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It's a thing everywhere, including Netherlands. I've seen it plenty of times over the years unfortunately. As for this specific issue, difficult parents has be
by arp242 3y ago
It's a thing everywhere, including Netherlands. I've seen it plenty of times over the years unfortunately.
As for this specific issue, difficult parents has been mentioned a few times, e.g. in [1]: "But a smartphone ban leads to resistance from some parents who always want to be able to contact their children, including creative forms of sabotage and frustrating conflicts in the classroom".
With hundreds or even thousands of kids and parents, you only need a few to be unreasonable to cause a world of frustration and hurt.
[1]: https://www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opinie/de-smartphone-moet-de-school-uit~b4c551c7 https://www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opinie/de-smartphone-moet-...
- ajsnigrutin 3y agoI've seen this solved here in slovenia in (at least) one school, where they have a "classroom phone" (a dumbfone, calls only). All the parents know the number, all the kids can use it in an emergency. They are usually not used in class, but on a field trip (especially multi-day one), the kids use it to call their parents and vice-versa.
- ShadowBanThis01 3y agoExactly. The go-to excuse for having phones in school is "B-b-but EMERGENCIES!" Such an easily defeated argument, as you point out.