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-square118fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down12
arrow-up128arrow-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-square118fedilink
minus-squarezephyreks@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoPhones aren’t the problem, applications are. No one ever complained about having Nokia 3310s in their pockets.
minus-squaren7gifmdn@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoyou clearly went to a different school than I did in tne 1990s
minus-squarequafeinum@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoYeah, snake2 was addictive… and don’t forget space impact.
minus-squareBorgzilla@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYou guys had phones in the 90s? All I had was a tamagochi, and it got confiscated.
minus-squareAtaraxia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoOh yeah those weren’t allowed either lol! In 1999-2002 I don’t think we had phones either but pagers were banned.
minus-squarei_love_FFT@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoBright colorful screens that mess up serotonin are also part of the problem.
minus-squareAtaraxia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoPagers and cells were banned in my high school. If you needed to make a call you use the pay phones and the parent can call the office. Never been an issue. But at the very least keeping cell phones basic and only for calls would at least help.
Phones aren’t the problem, applications are. No one ever complained about having Nokia 3310s in their pockets.
you clearly went to a different school than I did in tne 1990s
Yeah, snake2 was addictive… and don’t forget space impact.
You guys had phones in the 90s? All I had was a tamagochi, and it got confiscated.
Oh yeah those weren’t allowed either lol! In 1999-2002 I don’t think we had phones either but pagers were banned.
Bright colorful screens that mess up serotonin are also part of the problem.
Pagers and cells were banned in my high school. If you needed to make a call you use the pay phones and the parent can call the office. Never been an issue. But at the very least keeping cell phones basic and only for calls would at least help.