Student given detention for using Firefox

An anonymous reader writes: Several sites are reporting that a student has been given detention for using "Firefox.exe" to do his classwork. No, really. The student was in class, working on an assignment that necessitated using a browser. The teacher instructed him to stop using Firefox and to do his classwork, to which the student responded that he was doing his classwork using a "better" browser (it is unclear whether the computer was the student's own computer or not). The clueless teacher (who called the rogue program "Firefox.exe") ordered him to detention.

Familiar...

[Tangent128]

My school used to specifically prohibit Firefox, as the web filter only worked with IE. It was a sort of back-and-forth battle for a while; the download site was blocked, the students used portable versions. "Firefox.exe" was restricted- it turned out that it could still be launched from a .bat file. (Opera was completely ignored throughout...)

The next year, the school got a proper (if overzealous) filter that worked with any browser, and they stopped caring about which program we used. As Firefox usage the

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[nexisess]

The truth comes out: Kid lies on blog to cover up the fact that he was busted by a teacher while surfing. This student was so lame that he got busted surfing while he was supposed to be working on a resume. In a lame attempt to smear the teacher he has resulted to taking a copy of the original detention slip and using Photoshop to alter the content. If you look closely you can see clearly the different in the pixels on the uploaded scan. I guess this boy wonder is not only unable to write a resume, b

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[campsoup1988]

I did not look as carefully at the provided detention slip, but now that word came out that this was a hoax, this *conveniently* anonymous student just dug himself into a deep grave to get more then just detention. I dont know the schools code of conduct, but if I were the principle, I would look into this hoax, and figure out who created it and atleast suspend the student if not expelling the student for forgery and for altering official school records!