Salon.com > john jay high school http://www.salon.com Fri, 24 May 2013 20:27:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 The surveillance state high school http://www.salon.com/2012/11/27/the_surveillance_state_high_school/ http://www.salon.com/2012/11/27/the_surveillance_state_high_school/#comments Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:10:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13108659 Liberals and conservatives alike are up in arms about the story of Andrea Hernandez, a Texas high school sophomore who is refusing to wear a student ID card embedded with an RFID (radio frequency identification) chip. And, well, they should be; there is much cause for outrage. But most people seem to be missing the real story: Our pathetic national unwillingness to properly fund our public schools is the real root of this latest manifestation of surveillance state evil.

But first, some background. Officials in San Antonio's Northside school district are claiming that the ability to locate the exact whereabouts of students via RFID chips will boost attendance and enhance safety. A number of different schools have attempted similar schemes in recent years, provoking strong condemnation from groups across the political spectrum who argue that forcing human beings to carry electronic tracking devices constitutes a profound invasion of privacy.

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