A 26-year-old man is charged with sex crimes after enrolling in a public school district in Lincoln, Nebraska, where he pretended to be 17, police say.

  • @Blamemeta
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    92 years ago

    Its a public school, and not every kid is going to have a ssn.

    • stevedidWHAT
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      32 years ago

      Please explain. Far as I know, if you’re a citizen of the US you have an ID tied to your DOB (unlike a physical license which in theory is easier to fake rather than having a remote db of this info)

      It is inexcusable that this school couldn’t figure out how to positively fucking identify someone’s age. Imagine having children in this era of “we have to account for everyone’s circumstances or nobodies at all”

      • @Blamemeta
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        182 years ago

        Think immigrants. And you don’t have to be a citizen to go to public schools.

        • stevedidWHAT
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          2 years ago

          The US govt has IDs for all of these things. I do not subscribe to a model of all or nothing either.

          Something is better than nothing.

          Edit: edited to remove purposeless jabs at someone who was just trynna answer my question

          Sometimes I do the dumb

          • @SomeoneElse
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            132 years ago

            It’s not blamemeta’s “model of all or nothing”. You asked them to explain why schools don’t require SSN or why some children don’t have them. They told you two reasons why.

            • stevedidWHAT
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              132 years ago

              You’re right thanks for the second look and for bein pretty patient

              • @SomeoneElse
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                102 years ago

                No problem, happens to the best of us sometimes. How refreshingly civil is Lemmy’s comment section compared to Reddit’s toxicity?!

                • stevedidWHAT
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                  Quenching a thirst i had forgotten about

                • @SomeoneElse
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                  42 years ago

                  Lurk no more - it’s much nicer here!

              • @TenderfootGungi
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                12 years ago

                IDs. States issue formal IDs to non-drivers. We got one for our kids before traveling abroad (and passports). It looks just like a drivers license.