Students being electronically tracked in US schools

[lnrw]

Hey exploited and PoS!

Thanks for the welcome.

All is quite well here.

Not much to say these days.

Good to see you both.

[Dylan]

Mod edit- unnecessary

Nab

[Gremlin]

[Dylan]

Oh okay. Well that's something to look forward to at least

[Mathurin]

[lil bit]

[Professor]

We track people all over the place. At my old hospital, all of our nurses, and many other professionals, wore a type of RFID tag. There were antennae in the ceiling that would receive the signals. The purpose was to be able to show the Department of Health and Hospitals that we had a required number of nurses per patients on the floor at all times. Not just a piece of paper saying that they were there. It also helped identify people who would take too many breaks during the job, not spend enough time in patient rooms doing their job, etc. In other words, it was a tool to ensure compliance with both Federal and state regulations, and also a tool to measure if they were doing their job properly (among other job performance measures).

State Farm (or Allstate, or one of them) has a tracking tool that you plug into your car. It tracks speeds, braking forces, sudden movements, and other things to see how you drive. Then it reports your actions to the company. It's a tool used by you and the company to prove that you are a good driver, in order to lower your insurance rates.

In this instance, the school offered her the choice of going to another school that doesn't use the RFID tags. She is choosing to continue attending this school.

What is wrong with utilizing tracking information on a voluntary basis?

[eynon81]

My substantial opinion:

This school district has too much money. We should cut its' budget until they get their priorities straight.

[Professor]

[eynon81]