Here's a bit of irony. I'm a private tutor but I deal with teachers and administrators often enough to have a little insight into the other side of it.
While parents and teachers are frequently worried about the little darlings' [that would be you people for the most part] tender little minds, administrators, and the techies they use to limit school computer systems, are primarily interested in keeping themselves out of law court AND in making it difficult for a brilliant student to screw up the school computers.
This is to say that most of the administrators and all of the techies really do not [at least in private] care what you guys access, they simply don't want you wrecking things. They would never admit it to the teachers or the parents, though, and if they ever caught you they would make your life hell, simply for the principle of the thing.
My attitude has always been that if you are bright enough to break the rules then you ought to be responsible enough not to screw up the system for everyone else . . . and heaven help you if you get caught!
For my part, I routinely go to some of my brighter students, clients really since I am a private tutor, and ask them for help when it comes to dealing with computer problems. Treat young people like adults and they usually respond like adults.
It works in the opposite direction, too. I used to teach martial arts, and the best student I ever had [I was teaching taijiquan at the time] was an eighty year old woman who once upon a time was an Olympic level swimmer.
I am learning a great deal from you people and I would never pass on what I am learning to a techie, much less a school administrator. Power to the people! Have fun.
Opus
Eternal student in search of knowledge. But will settle for the occasional epiphany.
