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-square122fedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down12
arrow-up123arrow-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-square122fedilink
minus-squareGrennum@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThis is just silly. Just ban the phones.
minus-squareLuca@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 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-up2·1 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.
minus-squareacargitz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoNo it is not silly. You’re silly. :|
This is just silly. Just ban the phones.
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.
No it is not silly. You’re silly.
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