New York governor to launch bill banning smartphones in schools - eviltoast
  • SickofReddit@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    How? My first thought was this is good. Kids should have to be in the classroom when they’re in the classroom and not on the internet.

    • originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com
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      5 months ago

      they said it themselves, parents dont want this. I dont want this for my kids. so they will be fighting both the parents and the students for enforcement. theres going to be a constant tit for tat… administrative churn from enforcement of some stupid state law. what is or isnt a ‘simple device’.

      the reality is, this is a per-classroom thing plenty of teachers currently have a handle on. the teachers that do have a problem with phones just basket them as they walk in. the problem for phone distractions at the classroom level has been solved, per-teacher.

      you dont need special rules laws to send a disruptive internet surfing kid to the office.

      i dont want the state telling me my kid cant carry the device i gave them. they have plenty of real problems to solve.

      • Montagge@lemmy.zip
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        5 months ago

        The article defines a simple device as a phone that can send texts but has no Internet access

        • DarthYoshiBoy@kbin.social
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          5 months ago

          My kids have child phones on Google Fi which allows me to shut down their Internet with a couple of button presses. Are they simple devices if I geofence their internet access off while they’re in school? I somehow doubt it, but it does meet the definition as you’ve stated it, which in turn means it is as @originalucifer said, not exactly cut and dry.