Three R's: Reading, Writing, RFID [student tracking]

Wired ^ | 10-24-03

[mikenola]

Gary Stillman, the director of a small K-8 charter school in Buffalo, New York, is an RFID believer.

While privacy advocates fret that the embedded microchips will be used to track people surreptitiously, Stillman said he believes that RFID tags will make his inner city school safer and more efficient.

[mikenola]

I guess they really are preparing the kids for the future now.

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[Travis McGee]

"You must learn to love Big Brother."

1984, here we come!

[xzins]

preparing young minds for the mark.

Or

making totalitarianism palatable.

[irishtenor]

Terrible, just terrible... I mean, um, what a wonderful thing this is. (They told me to say that).

[Eaker]

It has always been understood that slaves were more mailable in chains.

Got the cards; distribution starts this weekend, and thanks for the yeller T-shirt. How did you know that I was an Xtra large??? Which photo gave me away??

;<)

(good job on the graphics!)

[ladylib]

"Stillman originally wanted the RFID tags sewn directly into the students' uniforms, but teachers feared that the kids might simply swap uniforms to dupe the system, so he decided to have students wear the picture tags around their necks instead."

Why don't they just insert them into the students' hands? That way they can be tracked 24 hours a day 365 days a year?

I can see this scenario in the near future: "Johnny, you forgot your tag again, so we'll just have to have one inserted in your hand."

Of course, if you don't want the government school to track your kid, you can educate him at home.

[maestro]

Cool,.....This is for all Muslims too!

and,......all the Jewish peoples too,....(under their new 'yellow-star-of-David-tattoes').

Watch out for Holly-waters and ashes.....oil....and...hosted 'Wavers'.....

/sarcasm

[Travis McGee]

You like that shirt huh? Me too.

[mikenola]

This might be a more workable solution, and fashionable too!

[Eaker]

CDHart informed me that I misspelled "malleable".

This is a formal apology to her. I will endeavor to do better.

Head buried in shame.

I do like the T-shirt.

[ladylib]

Or attached to the ring in their noses.

[CDHart]

I deliberately sent it via "private reply" so you wouldn't be embarrassed. As I said in my private reply to you, it's just the editor in me coming out and it tends to drive people nuts.

Carolyn