Smartphones: 'I feel guilty for not buying my daughter one for school'
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A mum says her daughter came home in tears after she did not have a smartphone to use in a lesson.
    • canOP
      171·
      2 months ago

      They offered her a laptop which would just single her out more.

        • SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          3·
          2 months ago

          I’m surprised everyone having laptops and using them for school isn’t standard. It’s been standard when I was in school here in Norway a decade ago

          • gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            1·
            2 months ago

            My freshman year of HS my tiny ass school (maybe 60 kids) all got iPads for the year

            28 were broken, most smashed somehow, by the end of the year (I knew the IT guy outside of school and was shocked at this)

            I’m not surprised at all given how poor many districts are/must be

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      I find school issued devices problematic personally.

      The school gets to monitor your kids constantly and they control what gets censored. Not to mention it can stigmatized low income families.