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‘I’m a modern-day luddite’: Meet the students who don’t use laptops (www.dazeddigital.com)
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The vast majority of students rely on laptops – and increasingly AI – to help with their university work. But a small number are going analogue and eschewing tech almost entirely in a bid to re-engage their brains

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[-] JollyG@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

When I was in undergrad I had to write lots of essays by hand. I’d say about every other course in one of my majors had midterms and finals that were a single question essay to be completed in class during the testing period. I figured that was pretty typical.

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