iOS 16.1 new “feature” extends the insanity…

[KrisZ]

I agree the current population has minimal critical thinking skills and is generally intellectually challenged thanks to the state of government education.

And who voted for the government that implemented the education system, which in turn thought the current generations?
Perhaps you old timers think a bit too highly of yourselves?

 

[brandon9715]

This thread gives me cancer. Your phone won't act any differently. It's just like the battery optimized charging. No user interaction needed and you will never notice it working. Not an issue to be outraged even remotely.

 

[SubieRubyRoo]

And who voted for the government that implemented the education system, which in turn thought the current generations?
Perhaps you old timers think a bit too highly of yourselves?

I surely wouldn’t have voted to remove trades classes and experiential learning. It was that “awesome” Federal Dept of Education that came up with Common Crap requirements and has led the slide. It’s pretty fricking sad when they have a standardized test, teachers pretty much only teach to the test, and many schools have 30% or less passing rates.

Baltimore school corporation has like 23 entire school districts where not a single student passed their grade level tests… how can they possibly justify keeping those teachers employed?

 

[I<3oil]

Baltimore school corporation has like 23 entire school districts where not a single student passed their grade level tests… how can they possibly justify keeping those teachers employed?

Yeah, the odds are highly in favor of the issue not being teachers, but the students, in that city. Teachers can teach to the test, they can teach extra material, they can give students every resource imaginable, but unless the student wants to learn and regurgitate that information, nothing is happening.

 

[I<3oil]

Update - 8/26/2024
Iphone 13 is at 89% useful life now. Not bad after 2.5 years of fairly heavy use. My wife's iPhone 13 is more lightly used, she is also at 89%.
I suspect I am doing better then her because I slow charge with a 10 watt charger, battery never or barely gets warm. She uses a mag charger, it charges fast but wow, that phone gets warm.

I would love to get a new phone in the coming year and hope Apple comes up with something new. Im getting bored and wish for maybe a nice flip phone that someone else posted like a Samsung Galaxy Flip 6 OR a non flip phone but stellar camera like the Xiaomi 14 Ultra which I would LOVE in an iPhone format.

Except for those two I feel the "magic" is all gone in these phones of all makes. I guess we hit the limits of what can be.

My Iphone 12 Pro Max is currently 73% serviceable lol.....I got it with Tmobile when they first came out in late 2020 so it's coming upon 4 years old soon.

 

[alarmguy]

My Iphone 12 Pro Max is currently 73% serviceable lol.....I got it with Tmobile when they first came out in late 2020 so it's coming upon 4 years old soon.

Yeah, 4 years 73% I guess by now that might be starting to bother you. I like my iPhone but I dont know, unless something compelling moving forward I think I will always be buying "new" 2 year old models. Im reading that some prefer the Camera on the iPhone 14 vs iPhone 15 for some reason, not sure if that it true or not
I do wish they would come out with the flip phone with folding screen I think anyway...

 

[I<3oil]

Yeah, 4 years 73% I guess by now that might be starting to bother you. I like my iPhone but I dont know, unless something compelling moving forward I think I will always be buying "new" 2 year old models. Im reading that some prefer the Camera on the iPhone 14 vs iPhone 15 for some reason, not sure if that it true or not
I do wish they would come out with the flip phone with folding screen I think anyway...

It's not too bad. I don't use it a whole whole lot throughout the day as I'm teaching but on days off, it'll be down to 20-30 by dinnertime. I'm looking at getting a 16 Pro when they come out this year to replace it.

 

[PWMDMD]

I surely wouldn’t have voted to remove trades classes and experiential learning. It was that “awesome” Federal Dept of Education that came up with Common Crap requirements and has led the slide. It’s pretty fricking sad when they have a standardized test, teachers pretty much only teach to the test, and many schools have 30% or less passing rates.

Baltimore school corporation has like 23 entire school districts where not a single student passed their grade level tests… how can they possibly justify keeping those teachers employed?

Standardized tests started in earnest in 1965 and have been used for +60 years, through administrations from both sides of the aisle. The complaints about teaching to the test were going around in the 90s when I was in high school. All of a sudden this is a HUGE issue, as if it just jumped out of nowhere. We ALL watched and voted passively as the standardized test monster walked right into our schools and trade classes got pushed aside. We've had 15 or so presidential elections since 1965 and this has never been a major concern, until now, because it's been weaponized. Is there a problem? Sure! Did this come out of nowhere? No! Did both sides of the aisle allow this? Yes! Do we have to blow up the entire system because we all just started paying attention recently? That's the big question - I think we do not.

As for the “damage of standardized tests” - I took standardized tests in elementary school, middle school, high school. I took additional standardized tests on NYS for my “Regents Diploma”. I took a standardized test to go to college. I took no standardized tests for college. I took a standardized test to go to dental school, several while I was there with Part1/Part 2 boards and a standardized test to practice dentistry in a NE state. Somehow, I’ve managed and I’m doing better than just fine.