Fingerprint recognition in schools

[Wendy M. Grossman]

Ian Batten wrote:
> 
> Because when daughter shouts ``I need some money for lunch'' as we're 
> all heading out of the house in the morning (for extra points on a day 
> when other daughter needs to be taken early), it means ferreting around 
> for a cheque book, writing a cheque, and then her going to the other end 
> of the school when she gets there in order to pay it in.
> 
> Alternatively, I can just stick some money in online with a debit card 
> when I get to work, making things much easier for everyone.

Or, alternatively, you could keep a couple of cheques in your wallet 
against such an emergency, or the school could set up a system to email 
parents when the kids' lunch money balance is getting low (since I'm 
being told that school management information systems are capable of all 
sorts of wonderful things), or you could just routinely hand over a 
cheque for x amount once a fortnight/month.

> 
> Cheques are over.  It may be that for a tiny minority they still have an 

They may be over for *you*. I think it's perfectly reasonable not to be 
willing to trust online banking yet.

wg