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Seems a little drastic; couldn't they simply block domains and forbid vpns? Throwing the baby out with the bathwater seems counter-productive when a laptop is so essential for modern classes (far as I can see, I went to school in the pre-laptop era).

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Laptops aren't essential for modern classes, laptops (in the true consumer sense of the world) have barely been a thing that students can easily afford for barely 20 years (more like 15 if we're being honest here).

SV is going to learn that society is allowed to reject technology and the sun will still rise tomorrow.

>SV is going to learn that society is allowed to reject technology and the sun will still rise tomorrow.

The sun may still rise, but the stock market may not.

Good thing the vast majority of Americans do not prosper if American corporations do. Hence the need for redistributive efforts to improve the material lives of all Americans.

About 20 years ago I learned if I took my laptop to class and typed my notes I didn't retain nearly as well as if I took a pen and notebook.

I was in computer science in Canada and probably 5-10% of people brought laptops to class as far as I recall. A few people had to use the labs, but most students had their own computer or laptop at that time.

Silicon Valley is indeed, disconnected from the reality of the world.

You can only do that if the school completely controls the laptop. You have to have the professor be able to verify that the student was using an approved laptop each class period. Seems like a nonstarter to me.

Students would just connect to their own hotspot and not have any restrictions.

Fair point. The ban makes sense.

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