Schools may fingerprint six million children


	Schools may fingerprint six million children

liotropi

7-21-2007 10:48 AM

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7-21-2007 10:50 AM

thisnamecantbetaken

without telling their parents

7-21-2007 10:51 AM

dorine

What do you folks think of this? I can see both the good and bad in this.

I have a problem with them not telling the parents.

7-21-2007 1:17 PM

ratilfar

The Great Nanny State strikes again. First the CCTV system, then the obsession with "anti-social behaviour" and now this. I even heard the French are experimenting with tracking devices for children!

7-22-2007 3:18 PM

allenmarkowski

There is something definitely wrong when parents are left out of the loop. Question secrecy.

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