Cyber bullying and sexting (sending sexual picture/text messages via text) has become an increasing problem as of late in schools all across the Nation. In Virginia students’ laptops are now able to be seized and searched if students are suspected of breaking the rules and having explicit material on their phones and laptops. This is a very delicate situation and cannot be taken lightly, school officials are trying to be as diplomatic as possible as many of them do not seem to clear on exactly what the law will actually allow them to do. Overall the whole subject is still very hairy, many school officials do not feel that it is appropriate to be doing these confiscations.
Q: Is confiscating the students’ phones and lap tops a violation of their civil rights?
A: In my opinion since the students themselves are not actually 18 they do not have the same rights as adults and within school grounds it is completely acceptable to confiscate and check laptops and phones. It would be similar to a parent taking their phone away from the student.
Q: Are there better ways to stop cyber bullying and sexting than confiscating and searching student’s phones and lap tops?
A: In my opinion I do not think there is a better option out there right now short of simply trying to teach the kids how to behave appropriately with their digital citizenship. But kids will be kids and they will always misbehave so it comes down to the people in charge of the schools to try to enforce proper behavior since it appears that the parents of the students are failing to do so.
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