School administrators have an obsession with controlling (and spying on) students that borders on sadism. I'm convinced they get off - either nonsexually or sex

School administrators have an obsession with controlling (and spying on) students that borders on sadism. I'm convinced they get off - either nonsexually or sexually - on controlling hundreds of kids. It's a god complex. I used to spend time on a subreddit dedicated to edu IT administration, hoping to learn more about MDM and such. Instead, what I learned is that administrators are extremely fixated on spying on and limiting student online activity. That subreddit is now private, because people kept confronting them about it. If you have a kid: have a sit-down talk with them and tell them they can come to you with anything, no matter what - but to never mention anything illegal or mental-health related on any school-related accounts, devices owned by the school, or devices they've been forced to install an app on or install an MDM profile, etc. Schools are particularly paranoid about self-harm and a huge list of keywords and phrases will earn your kid an immediate trip to the administrator's office where they will be grilled. Where they'll learn that what they thought was private was actually being monitored, closely. Because of course, that's exactly what you should do to someone who might be suicidal or otherwise having mental health issues. Humiliate them by revealing that what they had intended to be private is now known to half a dozen or more people they don't know or trust, etc. Yeah. /s It's all about ass-covering to protect their careers, not student health or safety.