Sometimes you see a story in the press and you have to check the sources, just to be sure it isn't a hoax. This is one such story, and by god, it'll make you fume.
As previously diaried a few weeks back on dKos, Julie Amero was a substitute teacher who found herself in a pickle while teaching a class of 12-year-old boys.
The school computer in her classroom, which she had been told not to turn off under any circumstances, and which had no virus protection, spyware protection, and was running a 9-year-old operating system, started popping up porn ads. Not just one or two, but loads.
When Julie tried to click them off by hitting the little X on the top corner, more popped up. And more.
With the kids clamoring for a look, Julie tried to block the screen from them, but there were too many, so she ran out to the teachers' lounge and asked for help.
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