Technology

Some definitely tried. I got suspended in middle school because I forgot to turn my phone on silent and it went off in class. They had a "zero tolerance" policy, so it didn't matter that it was an accident

I think it has to do with the Columbine school shootings.

Because personal tutors are engaging directly with the student the whole session?

Probably because elite schools have smaller class sizes or teacher/student ratios thereby making it less necessary to have the ability to disseminate information via mass means with technology. Put it all up on a big screen where 30 kids can see it, send the assignments out to 120 kids via google classroom on school issued chromebooks (because there are plenty of kids from families that cannot afford computers), and do all the grading and review digitally. I’d be willing to bet those expensive private schools use plenty of tech, maybe kids carry Macbook Airs instead, but there’s no escape from tech in schools.

Brazil and nobody dying, what kind of propaganda is this?

Doesn’t matter if the teacher is an absolute gem and knows how to captivate kids who want to learn. Most kids prefer the dopamine hit from social media and other phone usage compared to actually learning. It just ruins it for kids who actually want to learn.

Does anybody but me remember when schools banned walkmen? What about portable CD players? Gameboy?

Except none of these things were feeding Andrew Tate or Joe Rogan garbage straight into their highly impressionable skulls.

I, for one, support the banning of phones in schools. The social media addiction has been shown to cause depression, particularly in girls, and the brainwashing is ever more apparent.

If anything, this policy fails by not going far enough. I question whether kids should have access to social media at all before a certain age.

If they have to hide their phones now, they won't be using them as much, which is The end goal.

You might be living proof that not using tiktok does not necessarily make you smart, I'll give you that point.

Yeah I think the adverse effect of handing an iPhone to a 10 year old in Atlanta, when that teen is still highly impressionable unrestricted and unsupervised access to the internet is far worse than handing a kid a Gameboy on which they can only game, or a Walkman on which the worst thing they can do is listen to Cardi B.

I remember when people didn't have phones on them 24/7 and kids didn't die and parents could call the school if they needed to talk to the kids. Somehow we survived.

For anyone screeching that you do: No. You don't

I have a feeling that you haven't gone to school recently lol

Educational resources are blocked that you literally cannot do your assignments without accessing. Teachers will tell you to use your phone to access it.

If you have some questions for someone who is actively in highschool right now, I'd be happy to answer :)

edit: tone

we didnt have clean drinking water either, or daily showers, we lived without soap for millenia

We've been without a lot of things for millennia