Comment on Why are US states, school districts banning smartphones in schools?

esaru@beehaw.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• lemming934@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨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.

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  • blindsight@beehaw.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Also, dumb phones are fine. SMS and phone calls aren’t a problem, it’s smart phones that are addiction machines.

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