> >I have to agree with you here, almost
> >completely. The local schools here are an
> >outstanding example. All computers available to
> >students (except one, but it's a secret ;) have
> >a filter program called Bess, but the teachers'
> >computers don't have it. In virtually every
> >instance, when a teacher found sites that were
> >useful, he or she would reserve a lab only to
> >find that *every* site on the list was blocked
> >for one reason or another.
>
> Simular story for me: Anyone ever heard of those "webquest" things? Teachers print out a pack of work for each student. Included with the pack is a web address. The student must go to that web address and complete the pack of work using information that they find on the internet.
>
> Anyway, our school doesn't have any filter programs on our school computers, but when I take the project home to work on...
>
> Let's just put it this way, I'm glad I don't have AOL anymore. Every website that had ANYTHING AT ALL to do with the 'quest was blocked in one way or another! Even the webquest's website was blocked!
>
> Luckily, I don't have AOL anymore.
>
> Yes, this is more of an "AOL" issue that a "web-filter" issue, but either way, many important websites are blocked - even the ones recomended by our school system's teachers!
>
> -TAEstell
> Hey, this is my first post here!
>
> P.S. - The link below is a link to that webquest.

I have "heard" similar stories regarding AOL, like that it blocks the AltaVista Translations page, and the GO Translator. So, the fact that it has a form disallows access? :( That's stupid.

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