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My kid last year in 5th grade (or maybe even the year before?) and his classmates figured out they could use shared Google Docs on their school accounts to have chats with each other, during school. The parent side of me rolled my eyes but the 80s kid in me was legitimately proud. Did I narc on them? Hell no.
The one hilarious thing is that all sorts of new social issues arise with this kind of workaround. Document names get changed, someone deletes something that someone else thinks is important, etc., and they have to work it out. So it’s a learning experience, for sure!
Lol my kids did the same thing. Kinda proud of those lil hooligans.
Arguing about Google Docs will prepare them for the corporate world
WHY CANT WE JUST USE A WIKI???!211!
Sorry, I just had a flashback to my previous job where we used google docs.
we did this in the late 2000s when schools banned chat programs. Just working in Google docs teach.
+1 just for using "narc". Which by the way, reminds me every time, of the arcade game of the same name. Loved that game. 🚀
I did this in school like immediately lol