• afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Kids need to be able to leave their last words when a school shooter comes. If the government is going to ban phones they should at least allow old school audio recorders. While we are at it might be a good policy to require school IDs to be in shoes at all times so children dead bodies can be identified faster.

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      6 months ago

      They could also just take a regular cellphone.

      As far as I can see, this is banning smartphones, not cellphones. Can still do calls and text.

      • VirtigoMommy@sh.itjust.works
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        6 months ago

        What kid these days has a dumb phone? This effectively bans phones and put the burden of corralling student attention in the hands of the parents.

        Parents aren’t about to go out replacing their kids phones with dumb phones. Kids aren’t about to stop carrying their phones (I would tell my kids to keep it on them regardless of what the school says)

        This is just a thin excuse for boards to put the blame on teachers and parents for the districts poor performance when really what we need is a lower teacher to student ratio, higher wage for teachers, and schools that are properly funded so these kids can be engaged with instead of policed.

  • qaz@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    We did this a while ago in the Netherlands and so far the research results on the effects look promising.

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      6 months ago

      Yes even the kids’ reactions generally seemed positive, some mentioned there were more conversations and joking going on in between classes, and cyber bullying was less prevalent (although ‘old school’ bullying seemed to make a comeback somewhat)

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    6 months ago

    They did something similar in Indiana. It’s not a ‘the cops are coming’ thing. It’s more about having a law that the school can reference when whiny ass parents get mad when a teacher takes a students phone away because it’s disrupting class.

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    6 months ago

    Can we just ban smartphones in general? Please?

    Go back to payphones and pagers and if you need to carry information in your pocket, PDAs where you have useful non-connected apps and download information ahead of time at home and store on the device instead of using a slow, unreliable, garbage tracking device to find what you need.

    • Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee
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      6 months ago

      I’m with you. I have similar relationship with connected devices as I do with cigarettes.

      I don’t like being threatened by the state but banning something has a bonus effect of making it look dirty.