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stevenpiziks) wrote2012-06-17 01:57 pm
stevenpiziks) wrote2012-06-17 01:57 pm
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The Biometric Invasion
Bill Gates is paying millions to fit students with bracelets that measure galvanic skin response during school. Skin response will tell the teacher when any given student is "not engaged" or when attention wanders.
The damage this man is trying to do just keeps climbing.
No one can pay attention every given moment. The human mind doesn't work that way. You wander, you daydream for a bit, you come back to the task. It's exhausting to pay attention every second. When I have to grade student presentations, I go home exhausted because I'm forced to do exactly that, and constantly. It's nearly impossible, and I'm a trained, disciplined adult. You can't expect it of a child. There's no need to, in fact. Students don't need to be mentally on-task second. Those times when the mind wanders are times when the mind processes new information. Students do need to spend a lot of time paying attention, yes, but not every moment. This is an attempt to turn our children into little drones, with no ability to daydream or find their way in the world, as this blogger also points out: http://open.salon.com/blog/dianasenechal/2012/06/17/the_biometric_bracelet_and_the_end_of_daydreaming
We certainly don't need--or want--machines attached to their arms to spy on their mental processes. What's going on in their heads is their business. I would never, EVER allow such a thing to be attached to my child's wrist, under any circumstances.
The conservative dismantling of our education system has to end.
The damage this man is trying to do just keeps climbing.
No one can pay attention every given moment. The human mind doesn't work that way. You wander, you daydream for a bit, you come back to the task. It's exhausting to pay attention every second. When I have to grade student presentations, I go home exhausted because I'm forced to do exactly that, and constantly. It's nearly impossible, and I'm a trained, disciplined adult. You can't expect it of a child. There's no need to, in fact. Students don't need to be mentally on-task second. Those times when the mind wanders are times when the mind processes new information. Students do need to spend a lot of time paying attention, yes, but not every moment. This is an attempt to turn our children into little drones, with no ability to daydream or find their way in the world, as this blogger also points out: http://open.salon.com/blog/dianasenechal/2012/06/17/the_biometric_bracelet_and_the_end_of_daydreaming
We certainly don't need--or want--machines attached to their arms to spy on their mental processes. What's going on in their heads is their business. I would never, EVER allow such a thing to be attached to my child's wrist, under any circumstances.
The conservative dismantling of our education system has to end.