Did you have ID cards in high school?

@olisaur (1922)
United States
January 8, 2010 4:28pm CST
My high school did- I think I still have one in my wallet. We had ID cards with our school photo and student ID numbers with bar codes on them. They were used to get into School events like sports games and dances, and they could also used to access you lunch money account. I hardly ever used mine because I never bought school lunch, and I never went to any high school dances, not even homecoming or prom...I was part of the rebel crowd, lol. Most of the other schools my friends went to also had a similar ID card system; my sister just started middle school and they have ID cards as well.
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@Rvd007 (95)
• India
9 Jan 10
I m also have 1 ID card i m using it right now becauz im in collage thats why :D and yes we are using it for entring in COllage i dont think ID card is bad idea becauz we have swap card u have to scan and swap it for entring in any room of collage or in collage even if uwant to go in Ground u need that to acecces :D Hope u all got why i like ID Cards :D
• Mexico
9 Jan 10
Hi Rvd: Lucky you, not only because of the cards but because, this is the best time for us to live, the times where we are just in school and problems semms to be easier that they are when you are in the so called "real life". I think the ID Cards are an excellent idea and with luck would be more like that in every school and college. Thanks for your answer. Hope you are having a nice day. Keep mylotting. Take good care of you. -Alvaro.
@UnnatV (129)
• India
22 Jan 10
Well I had ID cards only during junior school. When I came to secondary section, there were no ID cards. I feel ID cards are essential only for kids!
• United States
9 Jan 10
My high school definitely had id cards, we had to. I really do not know of any high school that does not give their students id cards. In college, everyone has to have id cards. I have had id cards since middle school.
• Mexico
9 Jan 10
Hi olisaur: I have never received a car like that. Looks super nice even if you didn't use it as much as you could when you were in your high school. Of course we have a card with our names and a code as an ID but it was just to ask for books in the school library and to use the computers of our school. Thanks for sharing with us how the things worked in your school. Hope you are having a nice day. Keep mylotting. Take good care of you. -Alvaro.
@sathya264 (174)
• India
9 Jan 10
yes why not.if we dont wear the id my teacher will punish me.my id has my name study class section and photo.
@shuyin101 (206)
• Philippines
20 Jan 10
Yes we did! We got one every year compared to college who got 1 in your whole stay... they require us to return them though! I hate it! what the hell would they do with those cards with our faces and names on it? we even payed for it in the miscellaneous fee! btw I remember the sanction of forgetting your ID. You have to wear those big name plates with a caption of I am so Irresponsible that I forgot My ID! grrrrrrr
@twoey68 (13627)
• United States
9 Jan 10
Several of the schools I went to required student id's like the one you described. One school I went to in Detroit required a State issued ID card and you had to wear it all times. You weren't allowed in the school without it and you wore it on a cloth band around your neck where they could see it easily. I still have several of mine. [b]~~AT PEACE WITHIN~~ **HAPPINESS IS A CHOICE**[/b]
@BinaryKat (735)
• United States
9 Jan 10
When I was in high school back between 1997-2001, the school had established student picture IDs with your lunch period glaringly big lol. You had to have it visible at all times especially coming into the school, going and coming back from lunch etc. If you happened to lose your id, you had to paid $2 or a little more I think for a brand new one. If you happened to leave at home by accident, you had to get a temporary ID. There were kids that did give security hassle because they didn't want to wear it and ended up in detention.
• Malaysia
9 Jan 10
Hi, Olisaur! Yes, I did have a school ID card when I was in Senior High. We have to wear it like a name tag and pin it next to the school badge on the school uniform whenever we were in the school compound. So, whoever was caught without the name tag would be penalized by the 'discipline' teacher, the fiercest teacher in the school and many students were scared of him. Once he caught me without a name tag and asked me about it with his strict voice. I told him I was going home, but he said to wear it 'always' when I was still inside the school area. Grrr... I was actually heading to the school gate and accidentally bumped into him. Lucky he didn't say anything after that.
@adamc151 (476)
9 Jan 10
Yes we did. For the first 3 years or so we each had a swipe card each with a picture of ourselves and a bar code and we used to swipe in to every lesson using the swipe machines near the classroom doors. Then for some reason it all went a bit rubbish and stop working so we went back to just taking manual registers like 'yes miss' haha. talk about taking a step back. However for dinner time we had finger print ID and thats how we paid. And now it is the same at the college i am at now, We use finger ID for paying for food but thats about it :D
• Philippines
9 Jan 10
I did have High School ID but it was made of cardboard and has to be changed every year unlike now that you just place a sticker corresponding to the current year you're enrolled and made of plastic. You can use it everywhere but we can't use it to borrow books.
• United States
9 Jan 10
I have never had to have an ID card. The only time that I wanted to get one was when I decided I wanted my own bank account, so that way I could access all my money when ever I wanted. I needed an ID to open the account, but not to do anything else, like go to dances or w=anything in school. All they needed was your name.
• Philippines
9 Jan 10
ID cards would still definitely stay. For security reasons and protection...
• United States
9 Jan 10
Hi Olisaur, Yes! Each and every year we had to take those dreadful id card pictures that you had to keep on your person. I didn't like it very much back then but history repeats itself because in college your suppose to carry your id cards or you don't enter the campus bldgs. How interesting? . We are in the technology age where id cards are a means to your identity. driver's licenses credit cards work id's Yep, the "id" phenomenon continues..
• United States
9 Jan 10
We had ID cards but those cards only lasted for about a year or so before they finally realized they really weren't working out. They had really strict policies around those ID cards. If we couldn't provide a card right when asked it was an automatic sending to the office. You could get written up for not carrying the card on you, so leaving it at home accidentally was a no-no. You had to show that card any time you entered a classroom. It was turning out to be something a lot more than they had planned on so they ended up ditching them. I still have my ID card. I figured it would be an interesting keepsake.
@shaggin (71663)
• United States
9 Jan 10
I went to my senior prom but I was not sober so that helped a lot lol. We had Id cards the last two years I was in school. It was pointless though because they werent necessary for anything at all. You were supposed to use them when you went to the school library for your card to be scanned to check out the items that you wanted to borrow but all you had to do was just tell them your name and it was fine like that. This was about 9 years ago so who knows maybe they actually use them for something more important now. Back then it was just a waste of the schools money to create all those. For years though after we graduated even though the ID wasent current for that year we could go to the movies and show them our ID and only have to pay $5 to watch a movie. That was awesome!
• Boston, Massachusetts
9 Jan 10
Hi Olisaur, I keep all my school IDs. From my elementary days to highschool and even up to my college days. i love wathcing the evolution of my self hehehehe. from being a little girl getting prettier as i matured LOL. i also have my library ID and other school organizations that i joined!
@Cheiyen (317)
• Philippines
9 Jan 10
my high school had one that we could enter the school campus. i can't remember any other use of it because computers weren't popular then. we've got a separate library cards to borrow books and we used cash to buy lunches and snacks. but i remember clearly that ID cards were absolutely for school guards and teachers only. LOL
@Fulltank (2882)
• Philippines
9 Jan 10
Nope, I don't think so. But maybe in the attic where we keep all our high school memories. But I have to dig it first on the tons of filings. Thats around 20 years ago. Maybe i'll check them when we goes to my parents home.
• India
9 Jan 10
Hey Olisaur ! ya off corse i had it in my High school but not like your it was a simple with a close-up snap, school and class mention on it it was used to roamimg in school campus and other activities.But Now it is totaly modern and updated with all reference and bar coding it essential for dicipline and in natural hazards.