Good. School is not the time or the place for that. I think there's something to be said for banning smartphones while allowing cellphones that can take calls l

Good. School is not the time or the place for that. I think there's something to be said for banning smartphones while allowing cellphones that can take calls like feature phones. Nevertheless, I hate to be that guy -- one of the Gen Xers now seen yelling at clouds on TikTok -- but we seemed to manage just fine when anything called a "phone" was connected to the wall, not constantly on our person; and if our parents wished to reach us at school they had to call the front office and ask for us. Smartphones, those endless distraction generators, have about as much place in school as do Game Boys and Nintendo Switches. The ability to focus is a habit you can develop; school is a great place to learn that habit while you're still young.