Cameras in classrooms, invading privacy or surveillance?

it’s not like the entire faculty is hovering over a line of tv sets watching what each student is doing. they’re being used to look back on if an issue occurs. geez.

that sucks did you tell anyone how you feel about the topic? you also shouldn’t do something inaproprite so if you fell uncomfuratble you shoudln’t and also maybe you should try to act like it isn’t a big deal hope ya have good times…

Dear theakins, Those who have nothing to hide, hide nothing. If you are not doing anything inappropriate then you have nothing to worry about. If a student isn’t picked on because of a camera then it has done it’s job. Sue…good luck

I think that they’ve gotten way out of control with things like cameras.. they don’t really protect us anymore then having teachers walk around the halls… we have like 2 cameras in our school and they are over the cafeteria.. even that bothers me because I feel like I’m always being watched… and everyone else who posted this was saying if you aren’t doing anything wrong then you shouldn’t care.. that isn’t true because I dont do anything bad ever (at school) and I still hate the cameras I hate the teachers staring at me I dont like being watched… so yeah I agree with you I think that it is in a way and invasions of the students privacy…

I guess I don’t see what the big deal is. Your teacher is already paying more attention to you than the cameras would, and they won’t be using the cameras to send you to detention for sticking your tongue out at the teacher when her back is turned, they’ll be using them to record serious problems so that real troublemakers can be prosecuted.

I don’t agree with the nonsense that “if you’re doing nothing wrong you have nothing to hide”, but in this case, you’re being watched anyway.

I surveillance cameras in schools, and anywhere really, is a great idea. it’s not like they’re in the locker room or bathroom where they’re watching you do private things. the only thing you do in a classroom is learn right? so what’s the problem here? and same as in the hallways. walking to class is what you should be doing and maybe some socializing. what are you doing in these places that you don’t want to be recorded? it isn’t an invasion on privacy because these aren’t private areas. these cameras could very well end up saving your life or even just bettering your community and peers. what’s so bad about that?

well why would you need privacy in school? I mean arent you just staring at the chalkboard watching the work? Arent you just paying attention to the teacher to get a good education? See cameras dont matter! Its not like your trying to talk in class and write notes wink. LOL do you catch me here? Like what if a gunman came in and shot your bestest friend and got away and never got what he deserved because they didnt know the guy who did it because of no cameras? SEEE they are important. You dont need privacy in school… just in the bathrooms ^_^

Cameras can be invasive, and I think they are overused in our society. But one place that I have no problem using them is in schools. You are minors, and do not have the same expectation of privacy as say, an adult’s workplace. Your lockers and bags can be searched. The cameras are not there to spy on you, they are there for your safety. I son’s high school has them, and I glad of it.

When you are a parent, you will be happy to have your kid’s schools being watched by cameras, to keep them out of trouble, and to keep them safe and secure.

ever since those massacres (im pretty blunt on these kinda subjects) safety has been considered over privacy…really if your doing nothing bad there isnt anything to worry about…and its not like your being watched 24/7 but rather its recorded and then deleted…its always for safety…

I have no real opinion because I do things in the open and I really have nothing to hide

There is nothing private at all about the classroom environment, so it’s not an invasion of privacy.