• the_crotch@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    Yeah who needs the wheel either? We survived 450,000 years without it. And don’t get me started on paper. Paper can be used to make paper airplanes or spitballs. What a distraction! Kids should chisel their assignments onto stone slates like our ancestors did.

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      3 days ago

      If wheels could brainwash a kid, completely distract them, and make them throw a tantrum when you take it away then we might have to worry about them.

      • the_crotch@sh.itjust.works
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        3 days ago

        why do they need wheels?

        Carts, busses. There’s wheels in lots of stuff.

        Why are you leaving out guns?

        Well, you see, unlike the wheel/paper/mini computers with built in calculators calendars document editors email and research tools, guns serve no legitimate purpose in a school.

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          3 days ago

          Do they not have full sized computers? It’s dubious that there is any legitimate educational value to smartphones in schools either.

          • the_crotch@sh.itjust.works
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            3 days ago

            School exists to teach you how to function in society. In our society, like it or not, everyone has a cell phone. Let’s focus on teaching them to integrate this tool into their lives in a productive way.