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'why ban them during breaks...' School isn't just about academic study, it's also where you make friends and learn how to interact with others. I think mobile

by dazc 9y ago

'why ban them during breaks...' School isn't just about academic study, it's also where you make friends and learn how to interact with others. I think mobile phones get in the way of this by enabling kids to just communicate within already established cliques?

raverbashing 9y ago
> by enabling kids to just communicate within already established cliques? Trust me, they already do that for the most part.
watwut 9y ago
Yeah, let's make it even harder for lonely kids. I mean seriosly, why do highly social people have so little empathy for introverted ones?
- dazc 9y ago
  As a former introverted kid, I never liked being forced into situations where I might have to actually talk to some other person, especially of the opposite sex. But, I can look back and be grateful there were no smartphones to hide behind, otherwise there are some hang-ups I might never have gotten over.
  - watwut 9y ago
    Honestly, I don't get where special hung on talking with opposite gender comes from. Never had that problem, maybe because I was never in strictly single sex peer group. But something that would allow me to hide a bit in elementary scool would be welcome. I did not learned anything about communication when forced into those situations, I was just lonely and miserable.
    - dazc 9y ago
      'I don't get where special hung on talking with opposite gender comes from.' Growing up with 3 sisters and learning at an early age what mental cruelty is.
    - matte_black 9y ago
      When talking to the opposite gender some people worry they might be sending a wrong signal and imply a romantic or prurient interest when there might not be one, especially if they don't have a previous history of talking to the opposite gender very often.
- TheCoelacanth 9y ago
  As an introverted person, spending more time alone as a child was the last thing I needed. There were a lot of social skills that I didn't develop until my mid-to-late twenties that would have saved me a lot of grief if I had been pushed into developing them earlier in life.
- ThrowawayP 9y ago
  Sorry but no. Even as an introvert, I can still recognize the problems that being able to escape into a smartphone during school would have caused me later in life.

by dazc 9y ago

raverbashing 9y ago

> by enabling kids to just communicate within already established cliques? Trust me, they already do that for the most part.

watwut 9y ago

Yeah, let's make it even harder for lonely kids. I mean seriosly, why do highly social people have so little empathy for introverted ones?

dazc 9y ago
As a former introverted kid, I never liked being forced into situations where I might have to actually talk to some other person, especially of the opposite sex. But, I can look back and be grateful there were no smartphones to hide behind, otherwise there are some hang-ups I might never have gotten over.
- watwut 9y ago
  Honestly, I don't get where special hung on talking with opposite gender comes from. Never had that problem, maybe because I was never in strictly single sex peer group. But something that would allow me to hide a bit in elementary scool would be welcome. I did not learned anything about communication when forced into those situations, I was just lonely and miserable.
  - dazc 9y ago
    'I don't get where special hung on talking with opposite gender comes from.' Growing up with 3 sisters and learning at an early age what mental cruelty is.
  - matte_black 9y ago
    When talking to the opposite gender some people worry they might be sending a wrong signal and imply a romantic or prurient interest when there might not be one, especially if they don't have a previous history of talking to the opposite gender very often.
TheCoelacanth 9y ago
As an introverted person, spending more time alone as a child was the last thing I needed. There were a lot of social skills that I didn't develop until my mid-to-late twenties that would have saved me a lot of grief if I had been pushed into developing them earlier in life.
ThrowawayP 9y ago
Sorry but no. Even as an introvert, I can still recognize the problems that being able to escape into a smartphone during school would have caused me later in life.