I was on the Drudge Report this morning a noticed a story that I found comical considering the recent events in a couple of our states. Two schools in Anaheim California have decided to start tracking truant students with GPS devices. If you play hookie one to many times, they are going to start using the eye in the sky to keep tabs on you. From the CBS affiliate in LA,
Students with at least four unexcused absences will be given a handheld device with a GPS signal to verify their location, which officials hope will cut down on truancies.
Anaheim School District Director of Safe Schools Rick Martens says participating students would be required to check in electronically five times a day by entering a text message.
It seems like an awfully expensive idea for kids who do not want to learn in the first place, but this GPS tracking idea seems like it would be better suited at keeping track of truant teachers. Students in Wisconsin missed a whole week of school because so many teachers played hookie to protest the governor’s budget bill. I think we should slap a bunch of tracking devices on them so we can ensure that they are actually working for their tax payer funded salaries and gold plated benefit packages. What do you think? GPS tracking truant kids who don’t want to learn, or GPS tracking on truant teachers who call in sick to go to a political protest?
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LOl, of course, what applies to everyone else does not go for our would-be progressive overlords.