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Kids need to be able to leave their last words when a school shooter comes. If the government is going to ban phones they should at least allow old school audio recorders. While we are at it might be a good policy to require school IDs to be in shoes at all times so children dead bodies can be identified faster.
It would be nice if we could all be afforded the opportunity to record our last words before we die, but that’s not exactly how it works. On 9/11/01, we did not have technological wonders in our pockets for those poor people to use to record their last moments. So what would you have argued for then? What is it that makes you think kids these days are so special that they somehow deserve to be afforded something more?
There is countless senseless death all around us every day. You need to accept that.
Don’t force phones into schools because you can’t accept the grim world in which we live. Hate me all you want for it, but your argument is thin.
They could also just take a regular cellphone.
As far as I can see, this is banning smartphones, not cellphones. Can still do calls and text.
What kid these days has a dumb phone? This effectively bans phones and put the burden of corralling student attention in the hands of the parents.
Parents aren’t about to go out replacing their kids phones with dumb phones. Kids aren’t about to stop carrying their phones (I would tell my kids to keep it on them regardless of what the school says)
This is just a thin excuse for boards to put the blame on teachers and parents for the districts poor performance when really what we need is a lower teacher to student ratio, higher wage for teachers, and schools that are properly funded so these kids can be engaged with instead of policed.
My wife is a teacher in Finland and two cousins are teachers in USA.
Smartphones don't help with education either. Two things can be true. I'm not even sure what you mean by "corralling student attention in the hands of the parents".
That said, I was sarcastically replying to the comment above me which sarcastically suggested old school tape recorders.
What does this mean?
Also, I don't necessarily disagree with what you're saying ; the people in control of schools across the U.S. should be ashamed of themselves. However it is the responsibility of the parents to not just shove their kids in front of a screen because they're too busy for them.
Teachers have it hard enough as it is, I have nothing to say on that front. I would never have the patience to go through what teachers go through, period.