Due to the new phone policy in the CHCCS district, students have had to be creative to get their fix on social media. Some have scrolled on their home computers, some have disguised their phones as calculators to avoid attention, but eventually the administration catches on.
One tactic remains hidden: Printing out the videos.
The district would never assume to check the harmless binder, what possibly could be in there? Little do they know the stash of brainrot hidden right under their nose. Frame by frame, students use these binders as flipbooks to watch reels in class.
“Generaly one binder is about 10 seconds of reels,” said one Phil Curley. “But with a full backpack you get at least a couple minutes.”
Some students have even begun renting these flipbooks out to the wider student population.
“Mom’s a little pissed about how much ink I’m using, but I’m turning a profit,” said one seller, Gram Insta.
Topics range in these binders from brainrot to movie summaries to educational content.
“Every man has his vice,” said one student. “I’m just trying to get my fix.”
Although some teachers are worried about the young minds of these students, others disregard the district’s claims as just a witch hunt.
“Frankly, I don’t have the time to care about whether my students are printing out videos; in fact, why are you even writing this,” said English teacher Meal Norgan.
This just seems to be another consequence of the new phone policies. The district has underestimated what it takes to police what students do when procrastinating.
“We’re trying to implement a ‘like’ system into our real binders,” said one seller. “But for now, people keep dogearing the pages.”