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Wow

No we shouldn't.

Hello, clone.

You're the faker.

Man.

Perhaps I am. Maybe I'm the copy of the original Cop. But they seem to forgot to completely brainwash my memories.

This is literally like this image

if i arkuumed i would give you owner then do nothing at all

To whom it may concern,

You may (or may not) know that the technology policies have recently changed in the [commune name, not for u]
The current technology policies at [nuh uh] are unreasonable, for a multitude of reasons. I will split these reasons into 3 categories; computer policy breakdown, phone policy breakdown, and environmental challenges.

Computer policy breakdown -
Computer Content Restriction: I have access to a school issued computer, which has content restrictions due to a virtually inextricable district-provided educational management extension called Securly. All social media websites are blocked by Securly, and most communication/interactive websites, proxies, browser-in-browser websites, personal websites, book websites, game websites, news websites, and even “unspeakable” websites are blocked. A number of other things that are commonly searchable are blocked (or flagged when searched up) by Securly as well. A common example of this is what Securly considers to be “adult topics'', such as sexuality. The majority of that list I found out by accident that they were blocked (most commonly by automatic page redirects). The district also has safesearch turned on, which automatically limits things that are deemed “Not Approved For Kids” by Google’s own servers. This covers most of Google’s services, including YouTube. The school is able to monitor our computer’s search history, and all Google accounts that are outside of the [not for u] Public Schools district are unable to be logged into.
So what exactly do these restrictions leave me able to access? I can access Gmail (and the connected google chat services), Google classroom, a very slim selection of news articles (and associated websites) that cover religious topics, Wikipedia, Britannica, and a few other encyclopedias, official government websites of this country and other countries, certified health websites, certified dictionaries such as Dictionary.com, Merriam-Webster, Google Drive, Google Maps, and Google Docs.

General Class Information: I have 3 classes (Plant Science & Food Justice, Wellness 9, and US History 2) that all give regular classwork, at least bi-daily homework, assessments that usually fall under either standardized or knowledge-based, and research projects.
Typically, the majority of my classwork I can manage to complete by the time class ends. However, sometimes I run out of time and have to spend some time in my next class finishing it. However, that creates the same cycle for the rest of the school day. Which means that I would end up going home with unfinished classwork. Unfinished classwork would typically only take me around 10-20 minutes to complete.
There’s another reason why I would be coming home with unfinished classwork. If I’m too mentally, emotionally, or physically exhausted, I will decline to do work in one or all of my classes. This will cause me to fall behind on my work, and end up having to do it when I get home.
Homework: At a low-average time, a small homework assignment would take around 20-30 minutes to complete. This would require zero distractions, full concentration, fully retained in-class information, and peak motivation. At a high-time average it would be around 3 hours, which would mean lots of distractions (meds, dinner, chore, etc) , partial concentration, little to no retained class information, and very little to no motivation.
Projects: Expected to be completed within a 1-2 week time frame, depending on the size of the project and the class. I can ask for an extension, as it’s in my IEP(Individualized Education Plan), but that only gives me ½ more time than the original amount.
All of these situations require me to use my chromebook, because the vast majority of our schoolwork is given to us online.

Phone policy breakdown-
I’m frustrated with the one hour phone time policy.
I like to be able to check my personal emails, but I barely have enough time to get through all of them on all of my accounts. I get a lot of spam, but I also get some important emails too.
I like to be able to have more time to have phone conversations. Sure I can text people while having a phone call, but it’s nice to be able to focus on one person at a time. To have time for them.
To self-soothe, I like to do digital art on my phone. However, it takes me at least 1½ to 2 hours per high quality piece (perfectionism), maybe even more time than that.
Not being able to use social media isn’t terrible, but I feel like I should have gotten more warning in advance. One day I’m talking to my friends, and then poof! No more talking to anybody that isn’t on your contact list. Not even making posts, because you could be talking to someone that isn’t “approved”.
It frustrates me even more that I can’t just talk about my real life issues (without naming specific people or places) to somebody who doesn’t know me on a personal level.
Not having a phone on my person (even a flip-phone would suffice) can be a serious safety hazard. What if there was a school emergency and everyone left, so I was just stuck there even when the school day was over because I had no way to contact the program? What if I got into an emergency/accident at/during school and couldn’t call anyone because I don’t know their numbers? What if the school day was over and the was running an hour or more late, and the school front office closed down (this happened once this year, but I had my phone back then)? Or these situations but at work? What if everybody on shift left except me, and I had no way to call the house? Hypothetical situations, but isn’t physical safety more important than anything?

