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A Texan student who refused to wear a badge with a radio tag that tracked her movements has lost a federal court appeal against her school's ID policy.

The radio chips track attendance, which in turn helps secure school funding.

But Andrea Hernandez, 15, stopped wearing the badge on religious grounds, saying it was the "mark of the beast".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20957587

Is it just me, or is this Orwellian, to radio-tag students and track their movements throughout the day? I'd be losing mine left and right.

Fat Cat wrote: Is it just me, or is this Orwellian, to radio-tag students and track their movements throughout the day? I'd be losing mine left and right.

I heard about this a while back and thought the same thing. I wouldn't let them put one on my kid.

I'd just tell him to play dumb and drop it in every random corner of the school. It's just a horrible, horrible idea. Talk about grooming kids for a lifetime of surveillance by the government.

I can't believe the kids haven't set up an adhoc system where they exchange them with random other students as they're passing by in the quad. Would totally blow their system.

Of course Shape's location would consistently show up on the backside of the courtyard's mascot

I'm guessing some of the local private schools are seeing an uptick in applications for enrollment.

Fat Cat wrote:A Texan student who refused to wear a badge with a radio tag that tracked her movements has lost a federal court appeal against her school's ID policy.

The radio chips track attendance, which in turn helps secure school funding.

But Andrea Hernandez, 15, stopped wearing the badge on religious grounds, saying it was the "mark of the beast".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20957587

Is it just me, or is this Orwellian, to radio-tag students and track their movements throughout the day? I'd be losing mine left and right.

It's only okay if the school practices catch and release.

Fat Cat wrote:A Texan student who refused to wear a badge with a radio tag that tracked her movements has lost a federal court appeal against her school's ID policy.

The radio chips track attendance, which in turn helps secure school funding.

But Andrea Hernandez, 15, stopped wearing the badge on religious grounds, saying it was the "mark of the beast".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20957587

Is it just me, or is this Orwellian, to radio-tag students and track their movements throughout the day? I'd be losing mine left and right.

Our willingness to submit to the New Puritans astounds me.

Schools need to train students to accept their role in society without asking questions. It used to be that blind respect for authority figures and running to other stations whenever they heard a bell ring was good enough but that's a pre 9-11 mentality, folks.

BucketHead wrote:I can't believe the kids haven't set up an adhoc system where they exchange them with random other students as they're passing by in the quad. Would totally blow their system.

Of course Shape's location would consistently show up on the backside of the courtyard's mascot

I detect no judgement in that statement. Thank you.