by Karl Kurtz
One of the reasons for NCSL's creation of The Thicket is to help the general public, not just legislative junkies, better understand the legislative process--the mission of NCSL's Trust for Representative Democracy. So, it would seem that The Thicket would be a good thing for young people, say interested high school social studies students, to read, right?
Not if you're a student in the Boulder Valley School District (BVSD), where I live. Here's a message from my daughter, a senior at Boulder High School:
I'm not sure I care for the "bored" and "falling asleep" and other "stuff" (although I can remember my high school senior year), but the rest of it makes me proud that The Thicket has reached at least one young person, even if it's my own daughter.
I wish I could say I'm surprised. My husband is an IT Security geek and is often surprised at what public or private businesses block. Sites like eBay, Facebook, MySpace, potential "terrorism sites" etc..., but allow access to really bad websites with known viruses, spyware, and other cyber-ilks.
At least keeping up with IT security and "the bad guys" is job security!
Posted by: K Hanson | May 13, 2009 at 02:38 PM
I hate to say it, but network administration is frequently paranoid and/or high on their own power, to the point of blocking things just because "they can" (You've probably met some of those people).
Posted by: Lurker | May 15, 2009 at 06:33 PM