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Eton students being forced to swap their iPhones for Nokia dumbphones
- ChrisArchitect 2y ago[dupe] More discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40908999 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40908999
- gnabgib 2y agoUnlike this inaccurate summary article, students are forced to swap any smart phone, not just iPhones. Source article: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/eton-college-uk-poshest-private-school-bans-smartphones/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/eton-college-uk-poshest-private...
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- bell-cot 2y agoPlausibly better idea - a phones-allowed written entrance exam, which requires students to regularly look up interesting stuff online. And which is designed to wash out applicants who can't quickly do that, then set their phones back down to focus on the next (off-line) bit of the exam.