“I’ve despised using this software,” Bea, told Teen Vogue. “On one occasion, I was ‘flagged’ for movement and obscuring my eyes..."
m @mary__retta
26 Oct 2020
For my latest @TeenVogue column, I wrote about how the remote proctoring softwares that many schools are using are an enormous invasion of student's privacy. Thread ⬇️ teenvogue.com/story/exam-sur…

Oct 26, 2020 · 6:07 PM UTC

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'Students may also be prompted to do a “room scan” where they turn their computer camera 360 degrees to show that nobody else is in the room with them' why are we treating teenagers like this? the only thing they are learning is that nobody involved here respects or trusts them.
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"yeah, I found this article via @internetofshit. I'm not a regular reader of Teen Vogue, anyways check it out"
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mary is an excellent writer worth following even outside of teen vogue
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Oh man, I'm so, so happy I graduated before technological abuse like this became viable. I cheated on my tests and exams by putting my phone on my lap and googling whatever I need via opera mini.
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We had unproctored take-home exams at my university and it worked pretty well—a combination of an honor code and questions that required actual mastery of the subject, not just information retention.
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Reminds me of this ... event: buzzfeednews.com/article/ell…
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Youth is the last socially acceptable blind prejudice. Discriminate, denounce, insult, ignore accomplishment, whatever you want when it comes to teens. Cameras everywhere, what they say, think, watch, wear, do taken away, 'for their own good.'
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