The problem with phones isn’t really a school problem in my opinion. Teachers already don’t let kids use their phones during class and if they do anyway, why do we expect administrators to be better at enforcing anti-phone rules than teachers? The problem is with kids getting phones at a young age and spending hours on them at home, and the physical and mental health problems that causes. I guess not letting them use them at lunch and on the bus might cut a bit from that time but I don’t think it solves the problem.
Maximilianne on
just only allow the top 10% of the student body the right to use their phones
Efficient_Tonight_40 on
Im a TA in a 6/7 class in British Columbia where we’ve done a similar phone ban, and the difference is actually shocking compared to before. They’re way more focused and motivated, and when they do get distracted now it’s at least by another person and not a machine designed to be as distracting and addictive as possible, so that’s way easier to deal with.
Midwinter93 on
Smartphones are the largest impediment to human development and wellbeing in all of history.
FrostyArctic47 on
I feel like this is just a bandaid. Unfortunately, we are moving towards a world that’s going to be completely digital and virtual based and technology is going to be even more integrated into our lives. It’s going to be almost impossible to regulate kids’ access to that.
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The problem with phones isn’t really a school problem in my opinion. Teachers already don’t let kids use their phones during class and if they do anyway, why do we expect administrators to be better at enforcing anti-phone rules than teachers? The problem is with kids getting phones at a young age and spending hours on them at home, and the physical and mental health problems that causes. I guess not letting them use them at lunch and on the bus might cut a bit from that time but I don’t think it solves the problem.
just only allow the top 10% of the student body the right to use their phones
Im a TA in a 6/7 class in British Columbia where we’ve done a similar phone ban, and the difference is actually shocking compared to before. They’re way more focused and motivated, and when they do get distracted now it’s at least by another person and not a machine designed to be as distracting and addictive as possible, so that’s way easier to deal with.
Smartphones are the largest impediment to human development and wellbeing in all of history.
I feel like this is just a bandaid. Unfortunately, we are moving towards a world that’s going to be completely digital and virtual based and technology is going to be even more integrated into our lives. It’s going to be almost impossible to regulate kids’ access to that.