I did all of those same things while in school with a Nokia candy bar phone. I did waste some time playing Snake though. Per the article this is a ban on using

I did all of those same things while in school with a Nokia candy bar phone. I did waste some time playing Snake though. Per the article this is a ban on using smartphones during class time, not a ban on bringing them to school at all. That seems pretty reasonable to me. When I was in school if a teacher saw you using phone during class you might get one warning and then it was being confiscated.