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Re:It Takes 16 Clicks for a Student to Open a PowerPoint on ... by thisislife2 on Friday November 13, 2026 @04:29PM (#50490032)
It isn't for learning, it's for spying. Edutech in American schools are very much into surveillance.
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Re:It Takes 16 Clicks for a Student to Open a PowerPoint on ... by no-name-here on Sunday November 15, 2026 @02:35AM (#50504852)
> It isn’t for learning, it’s for spying.

It’s ‘for spying’ by whom?

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Re:It Takes 16 Clicks for a Student to Open a PowerPoint on ... by thisislife2 on Sunday November 15, 2026 @03:38AM (#50505153)
Look up "Surveillance capitalism" - both the corporate and the government benefit from it. Recall that the US is also a nation of immigrants and so keeping an eye on the kids in schools was always a part of that process - teachers and counsellors were expected to observe students and keep notes on their "well being" and their records are preserved for a long time.
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