Fingerprinting schoolkids for fun and profit
The state of Ohio may not be able to afford to educate its young people, but apparently it can afford $700,000 to create a system to scan their fingerprints while they stand in lunch lines. (Link via TalkLeft.)
Why bother with after-school programs when you can satisfy our national urge to create a police state instead?
I wonder if this applies to kids who bring their own lunches from home? I wonder if students will be allowed to opt-out?
[Aside: Your humble blogger once lived in Ohio, but please do not confuse him with an Ohioan. He would never spend $700K on such foolishness.]
Sako,\r
I can’t say that I disagree with you on this subject, I also find it disturbing and sad. But I would be cautious! However poingant your opinion, it is unfair to lump together all of Ohio. Especially when your last comment could be misconstrued as derogatory. Being an Ohio native myself and after talking with others from my former state, we all find it upsetting especially with the state of our school systems. But I am still putting faith in the former drama club members, band fanatics, sports nuts and other after-school program supporters to put a quick end to this useless expense. And to also keep it from spreading it’s disease into the other school systems. I guess it would be unfair to expect the employees to do their job in keeping accurate records. Maybe they can even eliminate a few jobs with this new system. Cutting $60,000 in salaries and spending $700,000 sounds like good economics to me! What a joke and insult to our youth!
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