Big Brother is Protecting You
The social media outlet has grown from a social connection tool to a device used by “big brother.” Students today are under surveillance not only in school, but on the web as well. When the Glendale Unified School District implemented a program in which students would be tracked on their every single social media post, heads turned in disagreement. Despite the invasion of privacy, it would prove to be beneficial to the students and staff of schools because of the way it would help prevent tragedies from occurring at school and in students’ homes. In modern society, social media has become a part of everyday life. With an increase in violent acts at schools over the past decade, it has proven to be a necessity to monitor social media sites for a hint at the next event to take place. School administrators’ interest in the protection of the school and its inhabitants is not to be looked at as a creepy surveillance technique, but rather a preventative measure. Violent acts are on the rise and they seem to be getting greater in magnitude. It only makes sense that schools have the ability to monitor student behavior in an attempt to expel potentially harmful acts at school.
As great as the student monitoring program sounds, there are still flaws evident. Those who oppose the student-monitoring program argue that the social media life of a student should be segregated from the school, saying schools are attempting to ensure classroom behavior, even while outside of the class. Another flaw with the system is the cost. At $40,500, the price influenced one student by the twitter name of Arayik to say, "GUSD should be smarter and start spending money on educational purposes." Although both arguments propose a valid argument, the potential impact the program could have tremendously outweighs the negatives. Students need to realize that anything