Parents opt kids out of school computers, insisting on pen and paper instead
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Parents are forming a loose network teaching one another how to get their children off 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.

  • Technoworcester@feddit.ukEnglish
    471·
    17 hours ago

    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?

    • Übercomplicated@lemmy.mlEnglish
      6·
      5 hours 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.

    • Sharkticon@lemmy.zipEnglish
      401·
      16 hours ago

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

      • Hobo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        151·
        12 hours 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.