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Old 05-08-2008, 08:16 PM
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OK, I've been thinking about this. When I was young (back in the dinosaur age, LOL) every year the school district would mail out the school calendar. In the calendar were pics of kids from each school, collages or random shots of Halloween or variety shows or Homecoming, etc. Everyone thought it was a "big deal" to get their pic in the collages in the calendar. I don't rememeber anyone who was upset over their child's picture being included in the calendar (and I had a super nosy PTA mom, I'd have heard at the dinner table if anyone did, LOL!) And I don't recall anyone being asked permission, they just sent them out. To EVERYONE in the district, regardless of whether they had children in school or not. Every single mailbox.

Granted, it was not the internet, but anyone had access to the school calendar, I think they even had them in the offices at the schools on the counter for people to take. So my question is, is it the internet in particular that has people uneasy? I know it gets a bad rap, but if DD lived in my community I'd be able to get her school calendar and have pics, and I could scan copies I could snail mail them to all my friends. Which would be the same if I posted them on my friends only myspace account.

I'm seriously not trying to be difficult, I really thought about this
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