Hi,
I will be writing petition to my government (Poland) to try to get them to ban Windows at schools. I believe it should be illegal to force children to use systems that are paid and use children’s data for AI and advertising.
Maybe you will do it as well? Let’s end this insane practice.

  • Holytimes@sh.itjust.works
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    7 hours ago

    Banning computers in school wholesale is about as retarded as a fucking take as you can physically get.

    That’s basically the equivalent of saying we can’t fix stupid so we might as well just kill every stupid person. It’s just the most extreme fix to a problem that just creates more problems and hurts the victim even more.

    At most I could see an argument saying that computers have to be stupid like they were in the 90s. Anything that says on you more than win98 shouldn’t be allowed. But computer skills are an absolutely mandatory skill set.

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      4 hours ago

      That first sentence of yours is remarkably questionable… it absolutely is not even close to being equivalent to killing people ? Your sentiment is computer skills are a mandatory skill … But then suggest they should only be able to practice on windows 98?? How’s that relevant to modern computing??

      I definitely think computers should be minimized in schools. Computers are now used in drama, art (not for graphic design) … used way too much in my opinion. From memory I believe there have also been studies that demonstrate better learning outcomes when writing with pen and paper than on a laptop.