more than 4500 cameras in chicago public schools!?!

[Cinderella]

More than 4,500 cameras in Chicago public schools are being connected to police headquarters and the city's 911 center in a technological upgrade designed to improve safety, officials said Thursday.


http://www.blacklistednews.com/view.asp?ID=5841

i feel bad for what the kids in school have to deal with nowadays...isnt this an invasion of privacy??? damn big brother really wants to keep tabs on us all

 

[Zolah]

They love introducing these innovations into schools - firstly they can hardly complain - secondly these kids will be used to the idea of being constantly monitored by cctv when they're older so won't complain when they're alduts either - and the next generation will be even more used to it

They did the same thing with ID cards in schools years ago, but resistance isn't futile yet.

 

[IPSecure]

Must clamp down on paper football...

Why do not the schools place cameras in the police departments?

Would be quite a learning experience...

 

[yongrel]

Eh, the government can do with its own property what it wants.

Now if only the schools weren't the property of the government...

 

[pcosmar]

Eh, the government can do with its own property what it wants.

Now if only the schools weren't the property of the government...

Or if the Government was the one described here.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,

 

[IPSecure]

Eh, the government can do with its own property what it wants.

Now if only the schools weren't the property of the government...

When exactly did it become "We The People, Them The Government"?

 

[HollyforRP]

Anyone notice the line about "civilians" that weren't hired as new police officers?

That sounds like something you would expect the military to say.

 

[Dr.3D]

Now the kids will know where to go to get a free camera.

 

[roshie]

When I went to high school, I never saw a camera on campus, not a single one. On other high schools, there are dozens and dozens of cameras (especially the non-selective ones). My elementary school also had bunches of cameras. (4 cameras at each door pointing left, right, up, down)

It all depends where

 

[FrozenPie]

Hmm, has anyone ever seen an inner city school? Now this is all coming from my personal experiences. Baltimore is real bad (watch The Wire, good show I guarantee it). I lived in Baltimore for three years and the inner city school system is pretty much a prison. Part of the reason was the demographics - poor, lower class African Americans and other minorities. The city has a terribly high crime rate and drug trafficking.

Now the school life on the other hand is terrible. Some of the black students that never graduate high school end up in the street. I'm not sure about the dropout rate but I think it was around 30% for the students. From my personal perspective, some of the black students in my class didn't give a shit about school, they acted tough because life in the street have taught them to be tough. The high school mentally of the kids were "if you're not tough, you're a pussy." With that kind of peer pressure amongst the student, it is very, very common to see a lot of fights in class. I'm sure everyone remember their high school experiences with the social cliche and groups like jocks, nerds, geeks, preps, posers etc. Well there were actual gang members and criminals in my class back then (and some student just came to school to deal drugs). For me the school wasn't a safe environment, it was prison. I think another part of the reason for this problem was that some of the students were raised by crackheads, bad parents, or parents who were busy working and never seeing their child. One of the most important institution in one's life, family, is lacking in most of the students. And you can see the effects if you visit these urban school. The violent behaviors were very common in my Baltimore school and I can somehow justify Chicago's action for school safety based upon my experiences growing in Baltimore.

But when I moved to a rural community in Kentucky, everything was so laid back, the school environment was small, local, and very friendly. I really love the country side as compared to the inner city. Now installing 4500+ cameras in my current school would be senseless. :]

 

[JosephTheLibertarian]

More than 4,500 cameras in Chicago public schools are being connected to police headquarters and the city's 911 center in a technological upgrade designed to improve safety, officials said Thursday.


http://www.blacklistednews.com/view.asp?ID=5841

i feel bad for what the kids in school have to deal with nowadays...isnt this an invasion of privacy??? damn big brother really wants to keep tabs on us all

oh well. Im not there, so I don't care.