Shawn Grover wrote: > I would suggest that the very first step would be for you to go talk > with your Principle.
we should remember that Andrew is 14 years old in jr high. when I was at there, the only relationship I had with the principal was because of my inexperienced decision making ;-) and for the most part, the only time I spoke with him was when we were discussing these sometimes regretable decisions. jokes aside, I prob would not have felt at ease with going to talk to the principal to argue and/or convince. the principal-student relationship is obviously not one of friendship or as peers. Ideally it'd be nice if Andrew could do this, but I'm guessing there are perceived or real obstacles in this case. > Explain what you are trying to do and why. Explain how this does not > impact on the schools network in a negative way, and does not bypass > their security. Find documentation to take with you. Be prepared to > demonstrate if needed (maybe bring in your lap top for this). if you need an analogy, you could compare an ssh client to a phone booth, which allows you to make outgoing calls home, but people can't call back the phone booth and expect to have you or anyone else answer. > Do not criticize the tech in question - if you must criticize, make sure > you are criticizing the policies. Don't make it personal. definitely good advice. don't offend, enlighten. Andrew, does this teacher know how to use a command line? Would it be of benefit if you gave him an account? I could give him an account and even some webspace which he could use to play/learn/explore the world of ssh. He might even like it. Dave _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
