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<b>Message From:</b> Victor Sellarole<br>
<b>Context:</b> 0012 - English 8 (Frances Ladue)<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Final Exam: Special Mission and Parent/Guardian Challenge
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<p>Dear Parents/Guardians, </p><p>The final exam this year is a rigorous, research-based argumentative essay answering the following question: </p><p><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"><strong>Overall, is technology (specifically: smartphones, Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, and algorithm-driven content) benefiting or harming children's mental health, socialization, and intellectual development?</strong></span></p><p>Traditionally, I have students cite three sources to support their argument: <i>The Social Dilemma</i> (a documentary available on Netflix), "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury (speculative fiction short story published in 1950), and online research (preferably a journal or verifiable study). </p><p>This year, I am offering an extra credit challenge--<strong>use your cellphone strictly as a telephone to make and receive calls and voicemails, Monday through Friday, and record your observations around your emotions, other screen use, social behavior, and sleep. You may then cite and quote yourself in the essay as the third source. </strong><br> </p><p><strong>What I'm asking of Parents/Guardians who have students who choose to do this challenge: </strong></p><p>DO support your student in being successful in any way you can. </p><p>DO NOT enforce, police, punish, or otherwise interfere in the challenge. It's of utmost importance that this experiment be a self-challenge. Failure is a data point to be observed and recorded. The goal is to study our relationship to technology, the vulnerabilities of willpower versus powerful tech companies, and the overall impact of the tech industry on mental health, attention, discipline, and addiction. </p><p>DO consider joining the challenge yourself and watch <i>The Social Dilemma</i> on Netflix as a family. DO tell stories of the time before smartphones. DO reflect as a family on what smartphones/social media/AI has changed about our relationship to technology. </p><p>Students are encouraged to choose and defend their own viewpoint, and I have emphasized that a smart writer would be able to write a for, against, or balanced argument and defend all three stances.</p><p>I have attached the daily journal that students choosing to take this challenge will fill out. </p><p> </p><p>Thank you for all your support of your student, </p><p>Mr. Sellarole</p>
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