1984 in two parts

Here is a brief story about using GPS trackers to keep kids from ditching class (sorry about the ad):


Privacy, anyone? Kids will find a way to get around this, I guarantee it.

What's to keep kids from leaving this thing with a friend? Most likely the students are threatened with expulsion or even having to appear in court. Colorado has a state law that students must attend school for a certain amount of hours each year until they are 17...after which they can drop out.

The best part of this video is when the guy says "3 in 10 federal prisoners, 4 in 10 state prisoner and almost half those on death row...are high school dropouts." If we want to look at it that way why not: 7 in 10 federal prisoners, 6 in 10 federal prisoners and more than half those on death row...graduated from high school. Be weary of those high school graduates.

Here is a brief song about Big Brother because Mo and I are going to see Anais Mitchell Saturday night in Boulder: