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[–] paninibba 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait, you guys have smartphones when you're studying in school?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You guys study in schools?

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana 4 points 1 year ago

You guys can read?

[–] DRx 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How do you tell you parents goodbye when the next massacre hits though?

[–] Hardeehar 2 points 1 year ago

You don't need a smartphone to make calls.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What a stupid and pointless endeavor. First, if the class is not engaging, then students will find a way to be distracted. Regardless of whether they have a phone or not. Second, students will absolutely be clever little shits and smuggle their phones into school.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

I used to get in trouble for doodling instead of listening to the teacher. So yeah, it won’t matter in the slightest.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@fne8w2ah. When I was a kid, toys, whatnots, etc could be taken by the teacher to be returned when they saw fit or off to the office and whenever the principal decided. I'd assume the same rules would apply to a smartphone.

[–] 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.