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Netherlands: Nationwide ban on phones in schools underway – DW – 09/02/2024 (dw.com)
28 points by rbanffy 56 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 6 comments



Kids these days can't live without their tracking device. What happens is they disable all notifications everywhere, enable do-not-disturb, mute all the sounds, etc. And whenever you need to call your teenager for dinner they'll be blissfully unaware of ever having heard their phone ring. Let the microwave fix the situation.

Even when their assignment is on a laptop, the precious handheld entertainment apparatus must be within short range.

Banning this stuff from classrooms is a good start though.


100% the American in me, but every time these bans get talked about it always feels like the true source is to remove/mitigate liability of everyone having a camera except the school(s).


That is completely not an issue in the Netherlands, and not even a reason being mentioned once in the discussion of this law.

It has only to do with the kids attention span, concentration and to a lesser degree social interaction and cyber bullying.


Sorry for including a differing sentiment on this thrilling 5 paragraph synopsis of what is likely a well demonstrated argument. Don’t hate on me, hate on the low quality post fron OP.


No apologies needed. I wasn’t trying to attack your opinion, merely trying to explain what the discussion in the Netherlands is about and that privacy or liability isn’t an issue here :)


There's 20+ witnesses in a classroom. Kids can learn to go about their day without a distraction machine in their pocket.




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