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But many students — who use their phones for listening to music, arranging rides home, checking on grades or assignments — are unhappy with the crackdowns. Some

But many students — who use their phones for listening to music, arranging rides home, checking on grades or assignments — are unhappy with the crackdowns. Some check in with parents or coaches by text. Some think the decision should be theirs, not a school dictate. Parents have been split on the issue, with many critics insisting their children need phones in case of an emergency. What kind of emergency can’t be handled by calling the school or, as a student, asking for your phone or access to a landline? What kind of private emergency decisions need to be made by 10th graders sitting in English class that require them to respond within seconds?

alistairSH 3y ago
This is American, so presumably school shootings. We should probably solve the root cause, but the 2A death cult does a fabulous job keeping people convinced that MORE guns is the solution, completely ignoring damn near every statistic shows more guns lead to worse outcomes.
- HDThoreaun 3y ago
  I don't understand how students having a phone helps in the case of school shootings. The school will call the police and any parents of students injured/killed will also be contacted by the school.
  - alistairSH 3y ago
    It doesn't (and likely hurts, by clogging cellular infrastructure and roadways). But parents want to know ASAP so they can rush to the school and "help". Probably because police in the US aren't actually required to actively protect people. And have proven incapable of doing the job.
    - throw9away6 3y ago
      In practice you will show up and wait outside while your kid dies and the police prevent you from helping.
      - alistairSH 3y ago
        Yep, that's why "help" was in quotes - there's nothing a parent can do from the parking lot. And allowing them into the building probably doesn't help either. It's a shit situation for everybody involved (and better solved at the root - we're just unwilling to do that).
  - rtkwe 3y ago
    Students often have information the school doesn't have in emergencies like where kids are trapped or sheltering and in need of medical assistance.
chankstein38 3y ago
Active shooters?
- thfuran 3y ago
  Will throwing phones at them make them go away?

alistairSH 3y ago

This is American, so presumably school shootings. We should probably solve the root cause, but the 2A death cult does a fabulous job keeping people convinced that MORE guns is the solution, completely ignoring damn near every statistic shows more guns lead to worse outcomes.

HDThoreaun 3y ago
I don't understand how students having a phone helps in the case of school shootings. The school will call the police and any parents of students injured/killed will also be contacted by the school.
- alistairSH 3y ago
  It doesn't (and likely hurts, by clogging cellular infrastructure and roadways). But parents want to know ASAP so they can rush to the school and "help". Probably because police in the US aren't actually required to actively protect people. And have proven incapable of doing the job.
  - throw9away6 3y ago
    In practice you will show up and wait outside while your kid dies and the police prevent you from helping.
    - alistairSH 3y ago
      Yep, that's why "help" was in quotes - there's nothing a parent can do from the parking lot. And allowing them into the building probably doesn't help either. It's a shit situation for everybody involved (and better solved at the root - we're just unwilling to do that).
- rtkwe 3y ago
  Students often have information the school doesn't have in emergencies like where kids are trapped or sheltering and in need of medical assistance.

chankstein38 3y ago

Active shooters?

thfuran 3y ago
Will throwing phones at them make them go away?