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Texas schools punish students who refuse to be tracked with microchips
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 Antonia, Texas have been asked to attend class clasping onto photo ID cards equipped with radio-frequency identification chips to keep track of each and every pupil’s personal location. Educators insist that the endeavor is being rolled out in Texas to relax the rampant truancy rates devastating the state’s school and the subsequent funding they are failing to receive as a result, and pending the program’s success the RFID chips could soon come to 112 schools in all and affect nearly 100,000 students.
Some pupils say they are already seeing the impact, though, and it’s not one they are very anxious to experience. Students who refuse to walk the schoolhouse halls with a location-sensitive sensor in their pocket or around their neck are being tormented by instructors and being barred from participating in certain school-wide functions, with some saying they are even being turned away from common areas like cafeterias and libraries.
Andrea Hernandez, a sophomore at John Jay, says educators have ignored her pleas to have her privacy respected and have told her she can’t participate in school elections if she doesn’t submit to the tracking program.
To Salon, Hernandez says subjecting herself to constant monitoring by way of wearing a RFID chip is comparable to clothing herself in the “mark of the beast.” When she reached out to WND.com to reveal the school’s response, though, she told them that she was threatened with exclusion from picking a homecoming king and queen for not adhering to the rules.
sileceal
October 10th, 2012
Ongoing. “Tamale Flats” again shows their tainted “meat”.
jmichaelh
October 10th, 2012
you could assign each student their own drone, that way they wouldn’t be required to carry those cards…
Txn4Evr
October 10th, 2012
Isn’t it intersesting they only want to track the kids to keep their funding.
In San Antonio I can guess the number of illegals is staggering. Take that taxpayers.
Carlos The Jackal
October 10th, 2012
And now the LaRaza brothers are pushing Pre-K indoctrination as well.
Let us violate your 4th amendment rights or be punished.
In obama’s USA, the most egregious totalitarian programs are in the schools.
Why do you suppose that is?
Mountain Dog
October 10th, 2012
They have to wear ID cards around their necks at my grandson’s high school in Arkansas. And for what? They want total control. Every little act takes away another little piece of our freedom, and it will all add up to life in the gulag one day.
Mark Zist
October 10th, 2012
Why do you need RFID to track truancy?
MaryfromMarin
October 10th, 2012
“Steve Hernandez told WND that he approached the ACLU about representing his daughter’s case, but Rebecca Robertson of a local branch of the organization said that, “the ACLU of Texas will not be able to represent you or your daughter in this matter,” saying the case did not meet the group’s criteria.”
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Forget ACLU. Mr. Hernandez should contact Jay Sekulow of the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ).
moarkdave
October 10th, 2012
More people will allow this invasive crap “to protect the childrens”. Once the kids are use to it, it becomes part of their lives and before you know it, we have all lost part of our freedom.
I have no problems with ID cards with magnetic strips, we all have one or more of those in our pockets and purses. I do have an issue with the RFID cards, they can read them without you knowing it was read.
Swiping a magnetic card through a reader is different than having it read passively as you walk around.
Little Johnny and Susie have to be ID’d to do anything at school, but heaven forbid if Shaniqua or Lontell has to have an ID card to vote.
Stranded in Sonoma
October 10th, 2012
Kick out the illegals, put in school vouchers. The students will stop being truant and start learning because they will want to learn.
In other words, do the exact opposite of what the teachers’ unions say to do.
Noodengr
October 10th, 2012
Scary. Seems like most solutions to any problems in schools these days are scary, freedom restrictive and more often than not just plain stupid. Somehow us baby boomers got the 3Rs
without the hairbrained ideas that are floated around today. Why not look to the past for solutions, discipline with a paddle, stand in the corner, and teachers that did not take crap from anyone. ? Add to that parents that backed teachers and a prayer or two during the day. Wow what a concept.
scr_north
October 10th, 2012
The smart kids would figure out how to spoof those cards and then show the dumb ones how to do it. The school board would respond with rules that allows the teachers to demand the students cards (read papers) at anytime and having roving security checking any student for no reason. You want to fight truancy? Get good teachers with an honest curriculum and make the PTA relevant again. Take money from programs that promote multiculturealism (read PC segregation) or ones that promote one group over another and put it into after school programs that attract kids, not derision.
muddjuice (Absolutist)
October 10th, 2012
My kid would be home schooled or simply would not engage in any other school activities.
No tracking chip.
Makes you wonder about cell phones and driver’s licenses, eh……………?
CrustyB
October 10th, 2012
I’d toss my chip on the roof of a Greyhound bus headed to Des Moines.
Stranded in Sonoma
October 10th, 2012
I’d glue mine to the back of a cockroach or a rat and let it run around school. I’d make a copy first that changed the text on it to something rude but looked close enough to the real thing.
