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[-] nyan@lemmy.cafe 11 points 2 months ago

I have mixed feelings about the necessity of this.

On the one hand, I know they don't really need the cell phones, because they didn't exist when I was in school.

On the other hand, the kids who are paying attention to their cell phone rather than the teacher probably wouldn't listen to the teacher if the cell phone wasn't present, either, and some of them would be far more disruptive toward other students who are trying to listen.

On the third hand, expecting the kids to pay attention all the time even if they've already mastered the subject and are bored out of their skulls by the repetition needed for the kids below the class median to have a chance of understanding too is a problem in and of itself.

Fortunately, I am not a teacher, a student, or the parent of a student, so I have no horse in this race and am not required to make a decision on whether the bans are useful or just obnoxious.

[-] femtech@midwest.social 6 points 2 months ago

I mean with school shootings going up and the connected nature of life now. On top of saying back in my day is not a good reason, there is so much good progress we have made since then.

[-] WanderingVentra@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I do have a feeling cell phones have made more kids worse since we were in school. I can actively feel my attention spam getting worse from the clip nature of news, short form content on the internet, and endless scroll content of sites like Reddit or even here on Lemmy. And I used to be a good student who read constantly, now it's just basically my phone lol.

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