No kidding. I grew up in the 1970s when "embarrassing" school photos were the norm. I look at photos of myself from that era and it reminds me of Napoleon Dynamite. Somehow, I survived the mortification and ended up having a successful life...
“consent forms” for a class photo?
What a strange culture we’ve become....
That was my first thought too. “Consent forms”? What’s that all about?
“What a strange culture we’ve become....”
Thank the plaintiff’s bar.
For School, summer camps, sports teams, there are consent forms for the photos.
It’s to protect your child’s privacy, if that is something you’re worried about.
You wouldn’t really think about it in normal circumstances, but a few years ago I read about a creepy porn guy who was posting pictures and names of male high school swimmers or water polo guys on his website. The athletes’ photos had been taken at school, as part of normal school coverage of sports events, like the student paper or school website, but they were taken way out of that context into this creepy website for gay men to leer at them. It’s stuff like that which makes parents want to have some control over whether or where their children’s photos are used.
It’s part of the way that internet porn undermines our lives even if we never use it.
“What a strange culture we’ve become....”
You never know when a student might want to run for president later.
No kidding. I grew up in the 1970s when "embarrassing" school photos were the norm. I look at photos of myself from that era and it reminds me of Napoleon Dynamite. Somehow, I survived the mortification and ended up having a successful life...
I would never give my consent for such a photo. On the other hand, I wouldn't be in the photo either.
fixed it for ya. ;(