DD 17 reading inappropriate stories during computer science

[Anonymous]

DD 17 must take computer science class for a tech credit. She is a model student usually and gets an A in this class, but she casually revealed the other day that she doesn’t pay attention to the teacher most days; she just reads this type of story she likes called fan ficks, which are stories about movies or TV shows that already exist. She mentioned some fan ficks she enjoys by name, so I looked them up and they are VILE. How is she reading this stuff at all much less during class. There are two issues here, the not paying attention in class and the inappropriate stories. WWYD? I’m lost and confused. A little angry.

[Anonymous]

OP, does your sister have a really scary cat?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, does your sister have a really scary cat?

OP here. ????

[Anonymous]

Oh dear. Maybe your daughter about to have a “teenage rebellion.” Her next move will make you gasp, I’m sure of it!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, does your sister have a really scary cat?

OP here. ????

I believe they are referring to a recent troll post. I could be wrong, but it does remind me somewhat of the panda eyeliner thing.

[Anonymous]

My teen daughter has always read in class, and there was a time when she was reading young adult novels on her chromebook that by her own admission were pretty trashy - but at least they were published works. It took years for me to persuade her (and perhaps the exhaustion of most YA crap on Sora, her school's online library), but this year she's finally reading classics, and I am so happy.

So there's hope, OP. Talk her into some classics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My teen daughter has always read in class, and there was a time when she was reading young adult novels on her chromebook that by her own admission were pretty trashy - but at least they were published works. It took years for me to persuade her (and perhaps the exhaustion of most YA crap on Sora, her school's online library), but this year she's finally reading classics, and I am so happy.

So there's hope, OP. Talk her into some classics.

OP here. How should I do this? I just don’t know to bridge the gap between fan fick and Tolstoy!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My teen daughter has always read in class, and there was a time when she was reading young adult novels on her chromebook that by her own admission were pretty trashy - but at least they were published works. It took years for me to persuade her (and perhaps the exhaustion of most YA crap on Sora, her school's online library), but this year she's finally reading classics, and I am so happy.

So there's hope, OP. Talk her into some classics.

OP here. How should I do this? I just don’t know to bridge the gap between fan fick and Tolstoy!

Ha ha, right. Well maybe a little YA first. DD loves John Steinbeck, for some reason, and had a lot of fun at Halloween with Dracula, Frankenstein and Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Frankenstein is the most complex reading of those three. She tried Dostoevsky and "got bored". For some reason, she hasn't tried much British literature. I guess it depends what shows up in her Sora account.

[Anonymous]

Doesn’t the school have security software on their school computers? Tell your DD that if she gets caught, she will have to accept the consequences. Or, talk to the tech person at school and ask about their security.

[Anonymous]

She's getting an A in the class, isn't being challenged and is amusing herself without getting into trouble. What exactly is the problem?

[Anonymous]

She's 17 so this is normal but having a talk about tracked computers and protecting privacy is appropriate. For instance I've worked places where people were fired for improper activities on work computers.

Reading smutty fan fiction isn't really the problem, she's almost 18, it's that she isn't following good data privacy rules.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My teen daughter has always read in class, and there was a time when she was reading young adult novels on her chromebook that by her own admission were pretty trashy - but at least they were published works. It took years for me to persuade her (and perhaps the exhaustion of most YA crap on Sora, her school's online library), but this year she's finally reading classics, and I am so happy.

So there's hope, OP. Talk her into some classics.

No.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She's 17 so this is normal but having a talk about tracked computers and protecting privacy is appropriate. For instance I've worked places where people were fired for improper activities on work computers.

Reading smutty fan fiction isn't really the problem, she's almost 18, it's that she isn't following good data privacy rules.

The IT people at my law firm told me partners are always looking at porn. They don’t get fired for it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She's getting an A in the class, isn't being challenged and is amusing herself without getting into trouble. What exactly is the problem?

This is my thinking too.

[Anonymous]

I don't know what posters are smoking, but it's ridiculous to talk about workplace rules and apply them to schools. Lots of kids do other stuff in class than follow the lesson. Some eat full meals; some read, some play games, and some finish homework for other classes and look stuff up in order to do that. In MCPS and probably other school systems, teachers can check exactly which websites each of their student is using, in real time, if they're at their computer. They can then selectively block whatever site they choose.

My daughter has, on rare occasions, been blocked from the school's online library. But by and large, in middle and high school, no one cared. Most teachers were actually happy she was reading - she's a straight A student and always finishes her work rapidly. There were instances when a teacher blocked games sites for other kids, and they pointed to my kid and said "hey why don't you block her?" and the teacher said, "no, she's actually reading, unlike you".

So... calm down, everyone.