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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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[–] Technoworcester@feddit.uk 43 points 2 days ago (3 children)

said she was only allowed under state law to opt the children out of standardized testing and sexual health lessons,

WTF? Why the fuck can someone opt kids out of EITHER of these things?

[–] SayJess@piefed.blahaj.zone 28 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Christians. They deserve special treatment, because they are all special.

[–] Sharkticon@lemmy.zip 34 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Well the latter is pretty easy, it's easier to sexually molest children that haven't gone through sex education.

[–] Hobo@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago

I think this heavily depends. Sex education for a lot of places, especially in rural areas, tends to be fucked up backwards and downright harmful. Last I checked several states have abstinence only sex ed and do things like show kids a bunch of pictures of STDs and leverage scare tatics to deter them from having sex. I think opting out of that shit show and having a candid conversation with your kid about sex is probably the ethical thing to do in those places.

[–] Uebercomplicated@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 days ago

There's an argument to be made against standardized testing. Very neurodivergent individuals, for example, can suffer a lot under bad standardized tests. Idk, though, it would be better to just make a better system, rather than letting people opt out. As long as that's not happening, there is, however, an argument against standardized tests.