> Few school rules come with the deprivation of your property though. You obviously never used a super soaker in class. There's plenty of stuff that will get c

> Few school rules come with the deprivation of your property though. You obviously never used a super soaker in class. There's plenty of stuff that will get confiscated if you use it in class. For good reason. > there really was no huge drop off in ability linked to phones in that generation. I dare to disagree. See linked research. Smartphones are dangerous. > Sure, how about boundaries where the government doesn't make such insanely stupid laws? I don't think that a law (or more likely; a regulation or advisement) to disallow mobile phones in the class room is a "insanely stupid" idea. "Insanely stupid" is - it seems - in the eye of the beholder. > Ultimately you have to remember that the vast majority of students do NOT choose to be there Kids are not adult. Kids don't want to eat greens, kids don't want to go to bed, kids don't want to brush teeth. Kids don't want to go to school. > Pushing them down harder doesn't make them appreciate you more or necessarily improve the quality of their education. No, but getting mobile phones out of the class room will. There's plenty of evidence that links "display time" with depression and suicide[0], attention and literacy deficits[1] and addiction[2]. I think that's worth it. [0] https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2167702617723376 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/21677026177233... [1] https://psycnet.apa.org/buy/2017-40489-001 https://psycnet.apa.org/buy/2017-40489-001 [2] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31800517/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31800517/