It's an ID card, not a fucking tattoo. RTFA.

What I don't understand is why any self-respecting scientist or engineer would work on something so blatantly geared toward the eventual and haphazard restriction of human liberty. Look around you, folks -- you're creating the police state.

What I haven't seen in discussion yet is the fact that being trained from high school onward by a given company can really limit your mobility, even if you're competent. It doesn't matter if it's a "long missing concept in society" -- the fact remains that a lot of modern employers won't take a chance on someone without the de facto work ethic test that college has to a large extent become.

Why don't I have mod points? This comment is very insightful.

My room rental is almost a thousand dollars a month.

Bullshit, you'll just get punished worse than the bully. Nothing like an administrative and potentially criminal record for defending yourself. Ender's Game is not how the world works at this level. Try back when you're in corporate America, or be more crafty to begin with.

Lord Byron II shows us how its done!