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An English primary school headmaster has been criticized for "tricking' his young students into providing their fingerprints.
Mark Woodbaum told his pupils that providing their fingerprints was part of a "game...so there's no need to tell your parents."
The children were as young as three years old.
Fingerprinting in schools is commonly done to use in anti-truancy measures or cashless cafeterias, as well as library systems. On the surface, there's nothing nefarious about it, so why the secrecy from parents?
Mr. Woodbaum was undoubtedly concerned about a parental backlash to the fingerprinting, which was done in the wake of recent leaked government documents that outlined plans for children aged 10-16 to be fingerprinted and stored in a secret database from 2010 on. Parents are worried about the increasing presence of "big brother" in the lives of their kids.
Mark Woodbaum told his pupils that providing their fingerprints was part of a "game...so there's no need to tell your parents."
The children were as young as three years old.
Fingerprinting in schools is commonly done to use in anti-truancy measures or cashless cafeterias, as well as library systems. On the surface, there's nothing nefarious about it, so why the secrecy from parents?
Mr. Woodbaum was undoubtedly concerned about a parental backlash to the fingerprinting, which was done in the wake of recent leaked government documents that outlined plans for children aged 10-16 to be fingerprinted and stored in a secret database from 2010 on. Parents are worried about the increasing presence of "big brother" in the lives of their kids.
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 1)
3-11-2007 @ 7:13PM
Desiree said...As well they should be worried.
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3-12-2007 @ 6:23AM
Sandyone said..."'I suppose I was naive,' he said"
No, I suppose he is a lying bastard.
I wonder if he was really just trolling to find the child who *would* tell his parents. That way, he'd know not to molest that one.
Only 5 of 360 families aren't allowing him to fingerprint their kids. Sorry, but these people need a wakeup call.
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