Ban Phones In Schools?

[ToraToraTora]

https://news.sky.com/story/starmer-urged-to-support-ban-on-smartphones-in-schools-to-stop-children-doom-scrolling-13234054

I definately think so.

[douglas9401]

But how will they check their spelling?

[DDIL]

I don't think this will stop them bringing smartphones to school.

There will still be parents that state their child has a right to carry phones and they have a right to contact their child.

Its a sad state of affairs where a government has to step in and manage school rules.

[naomi24]

Children in some schools here hand their phones into the office each morning and collect them at hometime.  

[Canary42]

I agree - we weren't even allowed to talk in class (an offence for which I was once beaten).  We were allowed to answer the teacher of course.

[ToraToraTora]

DDIL: "I don't think this will stop them bringing smartphones to school." - it will if they are confiscated until the end of term as myriad items were in my day.

[ToraToraTora]

DDIL: "There will still be parents that state their child has a right to carry phones and they have a right to contact their child." - Then they can phone the school secretary as our parents did.

"Its a sad state of affairs where a government has to step in and manage school rules." - sadly we live in the age of moronic parents.

[naomi24]

We live in a very rural area where schools are a long way away and buses few and far between.  I wouldn't want a child of mine going to school without a phone.  

[ToraToraTora]

what did we do Naomi? We never even had a land line most of the time. I can remember queueing at the phone box!

[THECORBYLOON]

The report shows the plan is to ban 'phones in classrooms so they could be handed in at the start of the day and returnt at the end of the day.

 

[naomi24]

I didn't have an hour and a half bus journey each way, TTT.  Did you?

[ToraToraTora]

I could either cycle or get 2 buses. The point is that parents accepted that they had to let their little darlings out of their contact all day most days. If there was an issue it was dealt with using what was available. I think kids are too dependent on the zombie boxes these days and parents expect to be in contact all the time.

[Canary42]

I had a 30-minute train journey each way and no means of communicating delays to home.  We didn't need molly-coddling in those days.

[naomi24]

The world has changed, TTT.  I think handing phones in at the school office every morning and collecting them at night is favourite.  That way if there's a problem during the school day the school can deal with it - if there's a problem on a child's journey to or from school, the child is not stuck for help.

[Ken4155]

I dare say that if a school were to confiscate a smart phone until the end of term, this would be considered theft, TTT.

[ToraToraTora]

11:08 nope, I am sure the judge will correct me if I am wrong but theft requires the intention to permanently deprive without compensation. If it is the school policy to confiscate until the end of term it would work the same as it did in our day with whatever was confiscated.

[ToraToraTora]

11:05 fair enough but just saying, we managed.

[Atheist]

I think it's reasonable to check in phones on arrival at school, and collect them at the end of the day. They used to do things like that in old western films (guns, of course, not phones)

[Canary42]

The idea of running a school like a Western is hilarious - thanks for the post Atheist 😀

[Old_Geezer]

Ban all smart phones for kids.  They will get around any restrictions and see things on the Net that they shouldn't. Parents should already know that. Basic mobiles are ok if switched off during lessons.

[fender62]

when i was in school and wanted to talk to my parents via main office school phone, you had to have a very good reason, secretary phoned the parent and not the child, so why do children need phones in schools, any communication can be done can be done via school secretary.