[ExI] out of school

[Stathis Papaioannou]

On Thu, 2 Jul 2020 at 10:01, spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> *From:* extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> *On Behalf
> Of *William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 1, 2020 4:36 PM
> *To:* ExI chat list <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
> *Cc:* William Flynn Wallace <foozler83 at gmail.com>
> *Subject:* [ExI] out of school
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> Some really bad statistics are reported on those who have been out of
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> As expected, those who lack internet access to the school's programs are
> hurt the worst.
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> Question:  should basic internet be available to every household?  Cost
> based on income. Some will get it free. Online learning, as Spike keeps
> preaching, is the future, or at least a big part of it in education.  We
> will create even bigger gaps between the various minorities if we don't do
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> Yeah, another government welfare program, I hear ya.  But look at the
> statistics of the education achievements of those in prison. Pathetic, esp.
> re minorities.  Prison costs run about $30K a year here per inmate.  Some
> of them, of course, are just psychopaths and mentally retarded etc.  But
> some would be able to get jobs if their education was better.
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> We need school reform.  We need prison reform.  We need to change some
> laws about sentencing.
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> Would you be in favor of internet welfare?
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> BillW, this is a most timely post, being as our local school board has
> formed multiple volunteer citizen committees to figure out how we are going
> to do school next year.  I volunteered to be used in any capacity they
> wished, recognizing that there are some areas, such as mental health, in
> which I know nothing.  Never heard of mental health.  I was assigned to the
> tech tools group.
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> We have set up free internet for students who have local school district
> accounts, and others can sign up to access that.  It is to support our
> online learning program.  The students can get free ChromeBooks loaned to
> them as well.  If they have a place to charge a ChromeBook, they can go to
> school, as well as every person in the family.
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> Of course I support that.
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> I am also on the School Site Council, which meets regularly with the
> school leadership.  At the last meeting the principal gave a report on how
> the last 3 months of school went: mixed results.  Some students
> accomplished far more at home, but the principal was compelled to report
> that as many as 15% of the registered students had never logged on.
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> Some of them might have been foreign nationals who fled the area.  The
> principal went to the home addresses of the non-responders to see what he
> could do to encourage them to participate.  I am personally acquainted with
> one family which has a strict rule: their children are allowed a maximum of
> one hour of screen time per day.
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> More later
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There's no good evidence that "too much screen time" is harmful.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/07/too-much-screen-time-hurts-kids-where-is-evidence



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Stathis Papaioannou
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