WTF Guilty??

Julie Amero, a substitute teacher in Norwich Connecticut, has been found guilty of four felony counts of injury to or impairing the morals of children, each count caries a maximum of 10 years in prison as a sentence. 40 years for something that wasn’t her fault.
Why is this blog entry entitled WTF Guilty? For the simple reason that there is no way in hell this woman did anything wrong.
Julie Amero, showed up to work as a substitute teacher, was logged into the computer in the classroom by the teacher she was substituting  for and specifically told not to turn the computer off, which is all well and good. Until it comes time for students to get on the computer. Most people know that children will click any popup that comes up and not know where it takes them or care for that matter as long as they can see the site they want, hell most adults click through popups and don’t bat an eye.
Add to the fact that its children operating this computer that the operating system wasn’t updated, an antivirus that wasn’t even available on the market anymore, an outdated version of Internet Explorer (5.5) that had more holes than colander and that the content filter on the machine hadn’t been updated in ages and you have the perfect recipe for disaster.
The blame for this whole incident should fall squarely on the school district for not having properly maintained equipment. I realize updating all of the above items takes time and money, but if they aren’t gonna do it they shouldn’t have computers in the classroom.
When Julie Amero saw the the porn popups she immediately moved the students away from the computer. She didn’t turn it off as she was specifically told not to. Being a computer illiterate she [...]

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