1. If this happens across the US, who is getting paid to police this security measure? I mean, someone is going to have to go through all that kept personal information on all these people trying to unload their unwanted cds and check it with stolen goods records, right?
2. As some others have said, the same things could be said for the sale of any used item. Where does it end though? A few years back, I was a big fan of the TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I was sadly rarely at home when it was on so I always programmed my VCR to record it for me. I now have just about every episode on tape from when it originally aired. Can I be charged with theft for this? Or this... as a child I remember my neighbor getting the brand new Madonna tape for her birthday. Consequently, me and 4 other girls on the street ran home, grabbed a blank tape and ran back to make a copy. On other occasions, we even shared our cassettes and passed them amongst eachother. So now, when my son and his friends pass around video games.. they are breaking the law? By being good friends and having good sharing skills?
I personally am of the crowd that no longer purchases CDs. I am also not a fan of trendy crappy music and I dont listen to the radio either. What I do, is similar to what I did as a child. See, I have friends. Sometimes a friend or even myself comes across new music in the many other ways you can hear the stuff and we talk about it. And, good friends that we are, we swap and share and borrow things with eachother.
Oh the horror. We should all be locked up. Lord knows there isnt anything worse than a friend who lets another friend borrow a flippin CD.
And these security measures are somehow going to stop theft and piracy?.. cha..
Will I be arrested one day for passing on my childrens old clothing to a friend or family member? Or worse.. for selling it on eBay?
More games, less books? In other words, just another excuse for teachers to NOT teach. I have a 13 year old in school right now who is experiencing this fabulous trend. He already brings enough homework home to fill an entire school day's worth of learning and he has at least once report or project due within every 2 weeks. And now, instead of teachers standing up in front of classrooms and teaching (which they dont seem to be doing as is) they get to sit the kids in front of the computer and twiddle their thumbs all day even more. I wonder why teachers even need degrees anymore.
It is NOT helpful.
It is not even regulated.
Kids are seated in front of a computer and left to "play" so-called learning games. The instant the teacher isnt looking though, they are on inappropriate websites watching flash video's and the like. And to top it off, my son and his friends find the "games" boring.
In a world where the teachers have foregone actual teaching already, this is only adding fuel to the fire. The school's only focus anymore is to get better standardized test scores so the school will get a better rating on a national average. And after looking at these games myself, I found they resemble the swiss cheese lesson plans almost mirror.
What I mean by "swiss cheese" is that they leave large chunks of important learning out and ONLY teach children what is on the standardized tests. So, when these children are actually playing these "learning" games, they are only being force fed the same boring information they are teaching themselves at home with 6 hours of homework and projects and reports.
In a way, I suppose the idea is good.. but it is not going to be used the way this article is intending it. At least not by my local board of education.
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1. If this happens across the US, who is getting paid to police this security measure? I mean, someone is going to have to go through all that kept personal information on all these people trying to unload their unwanted cds and check it with stolen goods records, right?
2. As some others have said, the same things could be said for the sale of any used item. Where does it end though? A few years back, I was a big fan of the TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I was sadly rarely at home when it was on so I always programmed my VCR to record it for me. I now have just about every episode on tape from when it originally aired. Can I be charged with theft for this? Or this... as a child I remember my neighbor getting the brand new Madonna tape for her birthday. Consequently, me and 4 other girls on the street ran home, grabbed a blank tape and ran back to make a copy. On other occasions, we even shared our cassettes and passed them amongst eachother. So now, when my son and his friends pass around video games.. they are breaking the law? By being good friends and having good sharing skills?
I personally am of the crowd that no longer purchases CDs. I am also not a fan of trendy crappy music and I dont listen to the radio either. What I do, is similar to what I did as a child. See, I have friends. Sometimes a friend or even myself comes across new music in the many other ways you can hear the stuff and we talk about it. And, good friends that we are, we swap and share and borrow things with eachother.
Oh the horror. We should all be locked up. Lord knows there isnt anything worse than a friend who lets another friend borrow a flippin CD.
And these security measures are somehow going to stop theft and piracy?
Will I be arrested one day for passing on my childrens old clothing to a friend or family member? Or worse.. for selling it on eBay?
This land is becoming a scary scary place.
More games, less books? In other words, just another excuse for teachers to NOT teach. I have a 13 year old in school right now who is experiencing this fabulous trend. He already brings enough homework home to fill an entire school day's worth of learning and he has at least once report or project due within every 2 weeks. And now, instead of teachers standing up in front of classrooms and teaching (which they dont seem to be doing as is) they get to sit the kids in front of the computer and twiddle their thumbs all day even more. I wonder why teachers even need degrees anymore. It is NOT helpful. It is not even regulated. Kids are seated in front of a computer and left to "play" so-called learning games. The instant the teacher isnt looking though, they are on inappropriate websites watching flash video's and the like. And to top it off, my son and his friends find the "games" boring. In a world where the teachers have foregone actual teaching already, this is only adding fuel to the fire. The school's only focus anymore is to get better standardized test scores so the school will get a better rating on a national average. And after looking at these games myself, I found they resemble the swiss cheese lesson plans almost mirror. What I mean by "swiss cheese" is that they leave large chunks of important learning out and ONLY teach children what is on the standardized tests. So, when these children are actually playing these "learning" games, they are only being force fed the same boring information they are teaching themselves at home with 6 hours of homework and projects and reports. In a way, I suppose the idea is good.. but it is not going to be used the way this article is intending it. At least not by my local board of education.