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submitted 1 year ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

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.

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[-] Blamemeta@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

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

[-] stevedidWHAT@lemmy.world 3 points 1 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@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

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

[-] stevedidWHAT@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 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@lemmy.world 9 points 1 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@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

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

[-] notfromhere@lemmy.one 6 points 1 year ago

As a lurker, I just wanted to say thanks for the civil discourse.

[-] SomeoneElse@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Lurk no more - it’s much nicer here!

[-] SomeoneElse@lemmy.world 5 points 1 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@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Quenching a thirst i had forgotten about

[-] TenderfootGungi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

They do, but most kids don’t have them.

[-] stevedidWHAT@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[-] TenderfootGungi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 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.

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