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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Angcuru" data-source="post: 2026252" data-attributes="member: 10948">This idea is going just a weeee bit too far.  Schools are secure enough as it is.  The only violence perpetrated inside of schools is by students against teachers and other students.  Knowing exactly where they are isn't going to do JACK in terms of keeping them safe.  They don't even mention the strain this thing would have on the school's budget.  You think those tags are going to moniter themselves?  Spend this money on new books and improving the school overall.  While I was in high school, two budgets were passed for my district 90% of the first went to teacher salaries, as well as 80% of the second.  Did we see a single new book?  No.  I went through my history classes witha  book that still had the Soviet Union on the world map.  The bathrooms were in horrible shape, NOONE used them for fear of infection or personal injury.  Fully half of the desks were missing at least one of those little footpad thingies, causing them to teeter back and forth.  A year after I graduated, there was both a huge gas leak and a plumbing burst on both floors, causing the school to be shut down for weeks on both occasions.  Were this suggested in my school district and passed, I would have transferred to a nearby Catholic School, and those of you who know me well know how much THAT is saying.And kids don't have the rights that adults do for a damn good reason:  they aren't paying taxes.  They're getting a FREE education, courtesy of Jon Doe taxpayer.  Also, how often do you meet a grade-school age kid whom you would trust with a potential national leader-deciding vote?  Not often.  If ever. I never have.  Do they exist, yes.   But they are few and far between.  I wouldn't even have wanted MYSELF voting at that age, since in retrospect, I didn't know JACK.  Kids these days think far too much of themselves and have NO clue what the real world is like.  /vent</blockquote>

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