Sunday, October 7, 2012

decision making in a crisis

         In Texas, schools received money based on the number of students counted in their homeroom class each morning. However, at Anson Jones middle school, many students were in school but not in homeroom,so these students were not counted, and the school lost money.
         To slove this crisis, students were asked to bring an ID everyday, that allowed school use radio frequency technology to track students' whereabouts. School's finance problem was sloved. However some people critized this by saying that the technology was originally design for shopping goods not for people.On the other hand, some people said the technology's benefits outweight privacy concerns," it gives the kids a little bit more responsibility knowing that we as a faculty are keeping up with them."   
         The school made the decision on certain enviornment. I also agree the benefit outweight privacy. For safety concern, the school can also know when the kids leave the school.

          http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/07/us/in-texas-schools-use-ids-to-track-students.html?_r=0

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