Ok, to you she’s a brave young woman. To me she is a whiner and a brat. First, she’s in a magnet school, not a regular school, so she is getting a superior and more costly education than the herd back in the regular school. Second, attendance at a magnet school is not part of the “free appropriate public education” required by the state constitution. It is “gravy”. Send her back to the regular school. If a high school football player, band member, cheerleader etc has to agree to mandatory random drug testing because their programs are not part of the standard curriculum, then Ms. Entitled can wear the damn badge at a school that isn’t part of the standard curriculum. No one is “implanting a chip”. This isn’t the “sign of the beast”. This is wearing a stinking badge while inside a building. Jeez, get a grip!
Regardless of whether it is a magnet school or regular public (or even private), if she wears the RFID badge then she is “tracked” and she feels her individual rights are infringed upon by the school. No, it’s not implanted, but getting closer to that requirement every day. When I was in the military I had to wear my badge; my spouse at work has to wear his badge, other folks wear badges where they work. But that is NOT school, and she is not a prisoner. Yes, students do have IDs, and they are for a variety of purposes, but to physically track each student is definitely on the road to Big Brother. More and more electronic data is captured every day on each citizen, whether overtly or covertly. What is the government doing with all this data? For what purpose? It should make every one of us stop and think.
To your point about “golden flow” tests: that is NOT the same, and I do agree that random urinalysis tests are appropriate at school and work and on competitive teams/events. That’s a different subject altogether.
Thank you for your earlier comments—it is fortunate for us that we can put forth our opinions in an adult manner.
Have a nice day!