Internet Curfew for College Students?

140Mandak262Jamuna writes "IIT Bombay, one of the top Indian engineering schools, is restricting internet access to its students. The restriction is simply to cut off all internet access at night from the dorms. The school claims the 24/7/365 internet access is hampering academic performance, personality development and extra curricular activities. Though these are the 'official' reasons, it appears there are other reasons too. Mr Prakash Gopalan, the Dean of Student Affairs, says, 'one only had to look at the hard drive of any of the students' computers to see that bad content dominated over good.'"

Comments

Re:Internet access is integral to education...

[bronzey214]

I suggest you think about it yourself. Quit bitching about the situation, get off of your ass, and go do your work OUTSIDE OF YOUR OWN FUCKING ROOM! How is that for a concept?

That's fine, except what about students that live off-campus?

I access the internet via my University w/ DSL, but I live 14 miles from campus.

Now what?

Re:Who says they're squandering?

[Knara]

Because if one is still in college after a certain amount of time, they're either studying the requisite amount in order to not be failed out for low GPA, or there is nefarious influence at play.