CrimsonFlash@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year agoCanadian schools are experimenting with cellphone bans, but some parents say the devices are lifelineswww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkCanadian schools are experimenting with cellphone bans, but some parents say the devices are lifelineswww.cbc.caCrimsonFlash@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square37fedilink
minus-squareLuca@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoRight? I survived just fine withiut a cell phone until partway through high school. If there was an emergency, my parents would just call the school.
minus-squareacargitz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoIn Montreal, it is common for students after a certain age to start commuting back home with public transit. Using the school as the single point of contact is not always possible.
minus-squareLuca@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThe ban isn’t preventing students from bringing a cell phone and keeping it turned off in their lockers all day. As an aside, hello fellow Montrealer.
Right? I survived just fine withiut a cell phone until partway through high school. If there was an emergency, my parents would just call the school.
In Montreal, it is common for students after a certain age to start commuting back home with public transit. Using the school as the single point of contact is not always possible.
The ban isn’t preventing students from bringing a cell phone and keeping it turned off in their lockers all day.
As an aside, hello fellow Montrealer.