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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What "homework" was this person doing, PP? This was a DCI student for sure?[/quote]

No don't know it was a DCI student or a chrome book.  She told her grandmother she was doing homework and they talked a little about it being a school tablet (she was telling her grandma in a huff that, yes, her teacher's giver her reading and homework to do on it).  Then the grandma went to browse books and read and for the next hour straight the girl toggled between some school asisgnment she wasn't really reading and numerous other activities - chatting and playing some game was what I could see. Sure I know a middle schooler is distractable by any number of things (I remember starting a novel I was just burning to write during finals in 8th grade - wrote a whole outline of it instead of studying - and immediatly after finals were over, I had no interest in writing the novel at all), but I don't think handing kids ammunition is a good thing.  She likely ended up skimming enough between her distractions to say one smart thing in class the next day - but there was no deep concentration or reading was going on.  Do I think she would have faired better with a paper book or pencil and paper assignment?  yes, I do.  At least then she's need to look away  from her work to chat, and at least then she's be mroe aware of what she was doing (as would her grandmother).

She also was really sassy with her grandmother, which added to my entire distate for teh situation.  But that is likely not teh fault of technology :)[/quote]

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