E-mail and Twitter need to be unlocked on school Wi-Fi

In recent weeks, there have been many changes to what’s blocked and what’s not blocked on the school’s Wi-Fi network for phones, and it’s not for the better and needs to be reconstructed immediately.

Two of the main causes for concern among the Wi-Fi changes is the uncalled for blocking of student’s e-mail accounts and Twitter accounts on cellular devices.

Both are imperative throughout a student’s day as a source of entertainment and information.

You might say how is Twitter used for information? Well, I’ll tell you how.

Many teachers use Twitter as a tool to keep students up-to-date on assignments, provide assistance, and daily blurbs about the teacher’s respective class.

Not to mention, many students have a lot of down time during the school day, and they like to check their Twitter feed to aid all of the free time.

One BPHS student has a definite opinion on Twitter being blocked on his phone, and his name is John Bosko.

When asked about the blockage, Bosko said, “It’s blasphemy; Twitter used to help me get through the day, and now I can’t use it.” The Twitter addict then went on to say, “The school day drags on longer now, and school is just more beat overall.”

That’s just one voice out of many in the student body that are outraged over the freeze of Twitter on phones.

Additionally, Twitter isn’t the only problem; don’t forget about student’s e-mails being blocked on devices as well.

Student’s e-mails being blocked is just ridiculous. It makes the day more difficult because a teacher might send you some valuable information that you need right now, but you can’t access it until you reach a computer.

They gave us a school e-mail for a reason, and now we can’t even access it on our phones at any time during the school day.

There are also some very passionate feelings towards the e-mail app being blocked throughout the school.

I sat down with another fellow BPHS peer to ask him about his view on the topic at hand.

This time I talked to senior Bob Brunner, and he said, “I’M MAD!” After simmering down, Brunner then went on to say, “Last semester, I needed to pull up some valuable information for a class, and I wasn’t able to access it. Let’s just say I’m not happy about the grade I received because of not being able to access my e-mail.”

Many students are under the same impression as these two; so for the sake of the student body, just unlock these apps.