1/5 Silent I. 1 year ago on Google
I've
been
in
the
York
Region
District
School
Board
schools
for
nine
years.
From
my
extensive
experience,
it
is
a
terrible
school
board
that
needs
improvement.
The
reasons
for
this
are
as
follows.
1
-
Teachers
The
York
Region
District
School
Board's
teachers
are
inept
and
frequently
turn
a
blind
eye
to
bullying.
I
remember
when
kids
were
fighting
near
the
teachers.
The
teacher
glanced
at
it
and
then
turned
as
if
nothing
was
wrong.
It
demonstrates
that
they
don't
care
about
the
students.
The
teachers
also
act
as
if
they
have
complete
authority
over
the
students
and
can
do
whatever
they
want.
If
you
accidentally
hit
a
student
with
a
ball
in
school,
they
will
tell
you
to
apologize,
but
if
you
accidentally
hit
a
teacher,
then
the
situation
completely
changes.
Either
your
ball
will
be
taken
away
and
returned
to
you
by
the
end
of
the
school
day,
or
you
will
go
to
the
principal's
office
for
a
lengthy
speech.
Teachers
enjoy
making
fun
of
the
students,
but
as
I
previously
stated,
it
would
be
a
completely
different
story
if
you
made
fun
of
them.
Teachers
can
perform
tasks
that
students
cannot.
I
recall
a
teacher
throwing
a
ball
to
a
student
in
a
classroom
but
then
taking
the
ball
away
when
the
student
threw
it
to
another
student.
Although
I
have
said
negative
things
about
teachers,
this
does
not
apply
to
all
of
them.
There
will
always
be
different
types
of
people,
and
the
most
despicable
is
the
teachers
who
abuse
their
authority
and
act
as
if
the
students
have
no
recourse.
2
-
Technology
&
Internet
The
York
Region
District
School
Board
previously
used
Dell
laptops
but
now
uses
Chromebooks.
The
Dell
laptops
were
old,
but
they
worked
fine
and
weren't
too
slow
when
signing
in
and
loading
programs.
Although
the
Chromebooks
save
your
account
when
you
sign
in,
loading
things
is
a
pain.
It
often
takes
me
a
minute
or
two
to
open
a
Chromebook,
and
signing
in
is
sufficient.
However,
it
will
take
another
30
seconds
to
open
Google
Chrome
after
you
sign
in.
After
opening
Google
Chrome,
it
will
take
time
to
type
anything
in
the
browser.
When
you
open
a
website
such
as
Google
Docs
or
YouTube,
it
will
take
a
while
to
load
in.
When
I
had
an
assignment
17
pages
long,
the
Chromebook
would
freeze
for
a
few
seconds
every
time
I
scrolled
down.
It
was
such
a
pain
that
I
did
not
complete
the
assignment
at
school.
Almost
no
app,
if
any,
supports
a
Chromebook.
I've
only
just
mentioned
laptops;
now
I'm
going
to
discuss
the
internet.
The
internet
service
provided
by
the
York
Region
District
School
Board
is
no
better
than
the
Chromebooks.
The
internet
is
slow,
requires
a
YRDSB
account
login,
and
blocks
many
things,
which
we
will
discuss
further
in
the
following
section.
3
-
Blockage
The
YRDSB
restricts
access
to
many
websites
(which
I
understand),
but
it
also
takes
away
most
forms
of
communication
and
even
extensions.
Assume
I
wanted
to
download
an
ad
blocker,
for
example.
Well,
no
adblocker
for
me
because
it's
"blocked
by
admin,"
surprise,
surprise.
I
try
to
find
others'
"Administrator's
block."
What
if
I
want
a
custom
background
extension?"
admin
blocked."
The
school
board
banned
Google
Chats,
which
students
used
to
communicate
during
the
pandemic.
If
you
wanted
to
talk
to
a
friend
at
home
on
google
chat,
you
could
speak
with
them
and
make
sure
they
were
okay,
but
the
admin
has
also
blocked
it.
They
also
removed
profile
pictures
at
one
point
due
to
offensive
profile
pictures.
I
didn't
see
anything
wrong
with
that,
but
others
did.
They
allowed
us
to
change
our
profile
pictures
again,
but
with
many
restrictions.
It
is
where
the
most
misconceptions
are.
It
does
not
have
to
be
a
drawing
or
an
image
of
you,
or
even
your
pronouns;
it
could
be
an
anime
character
(as
long
as
it
is
not
offensive).
It
could
also
be
drawings,
such
as
a
dragon
or
anything
else.
Now,
the
time
to
change
your
profile
picture
got
limited,
and
the
only
reason
I
know
that
you
could
change
your
profile
picture
to
be
an
anime
character
is
because
of
Google
reviews.
The
profile
picture
was
unimportant
because
it
is
the
least
of
my
concerns.
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