TYT: Big Brother: RFID Chips Track Kids' Truancy, Eating Habits

[pokerfan]

A second front in the tracking of young people has gotten far less attention. Schools across the country are adopting a variety of different tools to monitor students both in school and outside school. Among these tools are RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tags embedded in school ID cards, GPS tracking software in computers, and even CCTV video camera systems. According to school authorities, these tools are being adopted not to simply increase security, but to prevent truancy, cut down on theft and even improve students' eating habits."* Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break down the idea of tagging and tracking children.

[Savannahmann]

1. How is it

That educators don't know what the Bill of Rights says.

[BrainMann1]

2. Yea, My house ,my rules

it goes in the metal box with the camera on.

[Kalidurga]

3. My youngest would have gone to juvy.

There is no way she would agree to be tracked. I would back her up on that. She has asthma and a bit of an attitude to authority. Bad combination, if she felt sick she wouldn't go to school She was bright enough to show up just enough to get decent grades in some classes, just barely pass others, but got enough credits to graduate. She is in college now, so she is doing a lot better. She understands her success is up to her so she goes to class regardless now. So, my point is well a couple. Point 1, messing up in high school doesn't mean a student won't go to college. Point 2. her behavior would have given her a bad record if she was given this choice and it would have hurt her chances to graduate on time and go on to college. 3. We shouldn't be putting kids into boxes like this. Show them how to succeed even if they seem to be messing up in high school.

[L0oniX]

4. Stick em in a microwave. Problem solved.

[Dawson Leery]

5. The wonderful world of school administrators.

They easily compete with many elected officials for their worthlessness.

[bloomington-lib]

6. Softening us up for more invasive monitoring in future generations.

[eppur_se_muova]

7. What's that, Joe? A pocket-sized Tesla coil? What's that for? nt

[DeSwiss]

8. They should get rid of the whole school board.....

...and the rest of the airheads that had anything to do with this.

K&R

[midnight]

9. I prefer our tax dollars to be spent on hiring more teachers....