How exactly do “permanent records” work? Do they actually exist, especially beyond school?
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School “permanent records” only exist within that school system. If you transfer to another school, they’re gonna get your transcript and that’s it. Usually it. in theory they could get your disciplinary record but it’s hit or miss if that will happen. When you graduate and go to college or get hired, they’re gonna want to know you graduated and maybe get proof of your GPA/grades if you offered that info in the application. that’s it. No disciplinary history. Employers also, as a rule, don’t share personal history or records of employees with each other. They certainly don’t transfer records.
The only thing that is close to a “permanent record” is if you are convicted of or plea guilty to a crime and law enforcement retains that, but even in that context many states have laws on how long that information can be used and there are ways to get it expunged if you are good beyond that.
The only thing that’s relevant to higher education or employment is your high school transcript. Anything that happens before high school is pretty much completely irrelevant.
Permanent records include criminal records (even just an arrest sticks around) credit reports (though not permanent, certainly long-lasting and frequently checked by employers and landlords) and social media history. That’s right kids, those racist/sexist/edgy jokes you posted on MySpace back in 2002 could cost you a job tomorrow. Arguing with a stranger on the internet today could cost you everything in 2045.
Permanent records include criminal records (even just an arrest sticks around) credit reports (though not permanent, certainly long-lasting and frequently checked by employers and landlords) and social media history. That’s right kids, those racist/sexist/edgy jokes you posted on MySpace back in 2002 could cost you a job tomorrow. Arguing with a stranger on the internet today could cost you everything in 2045.
I was at a high school dance and they caught me and my friends mooning people on video.
The principle announced that they would send it to the FBI for identification.
My heart still skips a beat when there is a knock at the door.
They do not exist and you don’t have to worry about them. Unless you’re breaking the law. Those records exist.
Well, school permanent records are largely a scare tactic.
But in today’s information age, all records are permanent. I recently has to do a Verisign kind of document to e-file my taxes. To confirm my identity, it asked me about an address I moved to in 2002 and a car I bought in 1999.
The only thing that’s relevant to higher education or employment is your high school transcript. Anything that happens before high school is pretty much completely irrelevant.
Well, school permanent records are largely a scare tactic.
But in today’s information age, all records are permanent. I recently has to do a Verisign kind of document to e-file my taxes. To confirm my identity, it asked me about an address I moved to in 2002 and a car I bought in 1999.
Back in the late 90s (I graduated in 1983) I was asked for my High school transcripts for a job…I was kind of stressed about it since my high school did not have them available (They could still get them but the admin I talked to did not know how long it would take.). The job recruiter told me that it was just a box they had to check and no one cared.
When I got a security clearance in the late 00s I saw my file and it actually had some of the record (transcripts, a couple disciplinary actions) in it Although I think it was gathered as part of my Navy recruitment from around the time I graduated
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