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UNESCO calls for a global smartphone ban in schools (www.euronews.com)
submitted 1 year ago by fne8w2ah to c/technology
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[–] zaph 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Parents tend to care significantly less about a $20 toy than a $700+ smartphone.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Meh leave it home then. That worked fine when I was in school until phones became widespread

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@zaph

@fne8w2ah

Very true, but then leave it in a bag/locker.

[–] zaph 3 points 1 year ago

And that's the real answer for how to handle phones in schools. Someone else said leave it home but I'm a single parent of a special needs child, he's taking his phone to school and the school can eat my ass if they don't like it. Never had a problem.