In California, a high school teacher complains that students watch Netflix on their phones during class. In Maryland, a chemistry teacher says students use gambling apps to place bets during the school day.

Around the country, educators say students routinely send Snapchat messages in class, listen to music and shop online, among countless other examples of how smartphones distract from teaching and learning.

The hold that phones have on adolescents in America today is well-documented, but teachers say parents are often not aware to what extent students use them inside the classroom. And increasingly, educators and experts are speaking with one voice on the question of how to handle it: Ban phones during classes.

  • vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de
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    8 months ago

    Fuck that shit. Even if i did have a phone, I am still not obliged to answer that immediately. I am currently busy. Respect my time.

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      8 months ago

      Oh yeah, parents love there children ignoring them. Surely there will be no repercussions such as having your entire phone taken away if you’re not going to use it to respond to the person who pays for it.

      All parents respect their children as individuals and absolutely don’t consider them to be property.