The screwl gets their money and I get a good laugh.
muddjuice (Absolutist)
October 10th, 2012
Good idea Crusty.
Just keep saying you lost it. Each time they give you one. They can track it down in whatever crap hole it ends up at the end of the day…..
Jeff
October 10th, 2012
Get a rope.
come OONNNN
October 10th, 2012
“John Jay High School”
SRSLY?!?!?
the john jay that made millions in the used car bidnes or the John Jay that helped found this country???
Zilla
October 10th, 2012
Hey, remember when Texas Governor Rick Perry was being hyped as GOP Jesus, the savior of freedom for all? Why is he allowing children to subjected to this totalitarianism in his state? What’s next, numbered tattoos?
AbigailAdams
October 10th, 2012
@come OONNNN — yeah, I was thinking the same thing. John Jay, the “guy” who wrote that “stuff” in the Federalist (papers) and was the first Chief Justice. He’s turning in his grave.
Two things: There’s an expose’ here when someone runs to ground the ties the RFID company has to gov’t through this contract. School districts are notoriously corrupt, especially these days. And two: this is another example of penalizing everyone for the actions of a small minority. Good citizens who follow reasonable laws should never have to pay — either for more “programs” or by having their freedoms curtailed — for the unlawful acts of others. (and three) Another reason to dismantle the Dept. of Ed. and blow up public ed in this country.
Timt223
October 10th, 2012
A: 5-7 seconds in a microwave will solve the problem but sometimes leaves a mark showing tampering which leads us to……
B: Blunt force trauma, I have found if you stick it between 2 cutting boards and whack it with a hammer hard 10-15 times you have just murdered your RFID without leaving a trace. Your welcome!!!
come OONNNN
October 11th, 2012
hey, Abs, someone here posted about how good those bill whittle videos are AND they were nice enough to leave the addy for his stratosphere lounge. it’s just him responding to questions on ustream from his facebook friends…
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-stratosphere-lounge
as it’s wednesday, he just did one tonite at 6pm pacifist time – he’s already got 15 in the can
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@ Timt223 -thanks, dude! is anything like 2-5 layers of alum foil helpful?
Rwolf
October 15th, 2012
Can You Survive the Coming U.S. Police Surveillance State?
Once U.S. Government completes building its multi-billion dollar Surveillance State that will spy on Americans’ every move, it is problematic some in government and the private security complex that (profit) selling the government domestic spying systems, will want to insure the Surveillance Police State is made permanent. That can only be achieved by revoking U.S. Citizens’ right to Vote; Americans could not successfully resist politically or otherwise. Congress has approved thousands of police drones to spy on Americans’. The coming Surveillance Police State will have the ability to read your private email, record your phone calls, track your Internet Activity, spy inside your house, literally follow your every move. TSA can search Americans using any mode of transportation. The Military can now use The National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 to arrest and indefinitely detain anyone on U.S. Soil without evidence on the premise he or she supported hostilities or terrorism or is a Belligerent.
With the coming U.S. Police Surveillance State expect higher unemployment, the economy to stagnate and huge increases in federal taxes to support the Surveillance State. Federal employees will fare better, paid higher salaries and more benefits compared to most working Americans spied on by Government. Historically Citizens that fear a Government Police Surveillance State won’t risk investing—in homes, income producing property or buy a business that a police state government can confiscate (without due process). For example U.S. Government can use the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 to charge without evidence that all of a Citizen’s assets are subject to civil government forfeiture under the USA Patriot Act charging a Citizen supported an undefined terrorist act or hostilities, or charge without providing evidence a Citizen’s tenant or visitor committed a crime or violation that made their real property or business subject to government forfeiture.
Should a Total Surveillance State take over America, generally a Total Police State follows: expect most tangible assets owned by Americans will depreciate, become difficult to sell. Citizens that fear Government, generally buy only products that are absolutely necessary. Historically expect persons inside or connected to Federal Government that are protected, don’t have to fear government/police confiscating their property, will purchase Americans’ real and personal property for next to nothing. That happened in Nazi Germany after Hitler started enforcing laws he got passed similar to The National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 that Pres. Obama signed.
It appears problematic at some point, Americans won’t be allowed employment or the right to operate a business unless approved by Homeland Security; and Homeland will prohibit without explanation Americans using pubic and private transportation without Government approval.
According to news reports, it appears U.S. Government may have its Total Surveillance Police State mostly completed by the end of 2014.
Read Oct. 8, 2012: FBI begins installation of $1 billion face recognition system across America
http://rt.com/usa/news/fbi-recognition-system-ngi-640/
Read July 26, 2012: Pentagon Will Pay Univ. to Develop Powerful Facial Recog. Software