Database being kept on High School Students

Big brother keeping track!

Published on June 27, 2005 By foreverserenity In Current Events

I just read an article wherein the Pentagon is keeping a database of high school students’ personal information for recruitment purposes. Although it is against the law to do this, they are doing it anyway! That’s millions of high school students all over this country who are 16-18 years old!

I heard this story several months ago and at the time, the government issued a statement that this wasn’t true. Now it is a fact, they are doing this! In my birth country there is a saying; “wen sumpten nuh go su e gu su” that is, if you hear a story, or news repeated by everyone, especially different versions of the same information, at different times, then it’s likely to be true. This story I heard a long time ago, is now true!

The first time I heard about it, I decided that I was going to write an “Opt-out” letter to my daughter’s high school. Not because I’m not patriotic but because I didn’t feel that it is right for them to keep data about her or to approach her without my permission. So I wrote that letter today after reading this. And I’m mailing it to them.

While I support my country in every way, I feel that a teenager should not be influenced in any way to make decisions that they would be likely be coerced or influenced into making. These recruiting practices would be different if it was absolutely necessary and if she was adult enough to make such a decision for herself without consulting her parents. In my opinion, I don’t agree with this at all and it should not be allowed to continue!

Here's a link to that story: Link

Comments (Page 2)

bakerstreet

on Jul 07, 2005

Again, all this did was level the access between colleges and the military to America's youth. That pisses some people off because they feel that kids shouldn't join the military. Hate to break it to you, but people NEED TO, and it is an honorable career.

No information isn't there that isn't accessable to the government anyway. You do your taxes, and they know how old your kids are, what their social security number is, whatever. They could have as easily farmed out the IRS database to the Military and accomplished the same thing, except this helps them target the people they feel would be of the most benefit to the military by looking at their predispositions.

And what is bad about that? Do colleges see everyone equal, or do they selectively choose those they want to represent them in their student body? This is just an expression of how anti-military we have become, imho.

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