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All the armchair education experts in this thread who say it’s not the distraction, it’s the poor teaching, (1) have never set foot in a k12 classroom as an adu
by buttocks 4y ago
All the armchair education experts in this thread who say it’s not the distraction, it’s the poor teaching, (1) have never set foot in a k12 classroom as an adult; (2) completely forget their own experience as k12 students. You can have the most engaging lessons and any small distraction will kill the momentum.
- fordsmith 4y agoI am sorry but I cannot agree with this at all. It is not long ago that I went through this education, but there are far too many poor teachers. Education is a difficult problem to solve, but that doesn't mean that banning anything that competes with the attention is the solution. If teachers are so boring such that the majority of students are turning to a dinosaur game, then the lesson is already not going to be learned. Might as well just give them a pamphlet and tell them to study for the test, as that is what is basically happening anyways but with more timing flexibility. If it is only a minority of students doing the dinosaur game, then they will turn to something else anyways. Thus the blanket policy it implements according to other commenters just ruins it for others.