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Re:Why School Absences Have 'Exploded' Almost Everywhere by analognoise on Friday March 29, 2024 @11:56AM (#39865577)
I’ve noticed that too! So many videos. “We watched a movie today” - what?

Is there some catalog of how many videos and things are watched during school hours, because I never remember that as a kid. Yes it would have been a VCR rolled out and all that, but if I wanted them to just watch a movie I could do that from home. So weird.

Re:Why School Absences Have 'Exploded' Almost Everywhere by Jensson on Friday March 29, 2024 @02:04PM (#39867130)
> Is there some catalog of how many videos and things are watched during school hours

I remember watching video 4 times in school total. At the time teachers didn't know how to start the video player so a kid always did that, the teachers weren't used to showing videos in class at all.

Re:Why School Absences Have 'Exploded' Almost Everywhere by seanmcdirmid on Friday March 29, 2024 @03:45PM (#39868205)
I remember video weeks at school, it was definitely a thing in the late 80s/early 90s. But then we also had study hall in Mississippi, where you spent one or two periods a day just sitting in a room doing absolutely nothing. The year I left, they wanted to make it mandatory (with the excuse that kids weren't getting enough time to do their homework, but it was really about saving money).