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I think it's mostly posturing. Mobile phones were already banned in class, and this was well enforced. But many kids, especially in cities, take public transpor
by motdiem 9y ago
I think it's mostly posturing. Mobile phones were already banned in class, and this was well enforced. But many kids, especially in cities, take public transportation to get to middle school.
My experience with middle school in Paris is that it's also very unreliable schedule-wise. When school suddenly finishes 2 hours early, I appreciate getting a text message from my kid telling me what they're up to.
It looks to me that it'll be hard to enforce reliably - are they going to search backpacks, and keep phones in lockers during the times kids are in school ?
- Symbiote 9y agoThe second sentence of the article starts: "Children will be allowed to bring their phones to school"
- motdiem 9y agoI think you underestimate the practicality of it - it’s a big topic of conversation at our middle school currently. I think it’s going to cause more issues than solve problems to be honest
- jylam 9y agoThe school can send you an text message to inform you your kid will quit 2 hours early. Problem solved.
- motdiem 9y agoThat would be great, if I could trust the school communications system. My experience in Paris public schools leads me to prefer other ways of communicating