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by TruffleLabs 33 days ago
"The parent said, 'Only through questioning teachers and school administrators did we learn the researchers would put stickers on children who opted out, but no further information was provided on whether they would still be filmed.'"

That labeling I'm sure would have social consequences- singling out people and giving them a label is a path toward exclusion in other activities and make wearing a sticker a sigma... :(

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As a practical matter, it's also just stupid. Preschoolers will take off stickers all the time.

edit: fixed piratical typo

Ar matey, I am confused about your comments. Will the Preschoolers be sailing off on the high seas?
Not the star they wanted
until the kids start trading stickers with each other.