Well it isn't the "Mark of the Beast" but...
It's still damned intrusive: http://educationviews.org/student-expelled-for-refusing-location-tracking-rfid-badge/
Pardon me all over the place but I really DO NOT need Big Brother in any form keeping tabs on my kids, ESPECIALLY after school hours. I am the parent, the school administration works FOR ME and a number of other taxpayers. If my darling child decides to ditch class and head for parts unknown the school can notify me and I will take the appropriate action. End of story.
A tracking chip is another way to either remove or minimize parental influence in a child's life. It may not have been designed for that, but it's a part of the inevitable outcome. It falls right in line with a disregard for parental notification in getting an abotion, just to name one related area.
Things like this have me seriously consider homeschooling. The major drawback to that would be a lack of consistent socialization with outsiders, something the wife and I have determined our two autistic (but highly functioning) boys need. As it is I'm reconsidering that too. I'd be doing the majority of the schooling in that case and boy, would THAT be a challenge!
The linked story shows us the shape of the future, please note that the story isn't set in some liberal state of the northeast but in that oft cited prorotype of "red" states, Texas. Yep, we have our moonbats here too.
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The scary thing isn't the card. Teachers have been acting as if their pupils were their property for generations.
The scary thing is the lack of parents with shotguns going to the school, explaining who gets to raise the kids.
IR, the lack of parental outrage (there is some but nowhere near what it should be IMO) can be attributed to our growing indifference as our rights are infringed upon. The decades of "going along to get along", and "it's no big deal" as excuses are taking their toll.
As far as keeping track of kids is concerned, I thought roll call at the beginning of the school day was the way it was done. This information gathered by a tracking chip will by shared by the school with law enforcement, and other government agencies. You can bet your life on it.
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