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no_hypocrisy

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2. As a teacher, I'd say both.

Reply to JI7 (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 9, 2025, 05:23 AM

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You just don't see students reading a book generally.

From fifth grade on up, the kids lean on their phones for videos and texting. It's addictive. And those who actually are on the laptops, insist on listening to music with their earbuds.

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We Gave Students Laptops and Took Away Their Brains How Screens Hurt Learning [View all] no_hypocrisy Tuesday OP

Is the problem laptops or the phones ? JI7 Tuesday #1

As a teacher, I'd say both. no_hypocrisy Tuesday #2

AI slop from a channel full of AI slop. Intractable Tuesday #3

Perhaps, but as a I teacher, I've witnessed the same and can validate. no_hypocrisy Tuesday #4

That channel is NOTHING but AI - it's less than 2 months old and has uploaded over 2,000 videos. highplainsdem Tuesday #5

There's no substantial info in this video. What are you validating? Intractable Tuesday #7

"Took away their brains" is quite a phrase to use on AI slop. There's plenty of free content from Jared Cooney Horvath WhiskeyGrinder Tuesday #6

I just posted an OP warning people how to watch out for this sort of thing. If one AI slop producer highplainsdem Tuesday #8

Yep, there are countless channels doing the same thing. It's horrifying. WhiskeyGrinder Tuesday #9

I hadn't run across any earlier, but considering how those uncreative AI users on YouTube love to highplainsdem Tuesday #10

De rec for posting AI slop. nt Celerity Tuesday #11

UPDATE: Parents say school-issued iPads are causing chaos with their kids no_hypocrisy Tuesday #12