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Interesting Global News@lemmy.zip · 1 day ago

Girl without smartphone unable to join in lesson — 'I feel guilty for not buying my daughter one for school'

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Girl without smartphone unable to join in lesson — 'I feel guilty for not buying my daughter one for school'

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Interesting Global News@lemmy.zip · 1 day ago

Smartphones: 'I feel guilty for not buying my daughter one for school'

A mum says her daughter came home in tears after she did not have a smartphone to use in a lesson.

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They offered her a laptop which would just single her out more.
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  Provide everyone laptops, or provide phones (tablets) for everyone.
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    I’m surprised everyone having laptops and using them for school isn’t standard. It’s been standard when I was in school here in Norway a decade ago

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