The other day, in a music lesson, me and my friend Kira were looking for guitar tabs to a certain song, but every website was blocked. Our ICT teacher is ridiculous, he blocks websites that contain "adult material", but there's a distinct possibility that he's gone mad with his blocking power. He blocked every single main guitar tab website, so therefore, we spent most of the lesson sifting through piles of banned material and not actually learning the song.
I know certain websites are banned because they're completely inappropriate and not suitable for high school children to see, but even so, the occasional swear word in a song is not going to harm us.
Kira and I felt so strongly about our time being wasted that we wrote a letter to Mr Cracknell (ICT teacher), to outline our arguments and feelings. He then saw fit to parade the letter around the staff room, letting everyone and anyone see it. If you write a letter to someone, you expect it to remain confidential. Had he sent me a letter, I would have read it, and replied appropriately, I wouldn't have showed it to all my friends. It's simply childish, and outright betrayal.
Anyway, he kept us behind after the lesson to "discuss" said letter.
He started off being really aggressive and basically telling us that we were wrong, but we completely shot him down. It was hilarious; he had no idea how argumentative we (especially me) are, so once we'd finished saying our piece he started being all "Oh, well, I'm working on a programme... Blah blah blah... Sensible students like you two... Blah blah blah..."
It's so infuriating when teachers think they're better than you just because they're teachers. But, because of their attitudes, it's so rewarding when you disprove their arguments.
Every single website got unblocked.
Basically, argue with your teachers, kids! It might get you somewhere...
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