You know, now that I think about it, I'm not sure where I land on this issue.
On the one hand, kids not being able to get off their phone to the point it impacts their performance at school is worrying.
On the other hand, school is kid prison, and I really can't begrudge any kid who, when having to listen to a teacher for hours on end, takes any opportunity to do something more interesting they find.
It's mostly social media (=bullying), games, or snapping/sharing creep shots of classmates, from what I've heard. To a substantial degree the phones are just amplifying what's already bad about school.
Agreed about the entire enterprise of school, as it exists, kinda being horrible kid-prison to begin with, though.
> It's mostly social media (=bullying), games, or snapping/sharing creep shots of classmates, from what I've heard. To a substantial degree the phones are just amplifying what's already bad about school.
I'm pretty sure there's a selection effect in what you heard (eg you only hear stuff about kids using phones was something goes wrong enough to be headline-worthy).
For instance, I'm no fan of social media, but I wouldn't say it boils down to bullying and nothing else.
On the one hand, kids not being able to get off their phone to the point it impacts their performance at school is worrying.
On the other hand, school is kid prison, and I really can't begrudge any kid who, when having to listen to a teacher for hours on end, takes any opportunity to do something more interesting they find.