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Maybe it’s a symptom of where I live, but many teenagers I know would simply say “try and take it away from me” and wait for enforcement. Very few teachers would engage, and they know that. Teenagers crave and seek out agency. A phone not only provides some of that to them, but resisting having it taken away does as well. It’s a battleground.

If students can’t use them, neither should adults.

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Faraday cage and block all internet in the classroom would make most devices unusable for anything except direct P2P apps like Briar.

I think this might work in a country like the Netherlands where school shootings aren't a constant fear and teachers are generally entrusted to ensure safety of children while they're in school. In America I think some parents would freak out because of the potential of the child being unable to reach out to a parent or vice versa during an emergency.

Newsflash: there are mechanisms of communication that utilize wires and can be installed in every room in a building!

I submit that any effective jamming or interference of wireless devices could be disabled in an emergency.

Of course, if there is a rule, it should be enforceable by teachers. Teacher says no phone? Put the fucking phone away, child.

High-tech enforcement of 19th century teaching styles...

Obviously physical intervention is ridiculous here, but forcing the student to leave the classroom if they don’t comply is reasonable.

That being said, discipline in schools is a huge can of worms in the US. Bu, in principle, the specific phone problem has solutions.

It's the Netherlands. We don't roll like that ;)

Here in Canada we roll in some ways I’m not proud of.

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