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FemDemERA

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5. So True BumRushDaShow. At my college, many students had no computers, printers, or internet and
Sun May 10, 2026, 04:13 PM
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were trying to use their cell phones as computers and/or their "hotspot" data to login and do classwork. I spent many hours on the phone trying to help students access and complete forms - not only did they not know how to do something that we who worked with computers everyday had assumed a college student could do, but the cell phones and hotspot data was excruciatingly slow for many of them. Plus, most plans have a limited hotspot, and video eats up that data quickly. Some students didn't have plans that included hotspots or data, just a basic few minutes and texts a month. When you have little funds, you are forced to cut out anything that is not essential to living and breathing - and many times even those.

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