Cameras Watching Students, Especially in Biloxi
By Sam Dillon
Now here's a scary story. I can sense a reality TV program in the making. When our classrooms become on par with Wal-Mart for security surveillance, what's next?
...BILOXI, Miss. - A digital camera hangs over every classroom here, silently recording students' and teachers' every move. The surveillance system is at the leading edge of a trend to outfit public schools with the same cameras used in Wal-Marts to catch thieves. ...
"Putting cameras on children trains them to believe that being watched every minute of the day is O.K., that Big Brother is O.K.," said Steve Lilienthal, a director at the conservative Free Congress Foundation, based in Washington. "They should be teaching them to behave not because a camera is on them, but because it's the right thing to do."...
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