1-04-10

The article, "Under Surveillance", is about how many employees of companies try to trick their bosses into not taking a long lunch break. The companies start to use a tracking device where you have to thumb print everytime you leave or enter the spot you are suppose to be in. The companies are chewing out all the workers who have tryed to trick them in the past. The article is mostly about how the thumb printing helps out knowing when the employees are there and what they are doing. What is good about the practice is that it helps the managers and bosses figure out what employers are trying to trick them and figure out how long they take for a lunch break and what they happen to be doing that they should not be. It's good because the thumb printing is an actual device to show when they actually show up, so that the employee cannot trick the boss. What is bad about the practice is that the employee has to be actual because now they cannot take a longer lunch break and say that they were back when they actually were not. The bad thing is also the fact that the person will not be cooropitive with the new technology and will rebel. The bad thing about it is that the employee does not know that they are getting caught and that makes them angry. If this was being done to me, I probably would not mind because it shows your loyalty and that you actually do take your job seriously. If you do not complain about it, it will show your boss that you are the best employee compared to the person who complains about it. If i were in charge, i would do the same thing. It shows and proves who is actually being loyal and who is taking the job seriously. If i were it would give me satisfaction of knowing that the employees are there when asked to be. In my opinion i think that the thumb tracking device is a good idea because it helps not only the company out but also the boss. In conclusion, the whole article is about how employees are not being honest about the time they go and come for lunch, so the boss makes the thumb in and out.

The school year is almost half way over, and still there are many things that have to get finished and completed. I have to catch up with my grades, because i need to get back with my straight A's. Before i can celebrate the school year being over, i have to make sure all my school work is done, and just for extra points, see if there is any extra credit i can possibly get, to top off my grades. All my Academy classes are important and i have to make sure that the grades i have now in the present can possibly get better in the near future. I also have athletic training to worry about. I have make sure that i can cover all the games that i am scheduled for. Each person gets assigned to 3 games a week, and possibly more if no one can work it. You have to worry about not only getting all your unfinished classwork, homework, and projects done with also having to worry about covering the games. The games usually go on until 9 or 10 which leaves me no time to rest or get anything done. I have to get back on getting used to the schedule and finishing my classwork in an acceptable period of time. The rest of the school year has a lot coming for me, but all i have to do is stay focused and i should be able to make it through.