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> As I already wrote, I think that being able to locate pupils at all times is a legitimate concern for schools, and parents.

No, no. It's a want. Of course parents want to know where their children are 100% of the time, of course schools want to know where the students are 100% of the time, but children are people too.

Children have the right to lie and keep secrets from their parents. They have the right to privacy, they have the right not to be under automatic surveillance all the time, because they're not fucking prisoners or slaves.



This is conflating different issues.

Schools do have a duty of care and safety. They already do make a lot of efforts to know where their pupils are at all times, especially for younger children (obviously).

This is completely different from preventing children from having secrets and from affording them privacy.

I wish we could have a mature discussion on this and avoid hysterical terms and comparisons.




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