There are very good reasons as to why the schools set up things like that.It is to safegaurd children. I as a parent and a grandparent are very glad they do things that way,I would not want my young grandchildren to be able to access just anything in school.If I ever found out that the school was not protecting them from the trash out here I would not take that lightly and they would not be happy having to deal with me over it either.Most all school computers are linked together somehow and they are protected by certain laws for the students protection. This is just my opinion but you are in school to learn and get an education,not download porn.I'm sure your parents would not tolerate it at home so why would the schools tolerate it there.?They will always be monitoring online activities to keep from getting sued,I seriously doubt that will ever change,which is as is should be. If you wonder where I get this info from My Daughter in law is a teacher.She has busted several students over her course of teaching trying to hack into the systems and gain pass words and such,and the parents were called in and the students were suspended.What you are suggesting is just not right.How would you feel if you were a parent and you sent your child to a nice school to get an education and found out that the only thingthey were learning was how to download crap they have no business downloading to start with,and your hard earned money is paying for that education? Think about this before you make such comments.That could be your Child that was on the 6 o clock news that was taken because they were able to get into chatrooms and a child molestor took advantage of them and lured them out and now they are missing or raped,or dead..