Re: Bus problems on the first day of school Archived Message
Posted by Speaking Out on August 21, 2016, 2:53 am, in reply to "Re: Bus problems on the first day of school"
"Well obviously even with your system, this would have still occurred." Right, what part of this statement in my post didn't you understand? A system like this, would not correct the problem of the buses running late, or being overfilled. But, it would correct the most important problem of all, and that is a child not being able to be located while in their care. "I'm a no half measures kind of guy, if kids really need ID's all that badly, why not just have a GPS chip installed in their foreheads with all extra data a government employee (or thief, but thats redundant) might want. Then you would ALWAYS know where they're at" I really don't expect a conspiracy theorist, that has often expressed his suspicions of "the system" and law enforcement to understand or agree with students needing a form of I.D. When the school district is dealing with, and responsible for children as young as 5 and 6 years old, they can't always rely on children this young to know or remember, especially in a stressful situation, their phone number or address. An I.D. would take care of that. "You don't have to be "a parent..." I've lost site of children in my care, it's scary" You have no idea, if you are not a parent and never have been a parent, you have NO idea. And, if you compare a 5 year or 6 year old child being dropped off of a bus unsupervised (NO WHERE) near it's home or neighborhood, to having "lost sight" of them, you are even more clueless than I first suspected! Several other children were put on a bus that should have been a 10 to 15 minute ride home and that ride ended up being a 2 hour and 45 minute ride on a hot bus, when the school had no idea, what bus the child was put on, or if the child had been put off the bus at the wrong stop, of if it was still riding the bus all that time later. And, you are comparing these situations as "losing site of" a child? "I see nowhere in the state or federal charters, where the government can, or ought, be compelled to relive the suffering of an individuals uncomfortable feelings, by means of expensive and fallible technology." "Uncomfortable feelings'? That is what you really think the parents or grandparents of these missing and lost little 5 and 6 year old children were experiencing? An uncomfortable feeling? Again, you are not, and have never been a parent and are clueless! It is the districts responsibility to make sure the children are supervised, and kept safe while in their care. I don't think it is unreasonable for any parent to expect the school staff and bus drivers to be able to locate any particular child at any given time of the school day or during the bus ride. "This whole "it's for the safety of kids" thing is destroying opportunity to build character in the very children the slogan claims to be helping. Why not just tie them to a fence post like a dog?" We are talking about 5 and 6 year old children, not teen aged kids. But again, you can't wrap your mind around the age difference because you have never had children of your own and have never been a parent. "The school system could probably get 10 more teachers for a year or few, for the same price as this system you propose." You really believe this? Any smartphone now days can read a scan. These scans could be easily uploaded automatically into a data base with the correct application and software. The entire idea of student I.D.'s goes against everything you believe in, I get that. I also get that you don't want to crush their "opportunity to build character". And again, I am not talking about teen age kids. But, until the day comes that you have children of your own and become a parent, you shouldn't even have a vote.
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