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This is meant to be darkly humorous I'm sure, but this question is a serious one. I think the market is ripe for an application that could be a part of the educ

This is meant to be darkly humorous I'm sure, but this question is a serious one. I think the market is ripe for an application that could be a part of the educational suite installed on the in-class tablets, which could be enabled only during lockdown. No need to overdesign the architecture at this stage, but the requirements are pretty simple. Each user could be configured via school it adminstrator to allow video chat connections only to parent/gaurdian devices with the app installed.

Larrikin 2y ago
As a parent, school shootings are the real serious issue and one the kids actually care about as well. Phones should be banned like Pokemon cards were banned. Bringing them to school is fine, using after class and even lunch is fine, but having them out in class gets them taken away and detention for repeat offenses.
insane_dreamer 2y ago
> this question is a serious one the question may be serious but the "solution" (kids have a phone so they can call their parents before they get shot) is not there are other ways to prevent school shootings, but because we have so many people in this country who like to play with guns we can't get it together enough to take the measures needed that would greatly reduce and perhaps totally eliminate school shootings (which are an almost uniquely American experience, and as a parent with kids in school, it's frankly terrifying and I couldn't give 2 f's about what the founding fathers wrote 250 years ago when the context and reasons for the 2A, which made sense at the time, have nothing to do with our modern era. It's like saying "well our illustrious all all-knowing founding fathers didn't find it necessary to ban slavery in the Constitution, and in fact, provided for it (3/5s etc.), so we should bow to their infinite wisdom and continue to allow it today."
dotancohen 2y ago
As someone with friends and coworkers who spent their last minutes last year on WhatsApp trying to communicate with family, this is a very bad idea.

Larrikin 2y ago

As a parent, school shootings are the real serious issue and one the kids actually care about as well. Phones should be banned like Pokemon cards were banned. Bringing them to school is fine, using after class and even lunch is fine, but having them out in class gets them taken away and detention for repeat offenses.

insane_dreamer 2y ago

> this question is a serious one the question may be serious but the "solution" (kids have a phone so they can call their parents before they get shot) is not there are other ways to prevent school shootings, but because we have so many people in this country who like to play with guns we can't get it together enough to take the measures needed that would greatly reduce and perhaps totally eliminate school shootings (which are an almost uniquely American experience, and as a parent with kids in school, it's frankly terrifying and I couldn't give 2 f's about what the founding fathers wrote 250 years ago when the context and reasons for the 2A, which made sense at the time, have nothing to do with our modern era. It's like saying "well our illustrious all all-knowing founding fathers didn't find it necessary to ban slavery in the Constitution, and in fact, provided for it (3/5s etc.), so we should bow to their infinite wisdom and continue to allow it today."

dotancohen 2y ago

As someone with friends and coworkers who spent their last minutes last year on WhatsApp trying to communicate with family, this is a very bad idea.