I Love This Girl: UK 13-Year-Old Refuses To Let Big Brother Take Her Fingerprints
Justin King writes at Digital Journal:

Cardiff - Since 2012, over 800,000 children have had their biometric data taken by the government in the United Kingdom via the school system. One 13-year-old girl is refusing to comply with the demands.

King gets a few words from the girl, Melody, whose last name is being withheld due to her age. (King's questions are in italics):

So what made you decide to not comply with the school's demand to surrender your fingerprints?

They are taking children's privacy away, collecting their data. Apparently the school will not keep your fingerprint after you have left school, this I doubt very much. Treating us like criminals is not acceptable, but people my age see past this; all they think is that it's 'awesome' or 'easy', but this is just what the school/government wants you to think. This new theory of cutting down school dinner lines has failed, there are actually even more people waiting to buy their food. I refuse to let the school take my fingerprint and collect my data.

Were other students aware of your plans?

Yes, I had told a few of my close friends what I was going to do. In all fairness, I had a lot of support from my friends; they helped calm my nerves and supported me.
Did other students refuse to give their fingerprints?

Many didn't want their fingerprints taken, but on the day when the fingerprinting was to take place, there was only me and a friend. And she has now had her fingerprints taken, this is the case with many kids, they don't expect their parents to agree with it, but they're wrong. I'm currently one of very few who are not going to have their fingerprints taken, but I'm happy to stand up for what I believe in.

Do you think it was worth it if you are punished?

It will be worth it, I'm glad I gained the courage to do this.

So many people are so complacent about the government violating our civil liberties. This girl is to be commended -- and imitated.

via ifeminists