Every semi-cognitive student using the Internet and/or computers at Rheumatic Tamale must agree to abide by the rules in the following Internet Student "Agreement". Violation of the "agreement" may result in disciplinary action, such as wantonly distributed detention or eternal banishment from the computers. The Agreement will never be revised, but you're obligated to read it every time you sit down at one of the computers. You know what, why don't you just go read one of the hundreds of books in this library. Then, you won't end up like me, reduced to creating pathetic parodies of school sites because all my creative faculties have been sucked out by these computers.

• Educational Purposes
• Internet access is for educational use only, or for things that look like they're "educational". Computer use will be observed closely by the librarians, even though there is blocking software on the computers, which prevent us from doing anything illegal, and if students abuse this privilege by using technology for "non-educational" purposes, they will be asked to relinquish the computer to others who might need to access the Internet for homework or other class work, or who do a better job of faking it.
• There is to be no playing of games on the school's computers, unless it's after 4:00 and you know what web sites aren't blocked. They have to write this anyway.
• Access to multimedia content (sound and/or video files) on the Internet is prohibited with the exception of access for a school or class assignment, but even if you did need it for a school assignment, you wouldn't be able to, since the headphones were taken away.
• Students will show respect and consideration for other users, especially by conserving time online, by demonstrating courtesy, and by using appropriate language, as decided by the librarians, who have complete control over every action you make.


• Personal Safety
• Students may not send any personal information about themselves or others to any site or individual. This includes the use of email, chat-rooms, Internet pagers, and Usenet. Students may not send email from the school's computers at all. Even if it looks like you might be submitting personal information, bye bye!!! Again, this is at the jurisdiction of the librarians.


• Campus Resources
• Students may not print directly from the Internet. Information is to be saved to a diskette for printing off campus. All students will receive an orientation, which is supposed to show them how to do this, but nobody listens to it anyway. And if you do print straight from the Interent, be prepared to get yelled at.
• Students will show respect and consideration for other users by conserving time online.


• System Security
• Students may not download software of any kind from the Internet, even if it is very reliable and safe and helps us do our homework, which is the point of these computers.
• Students may not copy computer software from the school's computers.
• Students will not attempt to access password-protected systems, directories or files without authorization. They will likewise not attempt to decipher passwords from others or reveal passwords for the purpose of harming or destroying others' property, but on Neopets, this happened all the time and nobody cared.
• The Internet is censored by an extremely bad blocking software called Bess. This software does not do much besides block websites on Geocities that can be used for research.
• Plagiarism and Copyright Infringements
• Students agree not to violate any copyright laws. Copyrighted materials may not be copied or reprinted without the permission of the author or publisher. If students use others' work retrieved from the Internet or other electronic resources, they must not claim it as their own.
• Students agree not to violate any U.S. or state regulations concerning threatening or obscene material.
• Students understand that there is no guarantee as to the accuracy of information received from the Internet, or from this edition of the Agreement, revised by a rather bitter member of the student body, who is angry about the dictatorship of the library. For more information on her silly little quest to get back at the librarians, please don't ask her as she will get in trouble and that is a BAD thing. :) and have a good day on Netscape.