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(DIR) Post #AWx5xG3kQqyOzob1m4 by stux@mstdn.social
2023-06-22T14:24:13Z
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Kids walking around with thousand euro iPhones on schools and such is apparently normal :blobcatblueegg: Unfort those mega calculators are mostly used for things like toxic TikTok and not educational purposes :sadlinux:
(DIR) Post #AWx70CrEtOjxtAiOrg by hammoncr@mstdn.social
2023-06-22T14:35:58Z
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@stux In the US at least no school would let a kid use their iPhone as a calculator even if they wanted to, they’d make them buy a separate TI-84
(DIR) Post #AWx7QM9iwdhEFupYEC by stuart@social.brainsys.com
2023-06-22T14:32:54Z
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@stuxT'is nothing compared the need to deliver little Jean & Jeanette to school in a 50K polluting SUV to maintain their social status.
(DIR) Post #AWx7d0jHv1z1ZFV1VY by BonehouseWasps@mastodon.social
2023-06-22T14:34:44Z
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@stux It's hard once some kid in their class gets bought the latest and greatest glass rectangle of dreams by well-meaning but IT-illiterate parents. There's a lot of pressure.Our kids have one of our old Huaweis each. No data, calls only, strict parental controls over apps and content and time-limits. And they hate it. Not saying we're doing it right but I think it's a good compromise.
(DIR) Post #AWx8pcvdowYLTArD0q by SergioGlorias@ciberlandia.pt
2023-06-22T14:47:34Z
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@stux There was a year at school that the math teacher allowed us to use the calculator on our cell phones.Since many of us don't have the money to buy a graphing calculator (which is one of the most expensive ones) and in the end we weren't going to use it ever again in the future (outside of school)He had even recommended the APP to useEdit: Is in Portugal
(DIR) Post #AWx8ztbSgDuC53JaUq by unhook2048@mastodon.social
2023-06-22T14:50:09Z
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@stuxMost parents don't monitor or control their kids screen time, or provision where their kids can and cannot use their web, camera, microphone capable devices.Moving from there, there are no safeguards for advertising, so your kids are seeing sexualized content on their in game advertising, yes even in kids games. (Canada).I have a hard time faulting parents as most people are struggling to eat these days, hold your priorities lightly and respect we all do the best we can every day.
(DIR) Post #AWxEgSJAXOVZeJs8H2 by Andres@mastodon.hardcoredevs.com
2023-06-22T16:02:20Z
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@stux I once went to school with a Palm Zire 31.My huge nerd self stayed after class talking with the professor about how I used it to draw functions.Side note: I hated Maths, and took the time to learn how to install the calculator and create formulas to display some funky graphs, but no teacher cared and continued to give me the traditional problems and make me hate my life.
(DIR) Post #AWxMPxgpPKsvgiaJ4S by Neilh90@mstdn.social
2023-06-22T17:29:05Z
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@stux used for bullying! It is horrendous what kids are doing these days.When I was in school the bullying stopped when you got home.Now you are getting messages all night saying horrendous things about you. Block them? They give the number out to their friends and they message isstead.We've been the police more than once, for all the good it's done us. 13-15 year old girls getting endlessly harassed
(DIR) Post #AWxNBrcbGwE0lfRrou by trebach@masto.ai
2023-06-22T17:37:44Z
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@stux Give them a Voyager. It looks advanced enough to be a Samsung Note but it's 17 years old, so it can't run apps or have a web browser