Post AtuFqpo1An0fccYkUq by riotmuffin@ni.hil.ist
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 (DIR) Post #AtuFqpo1An0fccYkUq by riotmuffin@ni.hil.ist
       2025-05-09T00:33:43Z
       
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       @clashmtl It seems like a totally reasonable thing to go on strike for to me - even setting aside the broad appeal. I hope segments of the students attach broader politics to it, but in any case, students deserve to have access to communication and the outside world. I remember being a 16 year old failing to urge any other students to do any social justice oriented and thinking, damn, what if we all had these little gizmos on us (which were then only just coming into existence) that could let us communicate without being in person or going thru parents?
       
 (DIR) Post #AtuFqqmzW5mafj5RXE by roadblock161_@ni.hil.ist
       2025-05-09T01:01:40Z
       
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       @riotmuffin hard agree on this. banning phones in schools is yet another measure to enforce certain notions of what kids should be and should be doing, which is what schooling has always been. of course smartphones are little surveillance rectangles at the end of the day, but they are also vital tools to navigate the world today, and to cope with the hellish experience of being in school. the internet - both talking to friends and looking at more passive social media - which I accessed through a phone was a crucial lifeline that helped me keep my sanity together for all those years. when high schoolers are fighting for their freedom to use phones at school, they're fighting for much more than their ability to watch brainrot tiktoks during breaks.(which is not to suggest that there's anything inherently wrong with watching brainrot tiktoks to wash out all the bullshit students have to hear in class)