Pranks can be an outlet for creativity and learning that might not otherwise happen.
The post concludes with:
> This has been one of the most remarkable experiences I ever had in high school and I thank everyone who helped support me. That's all and thanks for reading!
I'm certain this kid learned so much working through the execution of this prank, and without being criminalized by the district, he's better off for it. Likewise, the IT department is better off with a more secure system, and staff and students experienced shared moments of unexpected joy.
Call me naive, but I'd say this kid made his small slice of the world a bit better, if only for a fleeting moment.
Great.
But do it with your own things then. Don't bother anyone else or touch anyone else's things.
And no worker should ever have to do any work (such as reset a computer system) because of your prank. Workers have enough work to do and enough hassles in their lives.
You're really oversimplifying here. Something tells me this highschooler doesn't personally own the breadth of commercial equipment that he hacked for this prank.
> And no worker should ever have to do any work (such as reset a computer system) because of your prank. Workers have enough work to do and enough hassles in their lives.
Okay, let's all be worker robots :)
So they shouldn't have done it.
> Okay, let's all be worker robots :)
It's not about what you want to do. It's about what some low-paid worker who has to clean up after you thinks. Or some other student inconvenienced by your prank thinks.
If you're impacting on someone else's life then you're in the wrong!
What if these people don't want your sense of humour imposed on them?
I think it's ethically wrong.