[Responsibility2nd]

Gonzalez said the district plans to send letters to parents whose students are getting the the RFID-tagged ID cards. He said officials understand that students could leave the card somewhere, throwing off the system. They cost $15 each, and if lost, a student will have to pay for a new one.

I have a better idea. Just implant the tags under the skin. Works for dogs, right? No problem, right?

 

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[KarlInOhio]

So how much do RFID blocking cases cost? Sure, I might have to carry the ID, but I want to keep it nice and safe in a metal box so it doesn't get lost or damaged.

[svcw]

Right forearm, would be the place.

[KingLudd]

N.F.W.

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

So I can’t see where this would help them count attendance. Any student who forgets to bring his/her ID that day would be counted absent.

[Fresh Wind]

I have a better idea. Just implant the tags under the skin.

And as backup, tattoo a UPC bar code on each student's forehead.

[stockpirate]

Beware of the savage roar of 1984...David Bowie

[moovova]

Bzzzzt...

[OldNavyVet]

the program is only a pilot and not permanent

Another Big Brother argument for total control over humans.

[Jack Hydrazine]

They do it for cattle, too!

[Molan Labe]

How to build an RFID Zapper ..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0vZigwn09I&feature=fvsr

[varyouga]

Just more baby steps to turn us all into identical cattle.

In high school, I pretty much never went to class except for exam days. I learned more by looking at the books myself, instead of watching a teacher regurgitate it at the pace of the slowest student for 6 hours a day. Even back then, this ‘school babysitter’ idea was prevalent. I had a perfect 100% average in Physics but it was dropped to an 80% because the teacher said “the administrators will skin me if they see that grade with your attendance”. I did much better in college because attendance was not counted at all.

I also started a successful electronics business at 16 with my free time.

Today, I would probably be kicked out of school or chemically lobotomized with all the pills they force the ‘different’ kids to take. And if that didn't work, they would probably arrest my parents for not ‘controlling’ me.

[OldNavyVet]

My neighbor's dog got loose and ended up being killed by a car on a freeway.

The dog had a chip ...

Guess who had to pay for the damages.

[Lady Lucky]

Oooh, it “improves safety!” Let’s all get in line!

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

I do so hope that some inventive students hack and duplicate these RFIDs, to totally confuse the system. Since RFIDs can be scanned from several feet away, students wouldn’t even know that their RFID has been copied.

Yet imagine the confusion when students appear to be in several classes at the same time, unknown RFID identifiers show up hither and yon, some students have multiple identifiers hidden on them, etc.

[Datom]

Just another brick in the wall.