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Since the cat is out of the bag regarding mandatory education, I don't support this. Allowing kids to use smartphones freely in schools 1) will act as a very g
by veave 3y ago
Since the cat is out of the bag regarding mandatory education, I don't support this.
Allowing kids to use smartphones freely in schools 1) will act as a very good filter and 2) will keep the most annoying kids entertained thus allowing the kids who pass through the former filter to learn without interruptions.
The way it works now, we're just going for the lowest common denominator. The results are obvious.
- Digital28 3y agoMajorly oppose this proposal for a bunch of reasons. Also, fun fact: phone confiscation (except during midterms/finals) is a punishable offense at my university.
- dotnet00 3y agoAt a university level that's a pretty reasonable rule to have. Hell, even during exams, why confiscate? If the phone would be a means of cheating, the rule should simply be that using one is an immediate fail. That's how all my university classes did it, if it wasn't an open book exam, all phones were to be placed either screen down on the student's desk or left in their bag. Worked perfectly fine. I only ever had one class (which wasn't an elective) where computers and phones weren't allowed even during lectures, which was ironically an intro class on programming in C. Was a waste of time because the professor sucked and for me doubly so because I had already been using C for many years by then. Attendance was also mandatory so I just sat in the back and mostly slept through it.
- unethical_ban 3y ago"Since the cat is out of the bag regarding functional democracy" Optional education for students is fine if we don't utilize self-government. "Filtering" kids more easily distracted or less motivated leaves behind a lot of decent kids who just need more support than a self-starter. It's a horrible idea.