Texas schools punish students who refuse to be tracked with microchips

MrLiberty · #1 (**permalink**) 10-10-2012, 01:27 PM

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A school district in Texas came under fire earlier this year when it announced that it would require students to wear microchip-embedded ID cards at all times. Now, students who refuse to be monitored say they are feeling the repercussions.

Since October 1, students at John Jay High School and Anson Jones Middle School in San Antonio, Texas, have been asked to attend class with photo ID cards equipped with radio-frequency identification (RFID) chips to track every pupil’s location. Educators insist that the endeavor is being rolled out in Texas to stem the rampant truancy devastating the school's funding. If the program is judged successful, the RFID chips could soon come to 112 schools in all and affect nearly 100,000 students.

Students who refuse to walk the school halls with the card in their pocket or around their neck claim they are being tormented by instructors, and are barred from participating in certain school functions. Some also said they were turned away from common areas like cafeterias and libraries.

Andrea Hernandez, a sophomore at John Jay, said educators have ignored her pleas to respect her privacy and told her she cannot participate in school elections if she refuses to comply with the tracking program.

Hernandez said in an interview with Salon that subjecting herself to constant monitoring through an RFID chip is like being branded with the “mark of the beast” – a reference to the Bible's apocalyptic Book of Revelations. When she reached out to WND with the school’s response, though, she said that she was threatened with not being allowed to vote for her school's homecoming king and queen for disobeying the student ID rule.

"I had a teacher tell me I would not be allowed to vote because I did not have the proper voter ID," Hernandez told WND. "I had my old student ID card which they originally told us would be good for the entire four years we were in school. He said I needed the new ID with the chip in order to vote."

Texas schools punish students who refuse to be tracked with microchips — RT

Welcome to 1984........

cnredd · #2 (**permalink**) 10-10-2012, 01:30 PM

I can't digest WorldNetDaily reports...I need confirmation...

MrLiberty · #3 (**permalink**) 10-10-2012, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by cnredd

I can't digest WorldNetDaily reports...I need confirmation...

The parents and student complained to WND, the article is not a WND article though, but since you want something else.....

Students rebel against tracking chips - KSN TV, Kansas News and Weather

cnredd · #4 (**permalink**) 10-10-2012, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by MrLiberty

The parents and student complained to WND, the article is not a WND article though, but since you want something else.....

Students rebel against tracking chips - KSN TV, Kansas News and Weather

Oh, I remember the ORIGINAL story...

But the new WND angle is that there have been repercussions for students NOT adhering to the program...

off the porch · #5 (**permalink**) 10-10-2012, 02:46 PM

I can't say that I wouldn't protest carrying a microchip either...ooh, that's a double negative...let me try again.

I would not want to carry a microchip either. It's too bad the students are paying a price for not being one of the sheep running toward the cliff.

faithful_servant · #6 (**permalink**) 10-10-2012, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by off the porch

I can't say that I wouldn't protest carrying a microchip either...ooh, that's a double negative...let me try again.

I would not want to carry a microchip either. It's too bad the students are paying a price for not being one of the sheep running toward the cliff.

A linguistics professor was lecturing to his class one day. "In English," he said, "a double negative forms a positive. In some languages though, such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative.

However," he pointed out, "there is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative."

A voice from the back of the room piped up, "Yeah, right."

Manitou · #7 (**permalink**) 10-10-2012, 03:34 PM

If this is happening, I can say only that, it is true whenever liberal SOBs evacuate a liberal state and move to a bastion of freedom, the bastion of freedom will soon resemble a liberal pooping place, with very little tippy toe room.

Manitou · #8 (**permalink**) 10-10-2012, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by MrLiberty

The parents and student complained to WND, the article is not a WND article though, but since you want something else.....

Students rebel against tracking chips - KSN TV, Kansas News and Weather

If the students take the cards home, may I remind them that they should wrap them in thick aluminum foil to protect them from the elements? I mean, until the time comes, very shortly I should say, when those cards will be recycled permanently. This is America, you farting liberal piss ants! Go live in North Korea if you love this crap so much.

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