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> Also, the kids are _in school_, their social networks are sitting in chairs, walking down the halls and eating in the cafeterias all around them. In my exper
by coldpie 3y ago
> Also, the kids are _in school_, their social networks are sitting in chairs, walking down the halls and eating in the cafeterias all around them.
In my experience, not really. Many young people these days are extremely online, chatting with people from all over the country & world, in addition to their local friend group. It's pretty wild.
> 45 minutes without checking instagram won't kill anyone.
Hey, see, we're already converging on a compromise solution :) The OP of this thread started with confiscating the phone for a full day, here we've reduced it to just in-class sessions. It's a tough problem! I don't know the answer! I don't think anyone does. What rankles me is people jumping to, "it's just a GameBoy/Snake, just shove it in a drawer for 8 hours," as the OP of this thread did. That stance is completely divorced from the real world.
- throwaway22032 3y agoThat's a gross misinterpretation of what I said and I suspect that you know it. Phones if used in class would be confiscated for the whole day. That doesn't mean that they couldn't be used during breaks under normal circumstances.
- ajsnigrutin 3y agoYes, if they use it in class (during a 45minute lecture (default lecture length here)) it should be confiscated for the whole day (or whenever parents can pick it up). They're obviously not responsible enough to keep the phone with them and not-use it during class (to be able to follow the lecture during that time).