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School Admins Demand Access to Students' Cellphones
Reverberant writes "School administrators in Framingham MA have implemented a policy allowing them to not only confiscate cell phones, but also to search through students' cell phone data as part of their anti drug/violence efforts. Students claim that the policy is an invasion of their privacy."
Public school is daycare! Let's just get that fact out into the open. I think most of Slashdot crowd easily understands this.
I've recently been watching the Linear Algebra, Introductory Physics, and Differential Equations courses from MIT's OCW. Wow! I'm actually left speechless by the quality of education these kids get. In the first lecture of the DiffEq course the professor stated that most of the students should have seen (and learned about) differential equations in high school.* If not, they could easily read the book and figure out what one was. That was his introduction. While I appreciate this lecture style now, I can assure you, I was vastly unprepared coming out of high school. I can also assure you that most of my high school math teachers would have trouble defining what a differential equation was. Is this sad -- yes.
How are kids supposed to take education seriously when this is the trash that we give them? Did I study in High School? No. I regret this now, only because I understand the role of 'busy work' in society. I really regret not dropping out, getting a GED, going to work, and signing up for courses at my local community college.** I would have learned so much more.
The first step in revolutionizing our education system is to let people know how worthless the present system really is. Let's just make sure everybody knows that little Johnny is getting screwed over by an inept public school system. Let's let Mr. and Mrs. Joe Sixpack chew on the fact that the modern day public school is really day care. Let's further emphasize that the modern day school has more to do with 'Lord of the Flies' than anybody care to admit. Let's expose the fact that our best and brightest avoid teaching jobs (especially at the HS level) like the plague. Let's remind them how poorly our kids do on education.
Only after we've addressed the real problems of our educational system, can we even begin to think about solving 'behavioral' problems. So, my advice to kids. You might as well bring your Gameboys, cell phones, and toys to school, because there's no point in trying in the modern day educational school system.
*Everybody sees differential equations when they first begin to study calculus. However, most students aren't really taught anything about them (not even a good definition) until they take an actual DiffEq course.
**Incidentally, the state college system is starting to look more like the public school system everyday.
What do you mean my sig is repetitive? What do you mean my sig is repetitive? What do you mean....
Are most of the children being searched minorities?
you know how much those people make in a week?
A hell of a lot more then a retail job. Also what do people who have a high school diploma then go off to collage and study something for 4 years have to look forward to? everything points to studying IT if you want a job, yet every other day there is something about how the IT industry is slowing,anymore it almost seems like you don't need a diploma cause it won't get you a job anywheres.