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Dumb phone things, apps for blood sugar monitoring, checking public transport delays,.... There are enough stories about children dying because schools locked
by diffeomorphism 2y ago
Dumb phone things, apps for blood sugar monitoring, checking public transport delays,....
There are enough stories about children dying because schools locked away medication. I have very little trust that schools will apply any common sense.
- giantg2 2y agoAll the things you mentioned were normally handled without phones a generation ago. They should be able to get medical exceptions for medical devices. Yeah, schools have a history of issues. However, this policy isn't really new. It was in place when I went to school and there were no issues.
- diffeomorphism 2y ago> They should be able to get medical exceptions for medical devices. Keyword "should". > The schools have agreed that if any phone is used by a pupil during the school day, it will be confiscated. Yep, the "easy" and extremely irresponsible solution. > It was in place when I went to school and there were no issues. Good for you, but https://www.9news.com.au/health/boy-dies-after-school-confiscates-asthma-inhaler/65fd35ee-fc7d-4a6b-9027-57e2ebcd30c2 https://www.9news.com.au/health/boy-dies-after-school-confis... https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/11/20/california-school-district-student-asthma-attack-settlement/10745499002/ https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/11/20/califor...
- giantg2 2y agoWe're talking about phones, not lifesaving medication.
- diffeomorphism 2y agoExactly, schools even get things horribly wrong when it is literally life or death. How much more wrong do they get if the stakes are lower? Leave it to the parents not the schools!