After Mark Zuckerberg did it at Harvard, he went on to found Facebook and become one of the world's richest men.
When a student at a Brisbane Catholic boys' college did it last week, he got suspended from school.
The deed? Creating a website where students can 'rate' females at
the college.
In Zuckerberg's case, it was female students. With that option not available to this geek (no girls at the school), he displayed photos of female staff members.
The stunt, predictably, did not go down well with management at Villanova College.
More than 50 students in all were suspended, the Brisbane Times reported today.
The 52 high school students, in years 9 to 12, will also have to attend one-on-one meetings with the female teachers before being allowed to return to class.
Villanova College principal Dennis Harvey confirmed to the Times certain female teachers had been targeted and rated according to their physical attributes.
"The page invited viewers to rate female members of the college staff, according to criteria that were offensive and of a personal nature," he said in a statement.
"This type of behaviour is unacceptable, and has no place at Villanova."
The boy responsible for creating the site was identified first and suspended last Wednesday, before other participants were punished, the Brisbane Times reported.
Mr Harvey said the school acted "swiftly" on the matter and encouraged students to realise the full consequences of their behaviour.
The school has reportedly removed all inappropriate material from the site.
Villanova College is an independent Catholic school for boys from years 5 to 12.
- NZHERALD STAFF
