Re:The U.S. spent $30B to ditch textbooks for laptops and ta...
by rottingchris on Monday February 23, 2026 @03:30AM
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We're talking about kids. You appear to expect small children to behave like adults. The school environment is supposed to help kids learn. We are the adults who have (collectively) designed this system, who force kids into schools, and who are responsible for them.
Re:The U.S. spent $30B to ditch textbooks for laptops and ta...
by blitzar on Monday February 23, 2026 @04:32AM
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The school environment is to turn children into workers, provide daycare so their parents can work, keep them off the streets and sh*ting up the neighbourhood. Learning is a distant 5th place, entirely optional, and politically undesireable.
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> While teachers may be intending for these tools to be strictly educational, students often have different ideas. According to a 2014 study, which surveyed and observed 3,000 university students, students engaged in off-task activities on their computers nearly two-thirds of the time.
Oh wow! Maybe try this instead:
If you f around on your computer, tablet, and phone when you need to be paying attention, you will not win at school or in industry.
You are responsible for maintaining focus.
It is not their responsibility to be more entertaining than your other apps.
It is your responsibility to focus.
Do not blame technology for your unwillingness or inability to focus.
Do not blame temptation. Accept responsibility for your behavior.
When you're paying by the credit hour, paying a professor to talk at you while you allow yourself to be distracted with your device is a waste of time and money.