Dr. Robert Wyatt, expert on freedom of expression and public opinion, says it will be a sad day for global freedom if that happens. Given that the Internet is as ubiquitous as air, it is also impossible without Draconian measures that are themselves selective and ineffective while they punish a few unlucky enough to get caught. For people who are reluctant or cannot afford to go to the doctor, today's health fair at MTSU is a wonderful opportunity to undergo blood pressure checks, vision and hearing screening, body fat testing, and bone marrow and sickle cell testing. A K-2 school in Pennsylvania is using fingerprint scanners for children to pay for lunch. They say for kids it eliminates the stress of handling money and of being singled out when they plop down 40 cents for a welfare lunch.
Critics say it's technology overkill.
Dr. James Rust, child development expert, says fingerprints are not necessary. Most K-2 schools are small enough that the staff will know the children by their faces. They should use that money to raise teacher salaries, he adds.