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Re:The U.S. spent $30B to ditch textbooks for laptops and ta... by rottingchris on Monday February 23, 2026 @03:30AM (#47119599)
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.
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Re:The U.S. spent $30B to ditch textbooks for laptops and ta... by blitzar on Monday February 23, 2026 @04:32AM (#47120026)
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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