{"id":2506,"date":"2010-09-25T23:44:23","date_gmt":"2010-09-26T06:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bspcn.com\/?p=2506"},"modified":"2010-09-25T23:44:23","modified_gmt":"2010-09-26T06:44:23","slug":"7-creepy-things-schools-are-doing-to-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/2010\/09\/25\/7-creepy-things-schools-are-doing-to-students\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Creepy Things Schools are Doing to Students"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by elearners<\/a><\/p>\n

Why do students have to use a hall pass? Because all schools enforce policies that don\u2019t make much sense. What\u2019s all this hubbub about hand raising, for instance? And, for the love of Mike, why can\u2019t you enjoy a smoke in the privacy of the bathroom?<\/p>\n

These problems have plagued kids for years. But today it\u2019s worse than ever. Certain schools are enacting policies that are downright creepy …<\/p>\n

1. Microchip Tracking<\/h4>\n

Leave it to the wild and crazy Brits to combine Harry Potter uniforms with James Bond technology. In England, a private school in South Yorkshire is tracking their students with microchips.<\/p>\n

\"Microchip<\/p>\n

The skirts are for uniformity, the socks are for circulation<\/em><\/p>\n

There are a few reasons for making these students wear RFID chips:<\/p>\n

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  1. To correctly identify them<\/li>\n
  2. To determine if they\u2019re on school grounds<\/li>\n
  3. To determine if they\u2019re in their proper class<\/li>\n
  4. To easily reprogram them in the event of a robot war<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Although it seems to make sense as a measure to combat ditching class, it also serves as a horrible invasion of privacy. The idea of bugging children makes students look and feel like inmates, when realistically only, say, 20% of them are headed in that direction.<\/p>\n

    2. Video Surveillance<\/h4>\n

    For those schools who enjoy playing a much more balanced game of cat-and-mouse, video surveillance kits appear to be all the rage.<\/p>\n

    \"Video<\/p>\n

    A peek at the exits, all too far away from this computer to take any action<\/em><\/p>\n

    What better environment to foster learning than that of a supermarket, or perhaps a suburban casino boat? Really, what easier way is there to learn how to read than with the soothing mechanical buzzing of a zoom lens behind a dome of glass? Could there be a more efficient way to be outed as the kid who farted than through reviewing the infrared thermal footage? If you ask us, video cameras belong on movie sets, not<\/strong> in schools.<\/p>\n

    3. Confiscation of Cell Phones<\/h4>\n

    In an effort to crack down on \u201csexting\u201d amongst teenagers, several pervy principals have decided they have the right to confiscate and peruse the cell phones of their students.<\/p>\n

    \"Confiscation<\/p>\n

    Peek-a-boo!<\/em><\/p>\n

    By viewing the evidence first hand, these principals are allowed to punish students like the bad boys and girls they are. To us, this is the equivalent of principals of the 1960\u2019s hiding behind the trees at make-out point, or the principals of the 90\u2019s hiding out in the alley behind a teenager’s house. Teenagers are going to get it however they can, and confiscating cell phones should be a job for mortified parents, not overly concerned principals.<\/p>\n

    4. Allowing Free-Range Four-Year-Olds<\/h4>\n

    One Catholic school in Richmond, VA has declared a strict \u201chands-off\u201d policy. This sounds like a welcome change from the negative stigma of corporal punishment surrounding Catholic schools. However, this policy has allowed one four-year-old boy to wander off on four separate occasions.<\/p>\n

    \"Allowing<\/p>\n

    The boy, seen here, awaiting the 77 bus during snack time<\/em><\/p>\n

    While the school claims that it is a \u201csafe handling\u201d issue, parents claim that it\u2019s a \u201care you f#%*ing stupid\u201d issue. Instead of physically stopping the boy, teachers followed him from a safe distance before alerting the authorities who then came to retrieve the child. Apparently this school believes that instead of endangering a teacher\u2019s career by asking them to touch a child, it\u2019s a much better idea to endanger it by having them follow the child, leave 27 other children alone unattended, and then call the police, wasting their time and taxpayer money. Though, being a Catholic school, they aren\u2019t legally allowed to see any of the taxpayer money, so maybe this is their way of feeling included.<\/p>\n

    5. Sex Education (in Kindergarten)<\/h4>\n

    It was bound to happen. You need to educate the masses before the babies start having babies, right?<\/p>\n

    \"Sex<\/p>\n

    Finally got him down for his 3:00 nap. Time for my 3:05 nap!<\/em><\/p>\n

    One school in Montana isn\u2019t taking any chances, by beginning sex education classes as early as kindergarten. Maybe this is a good thing. Countries like Italy and Spain, where children drink wine from a young age, don\u2019t have nearly the problems with teen drinking that America does.<\/p>\n

    Perhaps if we begin sex education at 5, children will be over it by the time they\u2019re 10 and be grizzled and put off by sex like an old married couple by the time they go to prom. It\u2019s worth a shot.<\/p>\n

    6. Banning of Ethnic Studies<\/h4>\n

    Recently, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer passed a bill banning ethnic studies in schools. This eliminates classes such as Latino Literature, or African American History, which had been taught in Arizona schools for years.<\/p>\n

    \"Banning<\/p>\n

    Arizona deporting a boatload of Irishmen to free-loving California, copyright June 2010<\/em><\/p>\n

    Many opponents of this bill of fail to see that eliminating these classes now makes room in the curriculum for more important and practical classes, such as White History, Caucasian Science and Master Race Phys. Ed.<\/p>\n

    Kudos to Arizona for expanding the horizon for all students\u2026 unless they are students of color, in which case they must drink from a separate fountain (located in New Mexico).<\/p>\n

    Bonus: This is one innovative cat<\/strong><\/p>\n

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