Noonelikestheideaofbeingwatchedbutintoday'shigh-techsocietyavideocameracankeepitseyeonyou24hoursaday.Thisisnoweventhecaseinschoolsandthestudentsarenotparticularlyhappyaboutit.

“Luckilyformethevideocamerasinourschoolareonlyinstalledalongthecorridors(走廊)”saidZhuJiangyueaSenior2studentinBeijing.“Itwouldfeellikeyou'realwaysbeingstaredatiftherewereacameraintheclassroom.Youwouldhavenoprivacy.”

TwostudentsinShanghailearnedthisthehardwaywhentheirhighschoolbroadcastvideopicturesofthemkissingoncampus.Theymusthavebeenannoyedbythisandrespondedbyfilinglawsuitagainsttheschoolforinvasionofprivacyandlastmonthalocalcourtagreedtohearit.ItisthefirstcaseofitskindinChinaandeveryonehassomethingtosayaboutit.

LiXiangaSenior3studentinHunanProvincethinkstheschoolsbehaviorwasunacceptableandunreasonable."IfIwereoneofthevictimsIwouldbeasangryastheyare"saidthe18-year-old.EveryclassroominLi'sschoolhasavideocameraabovethedoor.Theyaregenerallyusedonlywhenanexamistakingplacebutsometimesastudentisallowedtocontrolthecamera.Inthiswaystudentsneedn’tworryaboutbeingwatchedinmostpartoftheirschoollifeandcanenjoythebenefitscamerasbringaslongasitdoesn’tdamagetheirself-respect.

HoweverPengJianpingchairmanoftheMoralEducationResearchCentreinGuangzhouthinksvideomonitoringcausesmoreharmthangood. “Schoolshopetomanagethestudentsbetterwiththehelpofvideocameras”hesaid.“Butitwon'tactuallywork.Teachersandstudentsshouldtrustandrespecteachother.Ifvideocamerasarefrequentlyusedteenagerswillthinktheirteachersdon'tbelievethem.”

1.Accordingtothepassagewhichofthestatementsistrue?

A.TherearevideocamerasineveryclassroominBeijing.

B.PengJianpingdoesn’tagreetomanagestudentsbetter.

C.LiXiangthinkshisschoolusesthevideocamerasinthecorrectway.

D.TwostudentsinShanghaiinthiscasedidn'tsayanythingaboutit.

2.Whatdoesmostschoolleaderswanttousevideocamerasfor?

A.Tomonitorthecampusforsafety.