hangouts while they’re supposed to be doing their work in class, but why take that privilege from every student?

Many of us used the sites wisely and for educational purposes. I may not have pointed out every problem with the restrictions, but I think the district should lighten up a bit. KAYLA JOHNSON

Sherwood