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Pro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

From burner phones to decks of cards: NYC teens are adjusting to the smartphone ban

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From burner phones to decks of cards: NYC teens are adjusting to the smartphone ban

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Pro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago
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A week into the ban on internet-enabled devices, students say they are making it work.

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/37300843

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  • 鳳凰院 凶真 (Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works
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    As if school wasn’t already a prison with all the metal detectors and xray machines.

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      What school has metal detectors and xray machines?!?

      • 鳳凰院 凶真 (Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works
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        Like, most of the US

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          Eh, I know US-bashing is really popular here, but it has to be at least a little bit believable to be funny.

          • 鳳凰院 凶真 (Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works
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            My highschool literally had those and I had to wait in a long-ass line everyday before school, and if students are late, they get blamed for it, I’m not US-Bashing, its just the truth.

            Example (this one is not my school btw):

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              There’s absolutely no way that’s true.

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                What reality do you live in?

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                Some dont even allow non clear bags to be brought in.

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            Not only do i work in a district that uses metal detectors, but employs security guards to keep the kids in line. Even down to elementary level.

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              Also, my high school administrators called the cops on me in response to me excersicing my right to self-defence against bullying. US education system are authoritarian brainwashing camps.

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        I knew people from bigger cities that had metal detectors in the mid-aughts. I think they’re wider spread now, but I don’t know much about schools now. Not sure about X-ray machines, never heard about those in a school.

        In the sticks, we don’t have any of the machines. The textbooks are usually older than the pupils too and a lot of the stuff is in poor repair, so it may be an issue of funding.

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