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From: Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: 1 Hour ago - LAUSD approves cellphone ban as Newsom
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Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2024 21:21:31 -0000 (UTC)
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bad sector <forgetski@_INVALID.net> wrote:
> On 6/19/24 12:49, Chris wrote:
>> Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:
>>> On 6/19/2024 5:09 AM, Thyme Four Kneegrow Knewz wrote:
>>>> The Los Angeles school board Tuesday set in motion a plan to ban cellphones
>>>> all day on campus, saying the devices distract students from learning, lead
>>>> to anxiety and allow cyberbullying.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>>> “Very furious,” is how Helen Ho, 16, a rising junior at Narbonne High in
>>>> Harbor City, described her reaction. Students need phones for emergency
>>>> situations and to maintain access to family, she said.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> At school, she said, she uses her phone for educational purposes, such as
>>>> applying to programs or accessing information from fliers that often provide
>>>> only QR codes, for which “you can’t use your laptop.”
>>>> 
>>>> For her, a phone is a source of connection and stability.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> She can do that stuff after school.  This ban has been discussed by
>>> other schools and many may now follow.
>> 
>> Already happened in France
>> https://news.sky.com/story/french-schools-ban-mobile-phones-as-parents-say-the-uk-should-be-next-11489948
>> 
> 
> https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/chroniques/2024-06-23/madame-julie-s-en-va-heureuse.php?sharing=true
> 
> 
> The above (in French) is the view of a teacher
> who's just retiring, pretty depressing! 

Not from my reading. It's a simple biography without much of substance
other than "things ain't what they used to be". That's hardly rocket
science. Of course things will change after 34 years of doing the same job.


>But the
> dilemma arises not from the phones and pads (as
> hardware) but from what they run so one altenative
> might be to outlaw the digital giants, as many
> intend to do and as some have already done. 

Or we take the teaching to where the kids are at. Not stick to outmoded
methods which aren't realistic anymore. 

Too much screen time is bad, but there are potential benefits to be
grabbed.