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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a huge problem in my household. Some kids do totally fine with these chromebooks, but sadly my son isn't one of them. He brings it home everyday and is addicted to some "math" game (that is not educational and hardly has any math) and it brings out the absolute WORST in him. When I go to take it away he absolutely loses it. I emailed the teacher asking if he could leave the chromebook at school, she said no, the school can't be liable. It was like dropping a bomb in my house. Then I look into disabling the website, nope! The school district has a system and the parent can't block any website. Meanwhile in class a bunch of kids are getting in trouble for perusing the wrong websites when the teacher is teaching. It's a disaster and caused so much more problems that wouldn't exist without them. All the tests etc are on the chromebooks. I am considering private even though we are not religious.[/quote]

I'm sorry but not surprised to hear your story.  The most vulnerable students also tend to be the most poorly served by "ed" tech.  I've also experienced this and also know that by the time the boys are in high school - you have very little education control or input into their progress.  The window of influence has closed.  And the years of "ed" tech are years of missed opportunities for growth in reading and writing.  I implore you to find a no-tech alternative as soon as possible.  My biggest regret is the middle school years of ed-tech rot ilo pencil in hand classwork.  Even if my kid had stared out the window 80% of the time, the 20% time spent reading and writing would have been more than done with the computer in hand.  It would have been more impactful for his lifelong learning.  [/quote]

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