Czechia moves to ban mobile phones in schools from September 2027
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Re: Czechia moves to ban mobile phones in schools from September 2027
#2Workplace next!
Re: Czechia moves to ban mobile phones in schools from September 2027
#3Actually effective way to protect kids without massive societal consequences and it also improves learning.
Re: Czechia moves to ban mobile phones in schools from September 2027
#4Actually effective way to protect kids without massive societal consequences and it also improves learning.
How is this effective at all? Every kid will continue to use them surreptitiously, as they always have.
Re: Czechia moves to ban mobile phones in schools from September 2027
#5At the same time as a lot of other countries.
Re: Czechia moves to ban mobile phones in schools from September 2027
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#7Actually effective way to protect kids without massive societal consequences and it also improves learning.
How is this effective at all? Every kid will continue to use them surreptitiously, as they always have.
This type of repetitive comment[1] is a bit like the bike lanes discussion:
1.City introduces bike lanes on street.
2. Residents complain about parking spaces going away, businesses complain about future bankruptcies due to fewer customers, general uproar is huge.
3. Residents discover bike lanes are quiet, and they also reduce ambient noise levels due to reduced car traffic, air is also cleaner, roads and intersections are safer.
4. Businesses (re) discover that cars don't buy things, people in big metal boxes going 50+kmph don't buy as many things. But people biking and walking are... foot traffic... and business goes up.
5. City decides to introduce bike lanes on another street.
6. Cycle repeats.
To your point about phones, it is very effective. If nobody can take their phone out on the school premise, suddenly it's very obvious who's trying to break the rule and guess what. Kids play, kids talk face to face, etc.
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[1] This type of comment is one of the first things posted for these types of articles.
Re: Czechia moves to ban mobile phones in schools from September 2027
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
How is this effective at all? Every kid will continue to use them surreptitiously, as they always have.
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The only friction here is 'you're not allowed to do that' - which doesn't typically work on teenagers. We had the same rules for dumbbphones and iPod's 20 years ago and it didn't work then.
Re: Czechia moves to ban mobile phones in schools from September 2027
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The only friction here is 'you're not allowed to do that' - which doesn't typically work on teenagers. We had the same rules for dumbbphones and iPod's 20 years ago and it didn't work then.
I've talked to parents of kids where they banned smartphones and the difference is palpable. And good.
Re: Czechia moves to ban mobile phones in schools from September 2027
#10I don't understand the legislative pushes for some of these things.
Schools can already say "no phones during instructional hours". Many of them do. I guess legislating it can mandate the policy across a school district, state, country etc., so perhaps that makes sense.
But others call for outright bans for kids, all the time. Parents can also restrict usage or set rules for appropriate use. Many do.