Why do schools block sites?

Answer 1

Why Schools Block SitesSchools block sites for many reasons. Some of them include blocking adult sites, which is both noneducational and illegal for children to view, noneducational sites because children are in school to learn, not to play, etc.

I am going to have to STRONGLY disagree with the statement above. Half the sites that schools block, are most likely educational. Do you really think the school goes through every site in the entire Web? No, all they do is look at the URL and don't really get a chance to look at the site. I have learned that there are going to be sites out there that will be educational and schools have blocked them. Do schools really think that they did a really good job on blocking sites? I certainly do not think so. Yeah some sites are not very educational, but shouldn't schools make the day for their students fun, as well as educational? And I bet some people don't even realize, that a lot of adult sites out there ARE run by our own government? So if adult sites are so called illegal then why would they be ran by our government? Oh I guess you could really put some thought into this, and maybe someday people will realize, that government runs those sites, because we as American citizens, are too dull and dense to realize that we are just getting scammed out of our pockets. Just because the AMERICAN government failed, doesn't mean that the rest of the world should.

Sites are blocked at school because students can go on inappropriate websites.

i understand why they block most of the adult sites......but in my school the only websites u can get is Google....Yahoo...study island.....etc.u know what i mean but to me the whole idea is stupid because most kids around the world learn through technology and if u block most of the sites .........well there goes a good 65% of kids learning.....so actually idk why they choose to block sites

yes i agree i think they just don't want 1 ounce of fun in their school.

Answer 2

Because students may go on sites containing 18+ material and if someone would find it out, school may have problems. Also, because students may play games or do some funny stuff when they are supposed to learn and you they are going to school to learn something, not to play.