The UN agency said that even being close to a smartphone has been linked with students being distracted in the classroom, which in turn causes poorer student performances.
  • DRx@lemmy.worldEnglish
    214·
    1 year ago

    How do you tell you parents goodbye when the next massacre hits though?

  • Sabre363@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    195·
    1 year ago

    What a stupid and pointless endeavor. First, if the class is not engaging, then students will find a way to be distracted. Regardless of whether they have a phone or not. Second, students will absolutely be clever little shits and smuggle their phones into school.

    • SuiXi3D@kbin.social
      102·
      1 year ago

      I used to get in trouble for doodling instead of listening to the teacher. So yeah, it won’t matter in the slightest.

  • ppb1701@kbin.social
    11·
    1 year ago

    @fne8w2ah. When I was a kid, toys, whatnots, etc could be taken by the teacher to be returned when they saw fit or off to the office and whenever the principal decided. I’d assume the same rules would apply to a smartphone.

    • zaph@lemmy.worldEnglish
      112·
      1 year ago

      Parents tend to care significantly less about a $20 toy than a $700+ smartphone.

      • bjornp_@lemm.eeEnglish
        51·
        1 year ago

        Meh leave it home then. That worked fine when I was in school until phones became widespread