Sunday, February 28, 2010
Pennsylvania school being sued for spying on students
On Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me, a political gameshow with a cynical panel of comedic hosts, mentioned yesterday that there is a lawuit against a school district in Pennsylania. Apparently the school board voted to give all the students at Harriton High School a laptop, except the laptops were equipped with webcams that were used to spy on the students. The spying was discovered when one student, Blake Robbins, came into school one day and was repremanded for improper behavior in the home. The vice principal accused him of popping illegal pills, and the student replied that he had been eating Mike and Ike's (the candy) while doing his homework at home. He then naturally asked how they got pictures of him sitting at home doing homework. As the host of Wait Wait Don't Tell Me quipped, the principal must have then answered "oh....nevermind." The principal denies spying on any students, but the parents of Robbins are suing the school on behalf of all the students for gross privacy violation. Sounds about right to me! I'd sue the pants off them, since they'd probably have a video recording of me with my pants off!
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I previously wrote a blog about this topic and how absurd it is that the school did this. I was so intrigued by the article that I also decided to write my paper on it. I am anxious to see how this case turns out, and if it will be one of those landmark that decisions that has enormous after affects.
Wow, this blog absolutely floored me! I would never think that a school would do something like this. And to think that the principal wasn't even savvy enough to keep his comments to himself! Hmph, and these are the people that are examples for our children...
I could not believe it when I saw this...what were they thinking-well, obviously they weren't. Did they think their actions were going to go undetected...how thoughtful, analytical and intelligent of our educators! We will see how this pans out!
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