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Re:School smartphone ban results in better sleep and improve... by gosub100 on Sunday December 15, 2024 @01:19PM (#42424959)
We can recruit them to fight in a war, but it might be disturbing to show them what they signed up for.
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Re:School smartphone ban results in better sleep and improve... by Thorrez on Sunday December 15, 2024 @02:04PM (#42425247)
We can recruit kids to fight in a war?
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Re:School smartphone ban results in better sleep and improve... by ninalanyon on Sunday December 15, 2024 @03:03PM (#42425589)
People who are too young to do all or some of vote, drink, drive a car, etc., can join the army in some countries such as the US.
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Re:School smartphone ban results in better sleep and improve... by Thorrez on Monday December 16, 2024 @12:50PM (#42433376)
I believe I was driving at 14 in the US. The current Michigan law is 14y9m to get a level 1 license.

The article was talking about year 8 students in the UK, which is 12-to-13-year-olds. The other commenters in this thread also seemed to be talking about younger kids, not 17-year-olds.

Yes, it's important to clarify what age group people are talking about. But we shouldn't automatically assume everyone it talking about military-aged students.

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Re:School smartphone ban results in better sleep and improve... by gosub100 on Monday December 16, 2024 @09:02AM (#42431022)
Recruiters operate in US high schools to reach minors.
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Re:School smartphone ban results in better sleep and improve... by Thorrez on Monday December 16, 2024 @12:50PM (#42433382)
The article was talking about year 8 students in the UK, which is 12-to-13-year-olds. The other commenters in this thread also seemed to be talking about younger kids, not 17-year-olds.

Yes, it's important to clarify what age group people are talking about. But we shouldn't automatically assume everyone it talking about military-aged students.

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