so guys, I am gonna rant about my school’s Internet management once again, because the internet management team seriously needs to learn to be responsible. Hopefully this also gets upvoted because I really need some help.
So uhh. They done it once again. it has been the 5th time they blocked my Music this year, and the 8th time in my 2 years of Middle School.
In case you don’t know what is happening, I am Autistic and I have a lot of sensitivities (Loud Noises, Swearing, Graphic mentions of Violence etc) and I listen to music to Cope. usually I hug a plushie and close my eyes and pretend I am disconnected from society or I draw while listening to music.
the Music I listen to is very unusual for my demographic, a 13-year-old Hispanic Girl, I listen to Scandinavian folk music, and occasionally Scandinavian Pop and Slavic folk music. A lot of the songs I like aren’t inappropriate. But my school still bans these.
Well, They don’t ban all songs. They obviously have inappropriate songs banned, but the songs that are unbanned are either Kidz Bop songs or they have top 40 hits and songs in Spanish. The reason is in Spanish is because my school is an “international school” that has an English, Spanish and Chinese curriculum , and the main demographic is Hispanic kids. I am a Venezuelan Immigrant, and I do understand about the Spanish music thing. however, a real International School will have Music from many cultures unblocked (they also blocked multiple Chinese songs that are FOR KIDS, and songs from other countries besides the Scandinavian countries, I tried this with kid-friendly Japanese, French and Arabic songs, but they still ban music in other languages)
In case you are wondering, My school cannot unblock a folk song in Norwegian, Swedish or Finnish, yet they have stuff like “ASMR boyfriend audios” and 13+ roblox stories unblocked. Because fall under SPED and Section 504 (a law that prohibits the discrimination of Children and Teenagers with certain disabilites) a contract can be made for alternative devices (such as an MP3 player) however, this contract has to be done with the superintendent, and he is always busy.
Oh yeah, and I did tell my IT guy. he said there was no need for me to use songs to cope because I can “get over it” No I cannot. I get very overwhelmed in some situtaions, and I need to hide from these situations. That’s why I listen to music. To Cope.
Oh and one last thing, the google searches. I looked up “How to say hello in Northern Sámi” and i got a message saying that is a blocked term, I have never guessed that My school is Norway in world war 2 (when the Norwegian government made Exposure to Sámi culture and languages illegal) Blocking inappropiate searches is one thing, but blocking how to say a word in a diferent language, and especially an Indigenous language is borderline crossing the line.
welp. I don’t know what to say about my school.
