New York governor to launch bill banning smartphones in schools

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New York governor to launch bill banning smartphones in schools
theguardian.com
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I understand and empathize with the point you are trying to make. School shootings are the worst possible tragedies.

That said, I still do not think we should shape school cell phone policies around the off chance of a school shooting (please do not chastise my use of ‘off chance’. The fact that it happens at all is too much, but I think the chance that it happens to any one school is still pretty low).

Hmm good point. Let's ban guns and then ban cellphones from schools

I don’t think guns and phones in school are even the same conversation to be honest. I think that’s my trouble with the other commenter’s approach to the conversation.

Gotcha it is once again not time to talk about gun control.

We should go back to talking about Tik Tok. The real threat to children.

That’s not what I’m trying to say. The article is about cell phone policy in schools. The discussion got into gun control because Melkath feels like cell phones should be universally allowed in schools because kids should be able to call their parents during school shootings.

I’m eager to talk about gun control. I’m also eager to talk about cell phones in school.

I fail to see how gun violence in schools is at all related to cell phone policies in school. The attempt to link them together, as if cell phones must exist in schools because we can’t deal with gun violence, is laughable.

Edit: also I never mentioned TikTok.

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