One day, a teacher scolded a student for "taking drugs at home". The student was confused, but finally put it together. He was eating Good
'N Plenty candy while studying, but then wondered by the teacher was accessing the laptop remotely since there was no cause.

To say that the s#!t hit the fan would be an understatement, especially when it was found that some teachers were in posession of pictures of underage students in various forms of undress.

But, of course, the Elitists running things quickly mumbled an apology
and swept everything under the rug with a few "firings".

They have the kids here taking home Chromebooks every day. My kid never, ever uses it at home either. I didn't realize it until now, but the school probably forces this ridiculous and expensive routine for "photo-ops."

You'd be surprised at the number of weird things. Patients abusing nurses. Nurses abusing patients. Patients doing things they shouldn't. Family members trying to kill patients. Family members giving patients illegal drugs.

That sounds like good use of cameras.

The elitists like the superintendent would probably love that idea. A long as he/she can get a rebate sent to her home address.

The opposite. The Elitists didn't like the idea of ANYONE being able to see what was happening in those classrooms.

Oh yea I confused it for a second. The school elitists want just certain cameras (ones that they can control) being brought back and forth. (NOT cameras that can jeopardize their ability to do unethical things.) It's good that we had this conversation. I'm gonna put some tape on the Chromebook's camera!

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They have the kids here taking home Chromebooks every day. My kid
never, ever uses it at home either. I didn't realize it until now, but
the school probably forces this ridiculous and expensive routine for "photo-ops."

They make these little "sticker sliders" for laptops that you can put over the camera. They can be slid back to allow use of the camera, but closed when you don't.

The argument can be made that anytime the Chromebook is at home, it's privacy time and if the school has an issue with that, it's time for partents to ask some very embarassing questions.

Oh yea I confused it for a second. The school elitists want just
certain cameras (ones that they can control) being brought back and
forth. (NOT cameras that can jeopardize their ability to do unethical things.)

Exactly. Even 40+ years ago, I had teachers who would turn white if someone said "we are going to put a camera in your room" - and those teachers weren't nearly as bad as the ones we have today.

It's good that we had this conversation. I'm gonna put some
tape on the Chromebook's camera!

Like I said, look at the slider stickers. Whenever I get a new laptop, I put one on the camera.


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