Give Em' an Inch and They'll Take a Mile

So it's finally happened. A school system has made something great and made it better? I don't think so!!!

As I'm sure many of you have already heard that the Philadelphia school system has a federal court case against it in regards to it's 1:1 program. Apparently, they've been snapping photos of their students at home, doing whatever it is they do there. They even think that one of the perpetrators may have been a voyeur. WOW!!!!! You can see the article HERE. They allegedly took photos of the students half naked, in bed, and other completely 100% private activities. The only way anyone found out is that one of the administrators approached the student and told him that he was engaging in inappropriate behavior. That "behavior" was supposedly pill popping in which the parents informed the school that they had been Mike and Ike's candy. Unbelievable.

Now of course they're going to get sued and they'll probably lose which in my opinion is great. Definitely some Constitutional issues there. When did it become the case that school officials felt like they needed to invade the privacy of the bedroom? Sure, it's important for teachers to know what is going on in their students lives but in this case, somebody went WAY overboard. If they did it with the best of intentions, which I'm not sure what they could be, then I would love to hear them. On the other hand, if this was some criminal act by one individual, by all means throw the book at em'. Yes sir, if you give them an inch, they'll take a mile.

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