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© KYODOUse of tablet computers on the rise for truant, sick children
By Rintaro Sawano TOKYO©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Fuzzy
This tech has has positive use cases, but
this one needs to be handled with care. If kids don't learn how to interact with others, they have little hope in life.
Yubaru
Well and good if there is only one student accessing the application, but what will they do when there are two or more? Buy more cameras? I doubt it.
Also the use of the word "truant" in the title here is a truly outdated term. Many of the children who do not go to school in Japan today are not "truants", as the true truant students wouldnt use these tablets nor participate in any lessons in the first place.
Most of the kids who dont go to school because of social interaction disorders, and they need mental health assistance along with getting their education too! But it seems like the schools and BOE's are trying to find a band-aid fix to a more serious problem!
Aly Rustom
Exactly. Although I do support the option for kids to study from home and for more people to work from home. The more we function remotely, the less important it will be to urbanize. This could have a positive effect on not only the environment but also the mental health of people and the revitalization of rural communities.
virusrex
The headline of the article gives a completely different idea from the text.
This I think is positive, but only as long as it is taken as a temporary remedy for a problem that requires much more permanent solutions. Well used it can become one of the many steps that can be taken to rehabilitate the students, but there is always the danger of authorities misusing it as if it solved the problem which would make the mess even bigger.
Joe Blow
I was about to say, it sounds like these kids are being smacked with tablets lol.
Yubaru
Yeah it sure does, it's called "click-bait". By using the word "truant" instead of the truth, that these kids have social interaction disorders, it gets people to think "delinquent" versus someone who needs mental help!
There are no truancy cops in Japan, and just because there is compulsory education, it does not mean that kids have any responsibility to learn anything either. School's just pass these kids along, whether they achieved anything or not, and let society have to deal with it after they "graduate" from JHS without accomplishing anything!
Speed
If you've got a naughty little boy with a good looking teacher, he might not be focusing on the blackboard.
starpunk
Video schooling is good during this pandemic. It's better than nothing.