▲ 23 ▼ Canadian schools are experimenting with cellphone bans, but some parents say the devices are lifelines (www.cbc.ca) submitted 3 years ago by CrimsonFlash@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca 122 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Grennum@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago (2 children) This is just silly. Just ban the phones. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] lp0101@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lp0101@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 years ago No it is not silly. You're silly. :| permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lp0101@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lp0101@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lp0101@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lp0101@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 years ago No it is not silly. You're silly. :| permalink fedilink source parent