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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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[–] PetteriPano@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

In sixth grade we got to go use the computer in the teacher's lounge to print out a topic from encarta. At secondary school we had to sign a set of rules for using the computer lab. At uni we had a proper user agreement with the IT department. Mostly because we had multiuser systems, e-mail and webhosting at our disposal.

My kid is still a few years from starting school. I'm hesitant to sign any Google EULA on her behalf.

[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Are Chromebooks screens that bad?

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[–] THE_GR8_MIKE@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

If I was given a laptop in middle school or elementary school, I'd have gotten absolutely nothing done. We dicked around with the computers when we could use them once a week or so, let alone daily.

There will be parents that give a shit about how their kids learn to learn, and there will be others that dgaf, or at least bot enough of one, to keep their kids from just mashing the easy button and using “cheats” like AI. Unfortunately plenty of the latter will get management positions.

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