What happens if you refuse?
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NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 16 hours agoAnd my kids school requires every parent to have a Google account to track progress and share information.
wuphysics87@lemmy.ml 16 hours ago
blitzen@lemmy.ca 6 hours ago
They probably would have to find accommodation for you, although I’m sure it’d be very inconvenient. But still technically there.
As to if you refuse to have your child be issued a Chromebook and Google account, probably not much you can do, as they are providing everything.
My personal answer to this question is the same as if it were an employer issued mandatory Chromebook; me the employee (or my child the student) is a different entity than me the individual. Me the individual refuses to have anything to do with Google, and that’s enough of a fight for me.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
They kill you!
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 hours ago
Earlier in my school years, we had to use Microsoft Office products. Then later on we were expected to use Google Drive, as they wanted to teach us what we can use without paying Microsoft.
At one point it was also mandatory to have a blog because the teacher was big on Web 2.0, and they of course pushed blogspot (Google). I think I went with managed wordpress instead, but may remember wrong.