I feel your pain Coder365...
Unfortunately, (most) humans are like this, they're afraid of what they don't understand, and the older the humans, the more likely they don't understand computers.

If it's any comfort to anyone, not *all* schools are like this, and if you were in the school I admin, this wouldn't have happend, in part because students can't make shortcuts on their desktops , but also because I'd have been on your side if something innocent like this were to occure.

Back to your case, maybe you could write about your story in a local newspaper or such to get you some support...

In any ways, I think you should push to the direction (maybe having your parents do this might be better) that the AUP MUST be more detailed and explicit if they (and this really goes for both sides) don't want this to happen in the future.

As it is now, noone (besides you) in the student body is aware that making shortcuts is forbidden (no matter how stupid this is), and that their AUP, in its current state, has NO legal value at all as it is so vague. This means that if something serious really happens, their legal options would be seriously compromised/limited. This might sound counterproductive to you, but at least a detailed AUP sets clear boundaries and gives you (and all other students) written "grounds" to argue on.

Ammo