Sunday, May 11, 2003
Text Messages Target Truants
Posted by Janak Parekh in "OFF-TOPIC" @ 08:00 PM
Ooh... I love technology. I was always the kid that was on time at school, and it always annoyed me when others would waltz in during 2nd or 3rd period. Looks like this might not last much longer.
"The favourite pastime of teenager mobile phone-holders is being used to take the temptation out of playing truant. Two schools in Dublin are testing a scheme that will inform parents about absent pupils - through a text alert. From the start of the school year in September, all students who skip lessons at Portmarnock Community School or Manor House in the Irish capital's Raheny suburb will appear on a computerised database of absentees who qualify for an automatic standardised text message."
There are some scary implications, though. If there are eventually locator services on wireless devices, does it mean that the school will be able to track down where the kid is hanging out?
"The favourite pastime of teenager mobile phone-holders is being used to take the temptation out of playing truant. Two schools in Dublin are testing a scheme that will inform parents about absent pupils - through a text alert. From the start of the school year in September, all students who skip lessons at Portmarnock Community School or Manor House in the Irish capital's Raheny suburb will appear on a computerised database of absentees who qualify for an automatic standardised text message."
There are some scary implications, though. If there are eventually locator services on wireless devices, does it mean that the school will be able to track down where the kid is hanging out?
