Young Woman Threatened with Explusion For Refusal To Wear RFID

[Solus]

Texas school district threatens to expel this young woman for refusing to wear an RFID card.  They offered to let her wear one that was identical to the RFID card but without the chip.  She refused saying that would indicate she supported the policy's infringement on the students constitutional rights.

Other students have refused to wear the RFID card but she is the only one to be threatened with expulsion.  They need an exampl.

I will think of the young woman as courageous until I hear otherwise...like she it trying to hide her lucrative drug trafficking network.

http://www.wnd.com/2012/11/student-expelled-for-refusing-spychip/

An interesting side story in the article:

Prior to the expulsion letter, Hernandez faced other consequences. She was refused the right to vote for homecoming king and queen because she did not have the proper ID. Hernandez was using her old school-issued ID card at the time.

It seems requiring an ID card to vote on critical issues like Homecoming King and Queen to avoid voting fraud is a good thing..but not for trivial issues like electing the leaders of the country.

[tombogan03884]

What have I been saying about socialist infiltration of the education system being part of a subversive plot that dates back 100 years ?

FTA :
“Regimes in the past have always started with the schools, where they develop a compliant citizenry,” John Whitehead, president of the Rutherford Institute said. “They are getting students used to living in a total surveillance state where there will be no privacy, wherever you go and whatever you text or email will be watched by the government. This is where everything is headed.”

The primary intent of the tracking cards is not to increase student safety but to increase state funding to the district.

[MikeBjerum]

It is about control and manipulation!

The school will give all kinds of reasons for why, but it comes down to they want to know where their students and staff are 100% of the time.  Soon you will see reports talking about efficiency of class scheduling based on student choice trends and distance between classrooms, amount of time in restrooms, number of visits to vending machines, trips to and time spent at lockers, time and frequency of outdoor visits, etc.  Maybe if they spent a little more time and energy teaching our kids how to read, write, add and subtract, and think critically (science and history), we wouldn't have some of our social issues today.

I was talking with my boss on Monday about marketing, and our visit was cut short when our series of meetings with some of our suppliers began.  She was sharing about how Target utilizes RFID chips to track consumers in their stores and send them emails about specials as they move through the store.  I am not sure if it is a credit card RFID or what, but people with this technology and a smart phone are being tracked and profiled in their entire shopping experience. 

Outside of the little antenna symbol, does anyone know how to detect RFID in your personal items?

[jnevis]

Outside of the little antenna symbol, does anyone know how to detect RFID in your personal items?

If it has a transceiver that connects to a network, it's got an RFID capability.  Any phone (cell or otherwise), computer, TV,  or DVD/BluRay with wireless capability can and does get used to report trends.

[tombogan03884]

We had a post on here a while back about how the Wal Mart marketing Dept knew a girl was pregnant before her father did.

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[Solus]

Often stores issue a "discount card" .  You just have to sign up for it...give some personal information and show the card when you check out and you get a few % points off the sale...some times a good percentage.

Since  you will be carrying that card with you, if there is an RFID chip inside, they will know where you are in the store...and the information you gave might well include cell number and other contact info.

[TAB]

I am mixed on this one.   rfid chips used for things like attendence are not exactly a bad thing.( all teens can not be trusted)   then again I don't like the idea of having people being tracked.   its why I have opted out of most rewards programs over the years.

[Solus]

When I was working for a school district, I used to joke about how good it would be to put an implant at the base of each students skull.

Then you could have a city wide broadcast that would knock anyone with the implant unconscious...

There would be jammers around each school, so the broadcast would not reach the kids inside. 

Then all the truant officers  needed to do was go around the city and collect the bodies of students playing  hookie.

Sounds like a 'first step' to some version of my 'vision'.

[MikeBjerum]

I am mixed on this one.   rfid chips used for things like attendence are not exactly a bad thing.( all teens can not be trusted)   then again I don't like the idea of having people being tracked.   its why I have opted out of most rewards programs over the years.

What happened to teachers being in the room and taking attendance?  Worked when I was in school in the 60's and 70's, and it worked in the early 90's when I was in college.

[Solus]

What happened to teachers being in the room and taking attendance?  Worked when I was in school in the 60's and 70's, and it worked in the early 90's when I was in college.

How is that going to work?  Whouldn't the teachers then have to take action?  I mean, wouldn't they actually have to take a position and stand by it?  I don't see how that will work when somebody might be offended by that position.

Wouldn't it be much easier if we could just say "The System" found you to be absent?