Fancy watching classroom high jinks in China? Just get online
Cameras broadcast lessons, student antics and lax teachers. Beijing hasn't found a way around the privacy issue.
Beijing
IN the halls of Yuzhou No. 1 High School in central China, students refer to them simply as "the cameras". When the first bell sounds before 7 am, their fish-eye lenses spring to life, broadcasting live as students sit at their desks and measure geometric angles, pass notes or doze during breaks. Before long, thousands of people - not just parents and teachers - are watching online, offering armchair commentary.
"What is this boy doing? He's been looking around doing nothing, like a cat on a hot roof," one user wrote. "This one is playing with his phone!" added another, posting a screenshot.
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