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'Wi-Fi Illness' Spreads To Ontario Public Schools
An anonymous reader writes "Readers of Slashdot might be familiar with Lakehead University's ban on WiFi routers a few years ago in Thunder Bay, Ontario because of 'health concerns,' a policy apparently still in effect. Now it seems a group of concerned parents in a number of communities in Ontario have petitioned the local school boards over similar concerns at public schools, where their kids are apparently experiencing 'headaches to dizziness and nausea and even racing heart rates' — symptoms that appear only when they are in school on weekdays, not on weekends at home. 'The symptoms, which also include memory loss, trouble concentrating, skin rashes, hyperactivity, night sweats and insomnia, have been reported in 14 Ontario schools in Barrie, Bradford, Collingwood, Orillia and Wasaga Beach since the board decided to go wireless ...' Besides Wi-Fi signals, could there possibly be any other logical explanation for kids having more symptoms of illness on school days than at home on weekends or in the summer?"
.. and they don't want to goto school.
It should be noted that public education systems are most significantly influenced by state and local governments. If you are running into a disproportionatly large number of uneducated (there is virtually no such thing as a 'completely' uneducated person) it is likely due to problems in your local community, local schools, local parents, local tax codes, local teacher's union, and state licensing, regluation, and funding of your local schools.
Where I live (south-central Wisconsin), the number of drop outs is insignificant, and it is an exceptionally rare occurance to meet someone who came up through the public education system that can not read at a minimum of a 6th grade level.
Non-english speeking families typically don't do quite as well, on average. But most of the 1st-gen US citizen latinos I know, that stuck with school, have a solid enough education to maintain a stable life style for themselves and their families.
IOW, it could very well be those libertarians that are causing the problems in your immediate area ;)
-Rick
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Electrolytes, eh? Maybe you should try some Brawndo, The Thirst Mutilator! - It's got what plants crave.
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