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Cyberbullying is another big motivator for banning mobile phones. Perhaps even bigger than the distraction aspect. It's also frustrating for teachers when bull
by exDM69 9y ago
Cyberbullying is another big motivator for banning mobile phones. Perhaps even bigger than the distraction aspect.
It's also frustrating for teachers when bullying is happening online, outside of school hours but it still takes place between students in the classroom. It should not be the teacher's business but it obviously impacts schoolwork in the classroom.
I think this is a smart move unless someone can show a study that's showing positive impact from using smartphones in schools.
- zxd1098 9y agoRight, protect kids from the world so they don’t know how to handle bullying as an adult.
- scott_karana 9y agoThis ban doesn't protect them from regular in-person bullying. Just crowd-sourced, Internet scale bullying. Ever had your photo released mockingly, and been laughed at by an entire school? Or even millions?
- clu3l355 9y agoHow does a phone ban stop this from happening? Not to mention the challenge of actually enforcing it. I suspect the kids who want to take pictures of others and upload them mockingly will still do it.
- scott_karana 9y agoTrue, but it does make it much harder to do while at school (if enforced passably), which is likely when much of it occurs already.