said by RogerADSL :

The Teacher's union would ban the study of what the difference between a Democracy and a Republic are. If the kids watch porn at school, then they don't have enough homework.

said by Thespis :

I always hear about this legendary, all-encompassing "Teacher's Union".
Could somebody tell me what the name of this union is?
I'm a teacher, and all I can find is local organizations that offer me liability insurance and a lawyer if there's a problem...

said by Thespis :

Nice, but how does that affect Texas, where the story in the original post takes place?
My point is, there is no giant, national "teacher's union".
If one wants to refer to a specific organization, fine. I just wish people would stop using the phrase "the Teacher's Union". It doesn't exist.

said by whocares :

Now we're changing subjects, but to CORRECT YOU,where the story in the original post takes place",never heard of Humble Texas?

said by whocares :

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Now we're changing subjects, but to CORRECT YOU,where the story in the original post takes place",never heard of Humble Texas?

"there is no giant, national "teacher's union"

yea right,& there is no pilots union,or CWA, (communication Workers) union,or teamsters union,or thousands of other unions huh.

said by whocares :

along with your reply there are some other good & excellent replies from the following,
fivetimeparent(anon) page 1,
claudeo page 2, EXCELLANT reply
Loker page 2
SimbaTLK1 page 2,
MooJohn page 3

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said by La Luna :

I'm not sure what this mother expects the school officials to do short of disconnecting from the internet entirely. I don't think she understands that it's almost impossible to filter out every single word/phrase that *could*, in theory, lead to porn sites. Does she prefer the filtering to be so tight as to render it impossible for the kids to even use the computers for what they need them for?

Maybe she needs to be educated how filtering works and what it's limitations are when computers are to be used in an educational environment.

said by Loker :

I didn't think I agreed...

Also I would like to pose the question, why do they wanna look at porn at school? I mean I have no problem with porn (I have watched it many times LOL) but it just seems...weird to look at it at school.

said by Blackbird :

You clearly have no conception how the sex industry works in far too many situations and what the real consequences are for many, if not most, of the real-world, "ordinary" participants. Most of them never end up in the glamor of Hollywood or Playboy... or marrying some rich "John". A great many end up dying young, either from STDs, drugs, or violence - all too often associated with the ever worsening perversions and warpage they are pressed into.

"Exploitation" is simply defined as taking unfair advantage. And many of the young people involved in the ugliest aspects of the business have not gotten into it with any accurate grasp of where it usually leads or what it always costs. They are truly being exploited, purely for the lucrative financial benefit of their handlers, controllers, pimps, producers, or whomever. And way too often, once in, there is little or no way out. Organized crime is frequently a big part of these scenes. Please seek out and talk to those in society who pick up the inevitable broken pieces: the counsellors, the law enforcement officials, the homicide detectives, the first-responders, the court officials, the emergency-room workers, the social workers, the bereaved families and friends - and the list goes on and on. I have had to help pick up some of those pieces... and it isn't pleasant. It tears your heart out. And it makes you very angry. Both at the sex-lords and at the customers.

For some curious reason, we get more righteously incensed about the labor exploitation of teens in a 3rd world garment factory than we do about the same kind of young people (and 18+ is still young!) being literally sucked dry of their very lives in the exploitive sex industry - of which pornography is an integral part.