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[outofplace]

Everyone wants phones banned in school.
Until there's a school shooting.
Then its, "WHADDYA MEAN THEY COULDN'T CALL FOR HELP!??"

On the other hand, students can also end up giving away their locations with noise or social media posts on their phones. They can also be in danger of focusing on phones rather than paying attention to their surroundings in an emergency.

That is the primary reason parents push back. They want to be able to reach their children in an emergency. So say you have a group of students hiding in a classroom or a closet. Do you want to trust that they all silenced their phones so they don't ring or have an alert go off?

 

[Alma]

Do you have a kid in school right now? Because as the parent of a 16-year-old, I can assure you kids are on their phones less during school hours than in the evening and weekends.

I'm all for banning phones in the classroom. But you'll need to tell the AP Algebra teacher to provide TI graphing calculators rather than him telling the kids to download an app to do it.

Yes, I'd provide the calculators. All phones, out, as soon as possible, and the ratty Chromebooks, too.

And of course I agree that kids are on their phones less at school. They just shouldn't be there. And if you asked me whether phones should be illegal for kids under 16, I'd say yes.

If you're asking me if I think phones are a very, very underrated problem, the answer is yes, I do. But that's me and I'm in the minority there, I'm sure.

 

[Alma]

OK but can we keep the chrome books? Because I'm good with keeping phones out of schools.

Well, they suck as a product - break all the time, mousepads stink, etc - and they track the web browsing habits of kids.

Maybe there's a better product. I just know Google flooded the schools with them and not out of benevolence.

 

[outofplace]

Typing was so nice I took it twice!

The second time around it was called keyboarding, and I thought that meant we would be learning more about computers, which were not quite ubiquitous in the winter of 1993. Turns out it was just typing, but this time no longer on actual typewriters. But it was my last semester of high school and I was looking for a soft landing with my class schedule anyway so I stuck around.

My mother made me take keyboarding in ninth grade. She wanted to make sure I knew how to type. I still say that was the most useful class I ever took.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Yes, I'd provide the calculators. All phones, out, as soon as possible, and the ratty Chromebooks, too.

And of course I agree that kids are on their phones less at school. They just shouldn't be there. And if you asked me whether phones should be illegal for kids under 16, I'd say yes.

If you're asking me if I think phones are a very, very underrated problem, the answer is yes, I do. But that's me and I'm in the minority there, I'm sure.

Nobody denies phones (well, really, screen addiction) is a real problem. How do we solve it? Not just for kids and teens, but adults as well?

 

[outofplace]

Eighth grade for me too.

As for handwriting, 20 years of scribbling quotes down ruined mine. I wish it was better.

I wish I could blame taking notes for it, but my handwriting was always atrocious. I still remember a first-grade teacher telling the class that good penmanship shows good character. lol

 

[outofplace]

Yes, I'd provide the calculators. All phones, out, as soon as possible, and the ratty Chromebooks, too.

And of course I agree that kids are on their phones less at school. They just shouldn't be there. And if you asked me whether phones should be illegal for kids under 16, I'd say yes.

If you're asking me if I think phones are a very, very underrated problem, the answer is yes, I do. But that's me and I'm in the minority there, I'm sure.

They are a big problem, but I wouldn't go quite that far. There are still plenty of latchkey kids and young people who have after-school events that need a phone to communicate with their parents. I think rules banning them from classrooms make more sense.

 

[I Should Coco]

I wish I could blame taking notes for it, but my handwriting was always atrocious. I still remember a first-grade teacher telling the class that good penmanship shows good character. lol

My mom still kids me about how I refused to hold a pencil the proper way when they taught us how to write/penmanship in first or second grade. I hold the pen or pencil upright instead of leaning it back between my thumb and finger.

TL;DR: I also have horrible penmanship, and it's because I've always been stubborn!

 

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[Justin_Rice]

Well, they suck as a product - break all the time, mousepads stink, etc - and they track the web browsing habits of kids.

Maybe there's a better product. I just know Google flooded the schools with them and not out of benevolence.

Show me on the doll where the Chromebook's touched you.

You know why schools like the Chromebook's?