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.

  • stevedidWHAT
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    31 year 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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      181 year ago

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

      • stevedidWHAT
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        1 year 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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          131 year 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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            131 year ago

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

            • @SomeoneElse
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              101 year 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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                41 year ago

                Lurk no more - it’s much nicer here!

            • @TenderfootGungi
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              11 year 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.