Why would any right thinking parent put their child into that situation? This isn't the “real” world. Never have I worked in a business where I feared being raped or killed, certainly not by any of the employees of the business.
Why do we ask children to put up with conditions that adults would never tolerate. If adults suffered the conditions that children endure they would be awarded millions in court and criminal charges would be leveled against the perps.
Then....To truly scramble the brains of kids, they are told that they need school for “socialization” , these are the best years of their lives, and that these prison-gang conditions are normal and will toughen them up. Is is any wonder that teens have sullen looks, answer in monosyllables, and have that distant despairing 20 degree off-centered stare when spoken to by adults?
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 wasnt 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 70s. It was done not only for security but our IDs 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 doesnt want to wear any type of ID badge, even one without a chip, fine, thats her choice, but the school shouldnt 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?