Comment on Why are US states, school districts banning smartphones in schools?
esaru@beehaw.org 5 months ago
Why not banning them in schools, are they needed for studying?
Comment on Why are US states, school districts banning smartphones in schools?
esaru@beehaw.org 5 months ago
Why not banning them in schools, are they needed for studying?
lemming934@lemmy.sdf.org 5 months ago
In the US you sometimes hear that phones in class are necessary to see if your kids are OK in a school shooting scenario.
I think this isn’t a good argument, since school shootings are rare, and it’s unclear if each student having a phone would do more harm than good in that kind of situation.
blindsight@beehaw.org 5 months ago
Also, dumb phones are fine. SMS and phone calls aren’t a problem, it’s smart phones that are addiction machines.