Posted on 01/19/2013 5:28:00 AM PST by upchuck
Having lost her appeal, 15 year-old student Andrea Hernandez is leaving John Jay High School after school officials denied her request to allow her to continue her "education uninterrupted" by permitting her to use her old (chipless) ID badge which "does not signify participation in a program which I believe conflicts with my religious beliefs."
In her handwritten letter, Hernandez writes: "I do not wish to wear the new badge, even without the RFID chip, because it signifies participation in the program."
Hernandez, who has been threatened with expulsion for refusing to wear a chipless RFID tracking badge, had her request for a preliminary injunction denied by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Western District of Texas. Rutherford Institute attorneys argue the school is violating her rights under Texas' Religious Freedom Act and the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
"The case will definitely move forward now, and hopefully, we will eventually find justice in the courts," John W. Whitehead, president of The Rutherford Institute says.
Hernandez had been hoping the school would compromise. "If they dig in their heels, however, she will have to change schools," Rutherford told "The Right Views."
What did I predict?
Give the rat the chip on a collar.
Release rat at school.
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Sitting here laughing! You must be a man that still has a bit of that little boy mischief in him.
Very good! :-)
If government treats children like prisoners in their prison-like schools, the children risk learning to be compliant prisoners of the state. Imagine the consequences in the voting booth in a few years.
It is sad. Only one family.
Your darling, beautiful, smart, and obviously gifted daughter
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Why would any rational parent put their beautiful daughter in such danger.
Honestly....Flat out illiteracy and innumeracy would be better than attending some of the government schools in this nation. Illiteracy and innumeracy can be fixed. Adults do it all the time. Dead can’t be. The aftereffects of rape and or assault often can’t be.
. Then there is the added benefit of no danger of a gun free zone school shooting!
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Our homeschool was never a gun free zone.
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Pinging out the Homeschool list as well. This is another one of those which is so unbelievable that it needs to be seen.
What would make you feel more at ease? Option 1: if she isn’t where she’s supposed to be an alarm alerts an adult who starts looking for her to make sure she’s safe; or option 2: she isn’t wearing the “sign of the beast” but she’s cornered in a stairwell by a 20 year old 12th grader who has to wear an ankle monitor after his parole fom prison for sexual assault?
YOU are on the wrong forum.
What's your DU screenname?
Option 3: Yank your darling, beautiful, smart, and obviously gifted daughter from that hell hole and homeschool her so she gets a real education and can reach her full potential.
You could always put it in a foil bag when you’re not using it. You won’t get many incoming calls.
Great idea!
I will put it under my tin foil hat! LOLOLOL
Thanks for the tip...it is a good one.
Sorry, but it appears you followed me, not the other way around.
It's okay, it happens. We both are passionate about similar subjects, there will be some overlay in where/when we post.
Truly, have a pleasant day, maybe practice some yoga. I know I will.
Namaste
You could replace the lyrics “we don't need no education”. With the treasure of Sierra Madre quote
“We don't need no stinkin badges”
PLEASE LOOK UP WHAT URBAN DICTIONARY SAYS THAT MEANS!!
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There is no need to shout.
Namaste.
Well, yeah, it is entirely different.
Anybody want to be that the location of a badge will someday be used as an "alibi" by someone who wants to prove he "couldn't possibly" have done what he is being accused of? My only point is that such technology is to some extent a two-edged sword for those who are trying to control a population.
Ummm… Of my last 4 employers of the last 15 years including my current employer, all 4 required picture ID badges to be worn at all times. One, a pharmaceutical company used an RFID chip in our badges, not to track where we were in the building to snoop on us per se, but as a proximity detector which was used to “swipe” in and out of the building and restrict unauthorized persons from getting into restricted areas of the building like labs, animal labs, clean rooms, areas where dangerous/hazardous materials were stored, etc. Even if you followed someone with authorized access through a restricted doorway, the RFID chip would set off an alarm if you were not authorized to be in certain areas. This could be overridden if you needed temporary access or had a change of job duties, but that required several levels of approval and an update of the RFID software. FWIW, we also had armed security guards at the main building entrances mostly because of threats from violent animal rights groups.
I know people who work for various DOD departments and defense contractors and RFID tags are SOP and have been for many years.
My current employer uses ID cards but our cards use a magnetic strip that allow access into the building and yes, we in HR can see who swiped in and at what time which we do look at in cases were an employee repeatedly “forgets” to clock in for their shift (and we use biometric hand scan time clocks – uses your unique handprint). Say an employee forgets to clock repeatedly but claims they were on time but the door access software shows they entered the building 30 minutes after their shift started – this would be cause for disciplinary action. The badges are also used to restrict access to some areas of the plant and to turn on certain pieces of equipment and or to track time spent on certain tasks. We are considering moving to RFID badges mostly because the magnetic strips fail, are more subject to damage and ware out over time. Another reason would be to track where people are in case of a fire or industrial accident that requires evacuation of the building. And yes, it could also be used to track the location of certain workers who are consistently AWOL from their work stations on the production line when they are not supposed to be, and yes this recently happened with one ee who left her machine to sneak away for an unauthorized smoke break and the machine malfunctioned but since she was not there monitoring like she was supposed to, it cost the company thousands of dollars in wasted materials and damage to the machine. She tried to claim she wasn’t AWOL but it was only because her supervisor happened to find her outside, that we knew she was.
And FWIW, I had to keep a picture ID on my person at all times when I was in HS and that was in the late 70’s. It was done not only for security but our ID’s were also used as bus passes for those of us who rode mass transit busses (we were a magnet school with kids from all over Baltimore City and there were no “school busses”), to buy lunches for those who got discounted or free lunches and to gain access to off-site events like school dances.
My point here is this in not a homeschooling issue. If Andrea Hernandez wants to get a job after she graduates, whether she ends up being home schooled or not, she and other homeschoolers are going to be in for a rude awakening when it comes to what most employers require now days in terms of wearing and using ID badges. It should also be mentioned that the school capitulated based on her religious objection and allowed her to use an ID badge without the RFID chip, just like the one she used prior to the new program, but she refused. If she doesn’t want to wear any type of ID badge, even one without a chip, fine, that’s her choice, but the school shouldn’t be forced to make her the sole or “soul” exception to what I think are some common sense rules. I would also ask her if she would object to showing a government issued picture ID in order to vote like we now have in PA? Is that the “mark of the beast” or just a reasonable way to reduce voter fraud?
What religion prohibits wearing RFID gips
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