If it’s good enough for a dog, it’s good enough for a kid, right? A school district in Texas will be watching over its students a lot more closely, but not with the aid of extra teachers. Instead each pupil will be monitored with microchips.
Officials at the Northside Independent School District in rural Bexar County, Texas have approved a plan to track the whereabouts of each and every student by requiring them to walk the halls with identification cards in their pockets that are equipped with RFID microchips.
By using Radio Frequency Identification System technology, teachers and faculty will be able to monitor the move of over 6,000 students at two select schools and every pupil with special needs throughout the district as soon as next semester. If the pilot program is a success, the district intends on expanding the tracking system to all of its 112 schools, totaling nearly 100,000 students.

Just seems a bit pointless to me

Ab Origine wrote:
Its likely far from pointless for the manufacturers of the cards/chips

the school here had a library & lunch pass thing that worked off finger prints. so they had a whole day where they finger printed every kid for those machines. then 3 months later, the machines were gone. sneaky sneaky. so guess who has all those finger prints.

the school here had a library & lunch pass thing that worked off finger prints. so they had a whole day where they finger printed every kid for those machines. then 3 months later, the machines were gone. sneaky sneaky. so guess who has all those finger prints.

Our generation won't go for chips under the skin willingly, they're banking on the next one -- you know, the kids with their faces buried in an Iphone all day, who just love the "convenience" of all this awesome new technology.

They are conditioning everyone for RFID tech. My bank card has a chip... I'm currently awaiting my second replacement in under a year.... the chips have gone in them.

The parents of the kids at the school should make a stand about this and be the start of something worthwhile.

or has it always been this way? Surely, other people can see it?

Just thought I'd slip this in here...

That movie should be required viewing for children and young adults. Along with a companion booklet and group discussion afterwards. Howard Beale... outstanding character. They turn his revolution and passion into a ratings blockbuster.... because there's nothing they can't and won't control, exploit, or sell.

ronisron wrote:

I agree.

But there's about as much chance of that happening as old queenie doing a mooner on her 60th birthday.