Recant@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 2 years agoWhy are US states, school districts banning smartphones in schools?www.aljazeera.comexternal-linkmessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squareBldck@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoIn the 2000s and early 2010s, less of your life was lived on a cell phone or smartphone. For kids now, it’s 100% of their lives. Post-COVID, the majority of social interaction between peers is through a social media app. That means that close to 100% of kids are on their phones during the school day. If you aren’t, you run the risk of social isolation and FOMO. Administrators can’t send a kid to detention for using their phone because ALL kids would be in detention every day. Here’s one article that examines the problem
minus-squareahornsirup@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoAs long as the phone isn’t used in class I fail to the the issue. There’s no need to ban phone use in general while on school premises.
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-22 years agoSchools are literally mini-prisons that feed into actual prison. The important thing is not reasonable control but complete control.
In the 2000s and early 2010s, less of your life was lived on a cell phone or smartphone.
For kids now, it’s 100% of their lives. Post-COVID, the majority of social interaction between peers is through a social media app.
That means that close to 100% of kids are on their phones during the school day. If you aren’t, you run the risk of social isolation and FOMO.
Administrators can’t send a kid to detention for using their phone because ALL kids would be in detention every day.
Here’s one article that examines the problem
As long as the phone isn’t used in class I fail to the the issue. There’s no need to ban phone use in general while on school premises.
Schools are literally mini-prisons that feed into actual prison.
The important thing is not reasonable control but complete control.