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America's tech-filled classrooms are facing a backlash against school-assigned devices (apnews.com)
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[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

It is, that’s what motivates my kids.

So a big problem is lack of control. If schools provide electronics they want it to be cheap, zero maintenance, and limited to academic work to the extent possible.

Kids want their control, they want their features and options, and yes they want to do other things. But not every kid can afford a laptop, not every kid can keep their laptop in working condition, and not every kid will focus on schoolwork as much as they need to

My kids are in college now, and the electric is requirement is “bring your laptop”

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Maybe I am misunderstanding what you’re saying but this sounds like an entitlement issue. Kids don’t need to be able to do more than schoolwork on school provided computers.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Kids want to do more than schoolwork. Maybe that’s entitlement, but the point is they are going to bitch and moan because they can’t

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 hours ago

My grandma used to say “put your wants in one hand and take a shit in the other and see which one fills up faster.”

The point is these are school computers, they shouldn’t be treated any differently than a computer lab computer just because they’re at your house.