A workplace wouldn’t hire someone if they had very limited contact. Employees need to be reliable, which also means having some form of constant contact. For example if a coworker called out of work, and the boss needed somebody to pick up the shift but I was the only one left to ask because everybody else refused or had too many hours, but I had no idea I was asked to work because I didn’t have a phone to check my texts/calls/emails.

Environmental -
This shouldn’t ever have to be the case, but situations in [nuh uh] often leave me with burnout.
I am often left to provide a “safe person” for my peers. I’m the person who has to offer to help them do what is a struggle, and comfort them when times and situations start to become unmanageable.
I’m also left to become a “supporter” for a majority of the staff.
I also feel I need to be a “backbone” for the admin team.
On top of these, I still have to take care of myself (mentally and emotionally) and do my household requirements (hygiene, clean room, chores) because I don’t trust that anybody in the house would do the same for me.
I’m also being pushed to go out on more outings, because “[I’m] not spending enough time out in the community”.
I also feel unsafe to request a “mental health day” ever, because I’ve been told what feels similar to “don’t use mental health days as an excuse to run away from things, only use them in times of absolute desperation.” Besides, I’ve used up all of my mental health days (3, allowed by [overseer] policies) this year already.
I’m dealing with tough situations as it is in my personal life - with my cat dying and not being able to see him, not being able to see my parents as much as I would like due to distance reasons, having a long distance partner, trying to recover mentally from the bullying and sexual harassment in school from last semester, having no friends in school, not being able to focus on my future career, not being able to take drivers ed or get a job, not being able to switch schools, dealing with my DCF custody case + my mother’s adoptive parents, etc.
I also don’t feel comfortable opening up to the other kids about even small things, because I had done it in the past in the form of jokes and been told to stop by multiple different people (staff and peers) on multiple different occasions.

It doesn’t help that I don’t have a person in the house that I feel like I can fully open up to about everything going on, but that I’m being forced to do “clinical” (therapy) sessions at the same time. I don’t feel comfortable doing therapy, and it makes me feel unsafe and stressed. I have a lot of history around disliking therapy due to being forced into it before, and not being able to trust that my therapists wouldn’t just run off and tell everything I say there to my mother’s adoptive parents.
Situations where I would be getting yelled at or questioned for leaving my bed unmade for one shift, or not having been able to finish my laundry due to no fault of my own. For example if I was running late for school, or if someone left their laundry in the washer and/or dryer and I wasn’t able to do mine. Or if someone had a crisis for the majority of the shift, and staff had to pay attention to the kid in crisis and keep the others safe so they have no time to get laundry detergent and dryer sheets out of the chemical closet.
Situations where I don’t get to choose what to buy with my clothing money, just “buy this, buy that, and buy that too.” “You should buy something like this!” “You need to buy [type of clothing].” or just being watched while buying my clothes. It’s kinda weird. I don’t want to be watched buying some socks, or be rushed to pick clothes out or stop just moving without looking around because the other person wants to check out another clothing section.
It’s not like I get any community time either, I always have to be with some other kid and a staff member when I’m outside of the house or else it’s “Absent Without Leave (AWOL)”. Sometimes the activity that I actually want to do will get canceled anyway.

Other:
I don't mind my phone or computer being monitored every so often or searched through, that's what I signed up for when I signed the contracts. But constantly having somebody watching my screen while I’m using them is overwhelming. When I’m being watched, even if I’m not doing anything wrong I’ll feel like I am.

Closing statement:
I know that the staff and admin team are trying their best to navigate all the things that are going on right now at [nuh uh], but I’m exhausted from having to deal with many changes and different things going on all the time. I’m also tired of having to hear things like “this is just how it is now”, when it had violated my technology contract with DCF. I am kindly requesting to not have my computer taken away from me overnight. I can't handle it, I have enough on my plate right now.

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Please note: every person that I, Alo, have currently attached to this email should read this whether they are directly connected or indirectly connected. You have the right to disagree with me and speak upon why you think certain people should not be attached to this email. Please remember to respect that this is me speaking my mind about a situation that I find, presently, to be troubling - and that the people I have attached to this email are the people who I feel most comfortable with distributing this information to. Please ask me before adding additional people to this email thread, or sharing it in person with others. Thank you for your time and consideration, and please let me know if you have any questions or wish to discuss further in person.

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You created a entire essay

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