r/mildlyinfuriating • u/TheAeroplaneBear2906 • Jul 16 '26

Unskippable ad Clear Backpacks + Pay to Keep Your Phone

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My freinds school is now requiring these items, and is also using AI to promote this 🫠

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u/Ok-Bug4328 Jul 16 '26 edited Aug 11 '26

Hello world

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u/aspie_electrician Jul 16 '26

>laughs in phone used as medical device

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u/Myrkana Jul 16 '26

Youd have a medical exemption and hopefully wouldnt be caught playing fames and texting with it.

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u/TheFaithfulStone Jul 16 '26

You would think - my kids school district got in trouble for this because they gave the kids with assistive use cases that needed Airpods like these giant 70's style headphones and all of the other kids could identify who had the IEPs and of course made fun of them (disclosing an IEP to other students is generally a violation of IDEA) They technically never abandoned the Yondr pouches - but they all but quit enforcing it after some lawyerly noises from parents of kids with sensory issues.

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u/Myrkana Jul 16 '26

That pretty stupid. The kids all know who the special needs kids are anyway. The headphones didnt change that really.

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u/TabithaMouse Jul 16 '26

Kid I used to babysit had a phone for his CGM. The kids in his class knew he had the phone, but only because a sub yelled at him for having it.

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u/TheFaithfulStone Jul 16 '26

The argument was that the ludicrous headphones were intentionally embarrassing so that kids wouldn’t seek the IEP. I actually kind of buy that behavior from the district.

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u/LinwoodKei Jul 16 '26

Yeah, I can get that. Social ostracism in school is a major source of anxiety.

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u/Myrkana Jul 16 '26

But anyone without an iep wouldnt be allowed to wear headphones during class anyway

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u/Davti Jul 16 '26

But anyone without an iep wouldnt be allowed to wear headphones during class anyway

And?

So?

The people who need one may avoid seeking them out due to embarrassment. What's your point?

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u/headrush46n2 Jul 16 '26

letting those kids keep their tech while banning it for everyone else would open them up to worse punishment anyway.

Full ban, no exception is the only way. Otherwise you'll just have parents go dr. shopping to get a note to avoid having to parent.

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u/Galenthias Jul 16 '26

All know only in the same class, this thing meant the whole school would see for sure.

I don't think it should count as "revealing" anyway, it just says they are getting special treatment for "something" but not what.