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by jtnews 3339 days ago
I hear some schools used to send students home with backpacks full of hundreds of dollars worth of textbooks even though they​ knew every book wasn't going to come back. It's called acceptable loss and is a cost of doing business. You can't deny all students access to resources just because there are a few bad apples.
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When I was in school textbooks weren't expensive and they did get destroyed by little future criminals.
I doubt children realise how expensive textbooks are, and the bullied child won't be as worried about a torn book compared to a broken ipad