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Parents opt kids out of school laptops, ask for pen-and-paper (www.nbcnews.com)
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The middle schooler had been begging to opt out, citing headaches from the Chromebook screen and a dislike of the AI chatbot recently integrated into it.

Parents across the country are taking steps to stop their children from using school-issued Chromebooks and iPads, citing concerns about distractions and access to inappropriate content that they fear hampers their kids’ education.

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[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The most I dealt with was around 36. I had around 28 chairs.

However, the feeder middle school had class sizes of 60+. There were literal riots, with multiple teachers injured, that the district covered up.

Stocks would absolutely not be allowed. I had a student that spent fifteen minutes screaming and cussing me out, straight to my face in front of a principle. When she said “I wish I wasn’t in your class” and I said “me too” - I got in trouble. (She was mad because I wrote her up for literally just walking into my classroom to sell snacks. She didn’t attend classes, she just did whatever she wanted.)

[–] foodandart@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This was a public school and they tolerated this shit?

Sweet Jesus the standards have fallen.

Is it the parents, school board and administration or a combination of all 3?

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

White flight and a state that hates education.

The rest of the science department were “emergency certified” - eg, random bachelors degrees.

I know for the fact the district has put teachers in without BACKGROUND CHECKS.

[–] foodandart@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Holy shit. Lemme guess.. it's a southern state and in a majority black district?

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Bingo.

First week of the job: “hey, stop talking about your college experiences with the kids. These kids are never going to college, so none of it will ever connect with them.”