These kids go to my school and I know most of them fairly well. It turns out that one of them asked our principal what would happen if we would want to remove our paper from the database. Apparently we have to wait a certain period of time. Contact the head librarian and we have to PAY to remove OUR papers. It is one dollar per piece of paper. Theres a great uproar here in Northern Virginia about this, and I think its justifiable. There should be an opt-out program. It is not the same as in college though, because (according to my law teacher here) you can choose to go to a certain college, and if you dont agree with their policies you can leave. But I am forced by the commonwealth of Va to go to this particular high school.
Anyways yeah.....more updates to follow- and there is a rumor that there suspending turnitin at our school because one of the lead member's father (a lawyer)went in and talked to the principal. He asked if students refused to turn it in to the website they could receive a failing grade because of it, and he said yes. The father then continued to say that if his son lost a single point that he will sue the school.
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These kids go to my school and I know most of them fairly well. It turns out that one of them asked our principal what would happen if we would want to remove our paper from the database. Apparently we have to wait a certain period of time. Contact the head librarian and we have to PAY to remove OUR papers. It is one dollar per piece of paper. Theres a great uproar here in Northern Virginia about this, and I think its justifiable. There should be an opt-out program. It is not the same as in college though, because (according to my law teacher here) you can choose to go to a certain college, and if you dont agree with their policies you can leave. But I am forced by the commonwealth of Va to go to this particular high school. Anyways yeah.....more updates to follow- and there is a rumor that there suspending turnitin at our school because one of the lead member's father (a lawyer)went in and talked to the principal. He asked if students refused to turn it in to the website they could receive a failing grade because of it, and he said yes. The father then continued to say that if his son lost a single point that he will sue the school.