Other schools have done it and they get the same results. Thousands and thousands. Email responses that take whole servers down, etc. It's a disaster. I used to see a lot more messages like this several years ago & they've dropped off considerably. You'd think the teachers would realize what a bad idea it is, even if the kids don't.

If I get a message like this from a friend I send a reply telling them what a bad idea it is. When I got virtually this same request some time back, I did track down the school site. There was "please don't send messages to Mr. X's class" right on the home page.