> listen to radio in school Yes, and it’s fairly easy to hide an earplug by adopting a leaning posture. Also we read comics and books, and played games on our

> listen to radio in school Yes, and it’s fairly easy to hide an earplug by adopting a leaning posture. Also we read comics and books, and played games on our calculators, exchanged paper messages etc., though you would classify that as active distractions I guess. It’s true that smartphones are a different kind of devices, but I’m not sure it’s such a big deal if we account for the number of hours everyday they will be spending using them formthe rest of their life. Might as well have them part of the equation from the start.