How could I not talk about some of the nosey questionnaires students across America are given in class after the Ninth Circuit Courts ruling last week?
Last year a school in Fairfax County made national news when parents got angry about "confidential" surveys 15-18 yr. old students were given on sex, drugs, suicide and other private matters...
With questions such as:
"When you daydream about sex, do you think about (a) males, (b) females, (c) both?"
“How would you prefer to die?”
"Do you hate your parents?"
“When you get a bad grade, what do your parents do to you?”
and many more.
Though this school stopped using the surveys, the practice continues around the nation today...often ignoring student and parent rights mandated by the Federal Privacy Protection Act of 1996, allowing students to opt-out of an activity. Are these surveys being used in the schools in your neighborhood?
They are in mine. And now even more schools will use thanks to the 9th court. I'm all for the Congress splitting that court in two. How about you?
Hear the show (See 11/9/05)
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