Senator Ted Cruz is trying to block Wi-Fi hotspots for schoolchildren

[gerbler@lemmy.world]

Why do these fuckers spend so much time and effort trying to make things worse? Like there's scapegoating immigrants because it'll rile up your voter base and get you re-elected and then there's shit like taking away lunch from kids. Like who does that even benefit?

I'm genuinely asking if they just get giddy with excitement at the thought of making things worse for other people.

[imposedsensation@lemmynsfw.com]

No, I said I completely agree with this, this being that the state should not be providing wifi hotspots to school children. I was surprised that I actually agreed with Cruz on this because I pretty much never agree with him and consider him, in the words of John Boehner, Lucifer in the flesh. And I'm sorry if some of you thought I meant that I completely agreed with him on what he startes as his justification (morality police, censorship, etc.) which isn't the case.

But instead all you trigger-ready comment warriors are ready to burn me at the stake for what's really a pretty sensible position.

Wifi hotspots aren't going to eliminate inequality. Students eith reliable Internet may have an unfair advantage, but teachers and administrators could minimize that by giving assignments that don't really require Internet access to complete.

Should all assignments be hand written, of course not. But do they need to be completed in a web browser? Nope. Good old word processor and spreadsheets work great.

Holy moly, everybody is on edge. Understandable...

[jadelord@discuss.tchncs.de]

I agree to a certain extent; at least elementary school should and remain device free.

[flocklesscrow@lemm.ee]

Polite society stopped allowing for said types to receive a hearty fist to the face

[socialmediarefugee@lemmy.world]

Wouldn't blocking them completely restrict them from "exposure to conservative viewpoints."?

[nutwrench@lemmy.world]

"The government shouldn't be complicit in harming students or impeding parents' ability to decide what their kids see by subsidizing unsupervised access to inappropriate content,"

Like Fox News or OAN.

[snowpix@lemmy.ca]

Misery loves company, and these are very miserable, angry, hateful people. If they can't be happy, no one can.

[lovablesidekick@lemmy.world]

TIL there are hotspots in Cancun.

[unphazed@lemmy.world]

I do not like that man Ted Cruz...

[mossheart@lemmy.ca]

Or the sun, a more appropriate vacation place to send Cruz.

[lovablesidekick@lemmy.world]

Best tan ever! for a few seconds.

[helpimtrappedonline@lemmy.world]

And that's how we end up with young adults entering the work force that can't

• type
• navigate the web safely
• save something to a specified directory
• transfer a file
• maintain backups
• recognize suspisous websites/news/ads
• navigate the constantly changing Microsoft UIs
• troubleshoot anything as simple as turning on the computer screen

The world is different than it was 30 years ago, if we don't prepare them for the internet age, then they will fail.

I do agree, physical books and learning off-screen is very important. Letting kids use the open web all day is not helpful, but bring them the computer lab to teach them the productive uses of a computer.

[abidanyre@lemmy.world]

Then you followed it up with:

I don't want my children even using devices at all for any purpose

So the comment you're replying to wasn't taking some giant leap in logic.

Where are you going to draw the line on what kids should be allowed to use on homework? A slide rule for math? A four function calculator? Matlab? How about research papers? Is Wikipedia allowed or should their family be required to have a printed encyclopedia?

You said earlier that you had to go to the library or the computer lab when you were a kid. You know what they're going to do at the library? Sit in front of a computer and pull up Google. How is that any better/different than just giving them an access point to use from home other than now they don't need to find a ride.

[zess@lemmy.world]

Poor kids

[imposedsensation@lemmynsfw.com]

In this context I am drawing the line with wifi and personally issued Internet connected devices, particularly where the student isn't really getting instruction from a live person.

[tsesejuer@lemmy.world]

then GTFO the Internet and go parent your kids you dingbat extremist

[257m@sh.itjust.works]

Except the school prepares the children with none of that in its current state. Those chromebooks are incredibly locked to the point of being practically useless beyond searching stuff on google. We have still have textbooks at my school but most people prefer the pdf version. Most of the kids at my school are incredibly tech illiterate to the point of not knowing how the filesystem works. Most of them have used mobile devices as their primary computers and use laptops just as a glorified browser.

[skaverat@discuss.tchncs.de]

That's what tv is for

[sunzu2@thebrainbin.org]

His name is Rafael...

[wabafee@lemmy.world]

I swear there don't seem to be any decent thing this guy do. I amaze why his still elected.