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Showing posts with label truancy. Show all posts
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Texas Schools Punish Students Who Refuse to be Tracked with Microchips
San Antonio, Texas
A school district in Texas came under fire earlier this year when it announced that it would require students to wear microchip-embedded ID cards at all times. Now, students who refuse to be monitored say they are feeling the repercussions.
Since October 1, students at John Jay High School and Anson Jones Middle School in San Antonio, Texas, have been asked to attend class with photo ID cards equipped with radio-frequency identification (RFID) chips to track every pupil’s location. Educators insist that the endeavor is being rolled out in Texas to stem the rampant truancy devastating the school's funding. If the program is judged successful, the RFID chips could soon come to 112 schools in all and affect nearly 100,000 students.
Students who refuse to walk the school halls with the card in their pocket or around their neck claim they are being tormented by instructors, and are barred from participating in certain school functions. Some also said they were turned away from common areas like cafeterias and libraries.
Andrea Hernandez, a sophomore at John Jay, said educators have ignored her pleas to respect her privacy and told her she cannot participate in school elections if she refuses to comply with the tracking program.
Hernandez said in an interview with Salon that subjecting herself to constant monitoring through an RFID chip is like being branded with the “mark of the beast” – a reference to the Bible's apocalyptic Book of Revelations. When she reached out to WND with the school’s response, though, she said that she was threatened with not being allowed to vote for her school's homecoming king and queen for disobeying the student ID rule.mark of the beast.
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A school district in Texas came under fire earlier this year when it announced that it would require students to wear microchip-embedded ID cards at all times. Now, students who refuse to be monitored say they are feeling the repercussions.
Since October 1, students at John Jay High School and Anson Jones Middle School in San Antonio, Texas, have been asked to attend class with photo ID cards equipped with radio-frequency identification (RFID) chips to track every pupil’s location. Educators insist that the endeavor is being rolled out in Texas to stem the rampant truancy devastating the school's funding. If the program is judged successful, the RFID chips could soon come to 112 schools in all and affect nearly 100,000 students.
Students who refuse to walk the school halls with the card in their pocket or around their neck claim they are being tormented by instructors, and are barred from participating in certain school functions. Some also said they were turned away from common areas like cafeterias and libraries.
Andrea Hernandez, a sophomore at John Jay, said educators have ignored her pleas to respect her privacy and told her she cannot participate in school elections if she refuses to comply with the tracking program.
Hernandez said in an interview with Salon that subjecting herself to constant monitoring through an RFID chip is like being branded with the “mark of the beast” – a reference to the Bible's apocalyptic Book of Revelations. When she reached out to WND with the school’s response, though, she said that she was threatened with not being allowed to vote for her school's homecoming king and queen for disobeying the student ID rule.mark of the beast.
Safe Havens, International
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Courts vs Culture
Houston, TX
Diane Tran, an honor student at Willis High School was jailed after failing to heed a warning from a judge to attend school. She has been working two jobs to support her brother and sister after her parents separated, and was brought to the judge's attention for truancy.
Truancy is a major issue for schools. Truancy leads to numerous disciplinary and security issues, and so it became natural for schools to turn to the courts to help address the issue.
In Vietnamese culture, work ethic and family are very important. Diane's parents were not in the picture, and she was supporting her family.
An example needs to be made, in regards to truancy and those who are truant. I am not sure this was the example that needed to be made.
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Diane Tran, an honor student at Willis High School was jailed after failing to heed a warning from a judge to attend school. She has been working two jobs to support her brother and sister after her parents separated, and was brought to the judge's attention for truancy.
Truancy is a major issue for schools. Truancy leads to numerous disciplinary and security issues, and so it became natural for schools to turn to the courts to help address the issue.
In Vietnamese culture, work ethic and family are very important. Diane's parents were not in the picture, and she was supporting her family.
An example needs to be made, in regards to truancy and those who are truant. I am not sure this was the example that needed to be made.
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