MicroWaveJul 21, 2023

A teachers union says it’s fed up with social media’s impact on students

https://lemmy.world/post/1924155

A teachers union says it’s fed up with social media’s impact on students - Lemmy.world

The nation’s second-largest teachers union said Thursday it was losing patience with social media apps that it says are contributing to mental health problems and misbehavior in classrooms nationwide, draining time and money from teachers and school systems.

Show threadPenguinJuiceJul 21, 2023
We should make kids sleep at school during the school year with no access to phones or the internet.
Show threadhi_im_FitcHJul 21, 2023
We should do the same with you, at your work then, just so you can see how dumb that would be. But only you.
Show threadgrteJul 21, 2023
Surely you can understand that person was being facetious? Are people this clueless?
Show thread520
Some people genuinely believe these things, and it's not a small number. There's an entire horrific industry around it.
Jul 21, 2023 at 2:30pmWeb
Show threadgrteJul 21, 2023
There is not a large number of people who think children should be made to spend 100% of the time at school, including being made to sleep there. People are interpreting that person’s obvious sarcasm seriously so they can be upset about i t.
Show thread520Jul 21, 2023
Look up the 'troubled teen' industry. You will be shocked an appaled.
Show threadgrteJul 21, 2023
No, I won’t, because that has nothing to do with the person’s point.
Show thread520Jul 21, 2023
It has EVERYTHING to do with what that person is saying - 'troubled teens' is just how many of them justify abuses. Normal teenage behaviour, or even signs of LGBT+ or autism/ADHD are enough to get you sent to one.
Show threadgrteJul 21, 2023
No it has absolutely nothing to do with what that person said. That person was making a fucking joke and you are running wild with it like a crazy person. Cut it out.
Show thread520Jul 21, 2023
I'm just saying it's possible he was 100% serious, like flat earthers and anti-vax. It's possible to be 100% serious and completely idiotic at the same time
Show threadgrteJul 21, 2023
Okay but it’s 1000x more likely they were making a joke so why are you acting like they being serious was the most likely option?
Show thread520Jul 21, 2023

I'm not the one acting like it's one way or another, I just said 'some people genuinely believe these things'.

You're the one acting like I'm on the attack when I'm not.

Show thread520Jul 21, 2023
I didn't make any commentary about how likely one or the other is, I just said 'some people genuinely believe these things'. I don't know them, I don't know you, what I do know is that there are people out there that actually believe this stuff and actually send their kids to them all because they had the nerve to answer back
Show threadninbreakerJul 21, 2023
Defo military parents would love turning all schools into training camps.