Kids learning to avoid government control and setting up covert communication seems like a very important lesson later in life these days.
this post was submitted on 12 Sep 2025
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"the distribution of 350,000 internet-enabled Chromebooks, part of the city’s effort to replace aging devices obtained during the pandemic, and ensure that all students have access to technology in schools even as their personal devices are banned."
Yeah, force kids to give all their data to the one company that is doing such a great job at securing it.
WTF?
My concern is just how disposable and unrepairable Chromebooks are. So much e-waste generated every 2-3 years.
Decks of cards are usually banned in schools. The schools consider card games to be gambling (even if there are no stakes) and that's not permitted on school premesis.
"usually"?
Not where I'm from (which isn't NYC)
I grew up in the American public school system during pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh cards peak popularity. There were a whole lot of people who had card decks confiscated under such rules. I've lived in several states and while I don't know the policies for everyone state I've lived in's public schools, I do know that the school's my son has attended also have such rules.
So I guess YMMV.
IIRC from the Pokemon days, there were a lot of concerns around the 'prize' scoring system, with the idea that you'd take the opponent's prize cards when you knocked out a Pokemon. Misunderstanding/holdover from Pogs, I think (where getting the other player's pogs was a thing).
Couple that with stories of kids getting knifed over holo Charizards, and I kinda get why schools were concerned (putting aside the 'that's not how the game works' + 'that was one disturbed kid' elements).
Yeah I remember in highschool trying to play MTG with some friends during study hall and having one of the monitors come over and tell us no card games were allowed because of gambling, except go-fish apparently? Idk why go-fish would be less possible to gamble on, but...
Start a gambling club that only plays high stakes go-fish games with real money
Yeah I think my friends and I had joked that we should play go fish and super obviously be gambling and exchanging money, and when someone came over be like "I mean you guys did say go-fish is allowed." Then if that was banned move to like betting on chess or something and get increasing ridiculous from there.
Also phones were fully allowed during our study halls so if people actually wanted to gamble they could very easily do so on them lol. I think game pigeon even has poker so you could basically do it undetectably via just a group chat.
Ok, got any mountains?
No take 10 damage and tap a creature in play.
Yup. I was surprised to read about card playing too. You couldn’t play cards 20++ years ago. Mine got confiscated :(((
Soliman said students sometimes physically leave the building and go out into the courtyard for a phone break to play games or check messages during free periods or lunch. “The benches are always full,” Soliman said.
JFC, kids, you make smoking look like an easy habit to kick.
Just wait until they learn about 'zines. They're like scrolling TikTok, but written down, like for literate people. /s
This is the most boomer-y comment I've read in a while. I remember my parents saying shit like this about me and my NES.
Maybe it wouldn't sound so boomer-y if you didn't sit so close to the tv
Now go play outside for 16 hours straight.
Yeah, it was sarcastic. Sorry.
Your comment is like the embodiment of one of those "Kids don't know how to swipe a book like an iPad" boomerslop comics
Added /s since that's apparently want obvious
Settle down, grandpa. The world will spin another day if kids enjoy their free period a little bit.
Said in sarcasm. I figured the author intentionally wrote that passage to evoke the image of miners on a smoke break or something.
That'd be an interesting turn of events - phone bans leading to a zine Renaissance among young people.
Don't see it happening, but it'd be kinda cool.
These phone pouches confuse me. They open with a simple magnet. Do they think kids don't have access to magnets?
I mean, most probably don’t. Realistically
Just throw some water on them - that shuts 'em right down.
So they're treating kids like prisoners?
As if school wasn't already a prison with all the metal detectors and xray machines.
What school has metal detectors and xray machines?!?
Like, most of the US
Eh, I know US-bashing is really popular here, but it has to be at least a little bit believable to be funny.
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):
My understanding is that prison is waaaay worse. Needlessly cruel, you might say
Keep that kind of talk in the yard where they aren't listening so close.
Kids spend far too much time in school on their phones. This is simply true.
Counter point to this tho: Kids go to school knowing a shooting can happen at any time and need to have their phones for if that happens.
I can't support restricting phones before we restrict firearms.
How do students having phones help in a shooting?
I honestly love this