Parents opt kids out of school computers, insisting on pen-and-paper instead
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A loose network of parents are teaching one another how to get their kids off of school-issued Chromebooks and iPads.

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.

  • andros_rex@lemmy.worldEnglish
    442·
    7 hours ago

    They also have to be paying for the software that tracks how many prints you use. It’s fucking stupid, and it’s just one of a million little ways that they make sure to punish anyone stupid enough to teach.

    I ended up buying my own printer. Printing alone got me to the maximum $300 of classroom expenses I was allowed to write off on taxes.

    • unknownuserunknownlocation@kbin.earth
      11·
      7 hours ago

      Unfortunately not only a problem in schools. Where I work at there’s already a pay per use system that bills the department, with an entire system with separate codes to identify where you belong financially. Now they’re debating adding a fee for the ability to print.

    • Lemming6969@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      4 hours ago

      So you save 100 in taxes and pay 500 in printing costs… You’re down 400 for supplying your employer. Lol

      • andros_rex@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        59 minutes ago

        Also spent several hundred just on vinegar and baking soda for labs.

        But yeah, I actually had to quit teaching after my divorce because I could no longer afford to do it!