Greece announces new rules banning mobile phones in schools from September
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Re: Greece announces new rules banning mobile phones in schools from September
#2We gave our son in middle school a smartwatch as a compromise, figured a full smartphone would be too distracting.
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#3It’s news to me that phones were ever allowed. They were to be locked in a locker until after school hours for my entire schooling (punishable by detention and seizure of phone).
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#4Why don't they just jam them?
Re: Greece announces new rules banning mobile phones in schools from September
#5It’s news to me that phones were ever allowed. They were to be locked in a locker until after school hours for my entire schooling (punishable by detention and seizure of phone).
Where in Greece did you go to school?
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#6Loving this trend of banning phones.
I overheard a conversation last week from a group of teachers talking about the phone ban:
They had students put their phone in signal blocking bags. But some phones kept searching for signal until they overheated… literally warping the phone screen.
Now they advise students to put it in airplane mode before sticking it in the bag…
Re: Greece announces new rules banning mobile phones in schools from September
#7Why don't they just jam them?
Presumably the teachers still need their phones.
Re: Greece announces new rules banning mobile phones in schools from September
#8Why don't they just jam them?
Really hard to contain that to a specific area, and you end up interfering with outside the school, possibly preventing people from calling emergency services.
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#10It’s news to me that phones were ever allowed. They were to be locked in a locker until after school hours for my entire schooling (punishable by detention and seizure of phone).
The article notes that phones usually weren't permitted in schools, but it was difficult to enforce. Granted, the article doesn't give much reason to believe that it will be any easier to enforce. It suggests that they don't expect full compliance at the outset. Given the penalty is removal of the student from school, I doubt there will be much enforcement unless the phone is used to harass other students or staff. The more sensible solution is likely the one that you were exposed to: seizure of the phone.