Wearing miniskirts and drinking a couple of beers while grooving to rap music, Tracy loves to party. Her parents don’t know. Why should they? Tracy is eighteen! She can choose whether she wants to learn or have fun. Last year she had her parents looking after her, providing her with food and shelter. Today, because of her vast experience with adulthood from her teenage years, Tracy is empowered with enough skills to take care of herself in college. Her parents truly believe their beloved daughter is going to classes and being a self-reliant adult, but because of the extreme privacy Tracy receives, she can lie to her parents all she wants. Student surveillance aids with the safety and integrity of the school and helps parents make sure that …show more content…
However, the years that determine the rest of the student’s life can not be taken lightly. Grades and skills acquired in college enable the student to get a decent job in order to support him/her. Faced with a great deal of important judgements mixed with tons of sovereignty, the student enters a rough transition into adulthood which takes place too soon. If the student decides to slack off freshman year, then the rest of his/her college year is affected negatively. Students are given adulthood responsibility too soon(Willens). According to American College Testing (ACT), one in every four college students leaves before completing their sophomore year — and nearly half of all freshmen will either drop out before obtaining a degree (Hansen). Due to the lack of guidance that was offered to the pupil the year before, the student feels unprepared, and in many cases, drops out of college(Hansen). When a parent uses surveillance technology to ensure that their child learns all the necessary information that is provided by the college, it allows the student be on the right path(Willens). If their child skips classes or his/her grades are below average, the parent is given an opportunity to discipline the student(Willens). The parents are given the satisfaction that their child is obtaining a secured future. Parents tracking whether their child goes to class or parties helps both the parents and the