Parents opt kids out of school computers, insisting on pen-and-paper instead
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A loose network of parents are teaching one another how to get their kids off of school-issued Chromebooks and iPads.

The middle schooler had been begging to opt out, citing headaches from the Chromebook screen and a dislike of the AI chatbot recently integrated into it.

Parents across the country are taking steps to stop their children from using school-issued Chromebooks and iPads, citing concerns about distractions and access to inappropriate content that they fear hampers their kids’ education.

  • AeronMelon@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 hours ago

    Other benefits of writing on paper:

    • doesn’t get “accidentally” deleted
    • doesn’t get “accidentally” copied
    • doesn’t get uploaded to a cloud
    • isn’t used to train AI
    • can’t be edited or redacted by another party after the fact

    It also feels good. Especially if you go out and buy a nice pen. And it gives your work a degree of object permanence.