Information Security News: Re: Student hacker blames teacher

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Forwarded By: Michael Huntley <michael () signet net>

Going to jail for something every 15 year-old wishes they could do.
Very few 15 year olds I knew when I was that age thought of such
consequences. I, personally, would have taken the teacher's
tongue-in-cheek remark as a fun challenge.  There is a significant
difference in maturity between 15 and 18 and 21 year-old males.  Some
are more mature, insightful, thoughtful, forward thinking than others.
Some are but do not care.  The list is endless.  Stop wasting our tax
money trying to make 15 year olds act like mature 35 year old adults.
Let them be 15 years old, mischief and all.

Send him to detention and tell him not to do it again.  Give him a
dreaded homework assignment about the legal, social, and personal
ramifications of his actions.  Have a parent+teacher+student+pricipal
meeting to discuss the ramifications and be done with it.

M Huntley


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http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis/web/vortex/display?s
lug=hacker15m&date=20001215

By Nick Provenza
Seattle Times assistant metro editor
Friday, December 15, 2000

A 15-year-old student at Elma High School swears he only did what his
teacher asked.

The school administration says he broke the rules.

Authorities say he broke the law.

Dad says the whole thing stinks.

The student, Aaron Lutes, was booted from his sophomore computer class
at the 760-student high school and is appealing a five-day suspension
for hacking into a classroom computer's security software and
disabling it.

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