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In reply to the discussion: Student Suspended for Refusing to Wear RFID Tracker Loses Lawsuit [View all]Canoe52
(2,949 posts)15. Glad they didn't have those my senior year
It would have kept me from ditching second period study hall and going to dunkin donuts!
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It's made to track them--IN THE SCHOOL. Once the student leaves campus, they can remove the
MADem
Jan 2013
#126
Instead of rationalizing this invasion of privacy how about a better solution for school funding?
alp227
Jan 2013
#163
Except if the kid is on campus but NOT IN CLASS...why should the school still get per pupil funding?
alp227
Jan 2013
#171
They are using state standards for attendance. You would have to ask the state. NT
reACTIONary
Jan 2013
#172
What stops skipping kids from hanging their badges in their lockers or the restrooms or
DeschutesRiver
Jan 2013
#184
Kids will hang their RFID badges in the school, then not attend classes.
DeschutesRiver
Jan 2013
#191
It takes more than 30 seconds, and attendance reports have to be filled in...
reACTIONary
Jan 2013
#103
drip by drop, by cover of labyrinthine code masquerading as law, and sealed with the kiss of years
Mutatis Mutandis
Jan 2013
#175
What's wrong with a student id card? And what's wrong with making easy to read? NT
reACTIONary
Jan 2013
#36
After all the Jones and Teabagger ravings, TX has more surveillance than ever...
freshwest
Jan 2013
#3
If they installed an RFID reader in the trees across the street from school
JustABozoOnThisBus
Jan 2013
#56
They definitely are interested in collecting tax dollars from the state...
reACTIONary
Jan 2013
#119
Could move to employers saying take or leave it too if you take it off at lunch no pay
lunasun
Jan 2013
#108
The district said it would allow her to continue attending school with the battery and chip removed
tomm2thumbs
Jan 2013
#23
A card around the neck? Whoa. I'd object, too. How horrible. What's the purpose?
Honeycombe8
Jan 2013
#24
Everybody where I work has an id card, and we wear them so others can see them...
reACTIONary
Jan 2013
#40
Student id cards are ubiquitous in schools. With thousands of kids in each school...
reACTIONary
Jan 2013
#85
You reminded me of what it was like to be in high school, and I visited...
reACTIONary
Jan 2013
#105
They aren't used to track every micro second of the worker's time at work.
LiberalFighter
Jan 2013
#78
And why would you think that is done at this school? No where does it say...
reACTIONary
Jan 2013
#82
If it tracks, it tracks. Employers who read e-mails also keep track of info from trackers. nt
Honeycombe8
Jan 2013
#147
You don't see wealthy people with cards hanging around their necks, do you?
Honeycombe8
Jan 2013
#146
I would not have liked being tracked at all in school or work, but I can see the benefits of this.
Sunlei
Jan 2013
#25
until that student doesn't show up in the right classroom at the right time
SemperEadem
Jan 2013
#59
My main objection to it is the use of SSN in the implementation of the device.
LiberalFighter
Jan 2013
#30
Could be a lot of job creation out of that... I'd gladly apply to work at an RFID factory. nt
Comrade_McKenzie
Jan 2013
#44
wrap it in tin foil in a stylish manner or find a stylish metal case to protect it with
dembotoz
Jan 2013
#67
Misleading because district agreed to allow her to wear an ID without the chip.
yellowcanine
Jan 2013
#76
Some of the "Rapturists" do think that bar codes are the mark of the Beast.
yellowcanine
Jan 2013
#104
Far better reaction than all the ho-humming elsewhere in this thread. (nt)
Posteritatis
Jan 2013
#141