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Republican lawmakers are proposing blocking kids from accessing social media in schools that receive federal broadband subsidies.

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[–] Solaire@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What a tragedy. Internet censorship is already terrible in schools and they want to make it worse. what are they to do on there? You'll probably have kids using their phones and personal hotspots to get around it like i did; or like i started to do later on in high school, just bring my own laptop. they might as well not even make time in the curriculum for that. What are they even allowed to do? Especially that they cant do with their own devices? I can speak from persoanl experience as a (newly) professional software engineer; that being introduced to computers at school definitely set back my technical background more than anything else ive ever done. made me even more confused about how computers work. And i was actually interested and paying attention. But what say you guys? I did go to public school after all; maybe its a lot different at private and charter schools.

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If you think internet "censorship" is bad in schools, wait until you work in an office, or pretty much anywhere. No one wants anyone to spend time on social media while you're on the clock.

You're going to have a hard time if you're expecting to be able to whatever you want in the working world.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I have to say, I’ve also not runninto that at work.

-- you have a phone: use it. Keep your work life completely separate from your personal life. Always

-- get your work done. They care that you do your job. Management can also be more flexible when you have a reputation for getting things done, and when you’re continuing to get things done

[–] dudewitbow@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Id have the opposite exprience you dod. And i grduated in computer engineering. If i didnt have access yo computers being a reletively poor family, I wouldnt have done with my major.

My influence from social media was extremely minimal due to willingly not getting a personal cellphone till I was in college.

Generally, with the more walls put up, people will either go along with the result, or become more active in learning how to bypass it. Bypassing something is coincidently a skill and id argue the average user who learns how to bypass a software block is likely more tech educated than those who arent.