Summary Of At Some Schools Big Brother Is Watching

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In the article “At some schools, ‘Big Brother’ is watching”, by Kelly Wallace, the story of a school district is presented. This district has decided to pay $40,500 to a tech firm to monitor the students social media. This plan is controversial for obvious reasons, it contradicts the first amendment and just shows a lack of respects for the students and their privacy. For the reasons of the First Amendment and not virtually stalking students, Wallace feels that monitoring what students post is not justified. Tom Gayda emailed CNN and shared his opinion that “schools need to respect boundaries and the First Amendment… my concern is if a kid goes home and writes ‘the school lunch sucks,’ and the next day they’re brought in and in trouble for