What are you packing in your 1st graders backpack?

[Anonymous]

I sent lunch, water and her ipad.

No headphones yet, but I would assume each room should have some for the kids to use. Carrying those back and forth just ensures they get broken in transit.

[Anonymous]

Let’s keep the little kids occupied with screens to make things easier for the teachers.

Let the parent that does not have a TV, tablet or phone available to their child at home cast the first stone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Let’s keep the little kids occupied with screens to make things easier for the teachers.

Let the parent that does not have a TV, tablet or phone available to their child at home cast the first stone.

I agree. I think the problem is people are misunderstanding the call for avoiding screens at such an early age.
Look what it does already with adults creating addiction and subsequent dependency. Imagine what it does to a young developing brain…


Only God knows

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The towels are cracking me up. What a massively useful thing.

Don’t panic 🧥

Our school requested them for lunch

Erm. Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy? You always have a towel. It’s a joke.

Not really, my son used one last year to read outside on nice days and to eat lunch outside. And they are useful for flagging down an errant space craft in case of planetary destruction, although I am not certain that a first grader is aware of that...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Let’s keep the little kids occupied with screens to make things easier for the teachers.

Let the parent that does not have a TV, tablet or phone available to their child at home cast the first stone.

I agree. I think the problem is people are misunderstanding the call for avoiding screens at such an early age.
Look what it does already with adults creating addiction and subsequent dependency. Imagine what it does to a young developing brain…


Only God knows

My ES student does not have a phone or tablet. He is allowed to watch an hour of TV on Saturdays and Sundays. Surely APS can do better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Let’s keep the little kids occupied with screens to make things easier for the teachers.

Let the parent that does not have a TV, tablet or phone available to their child at home cast the first stone.

I agree. I think the problem is people are misunderstanding the call for avoiding screens at such an early age.
Look what it does already with adults creating addiction and subsequent dependency. Imagine what it does to a young developing brain…


Only God knows

My ES student does not have a phone or tablet. He is allowed to watch an hour of TV on Saturdays and Sundays. Surely APS can do better.

Do you think that’s why they bring iPads to school? So they can watch TV?? iPads used to stay at school for the little ones but now we need the kids to bring them back and forth in case they have to quarantine. iPad usage during the school day varies by school but in general, the little ones aren’t spending much time on them daily at any school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Let’s keep the little kids occupied with screens to make things easier for the teachers.

Let the parent that does not have a TV, tablet or phone available to their child at home cast the first stone.

I agree. I think the problem is people are misunderstanding the call for avoiding screens at such an early age.
Look what it does already with adults creating addiction and subsequent dependency. Imagine what it does to a young developing brain…


Only God knows

My ES student does not have a phone or tablet. He is allowed to watch an hour of TV on Saturdays and Sundays. Surely APS can do better.

Do you think that’s why they bring iPads to school? So they can watch TV?? iPads used to stay at school for the little ones but now we need the kids to bring them back and forth in case they have to quarantine. iPad usage during the school day varies by school but in general, the little ones aren’t spending much time on them daily at any school.

Then why can’t they keep the iPads at home? You know, if they don’t use them at school… (and they DEFINITELY shouldn’t this year, considering all of the learning loss caused by teachers refusing to go in for over a year.)