Summary Of At Some Schools Big Brother Is Watching

The article, “At some schools, ‘Big Brother’ is watching”, by Kelly Wallace is about school districts switching over to a more cyber way of monitoring their students. When is it okay to invade others privacy rights? School districts are trying to watch over their student’s social media post and emails. They are trying to stop the self-harm, drug use, cyber bullying, and overall monitor their students lives. I disagree with this article, to keep an eye on their students because we should be able to post what we want and if we want to express our emotions to our friends on social media then why not? In my opinion, Kelly Wallace, is wrong about permitting schools to monitor students post because it invades students privacy and makes us feel like we have no more outlet to express ourselves, we can not be ourselves anymore on social media!
Students go to social media to express themselves their problems to their peers for a reason. They are not posting about harming themselves for no one to see, they are trying to get attention to themselves, it is their way of calling for help. When this privilege is taken away and kids are forced to not act themselves on social media and you are not going to see anybody seek help. “Schools need to respect boundaries and the First Amendment” (Wallace). Monitoring our every move makes us students feel like we are have no outlet to express our