CrimsonFlash@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 years agoCanadian schools are experimenting with cellphone bans, but some parents say the devices are lifelineswww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square109linkfedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down12
arrow-up138arrow-down1external-linkCanadian schools are experimenting with cellphone bans, but some parents say the devices are lifelineswww.cbc.caCrimsonFlash@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square109linkfedilink
minus-squarezephyreks@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·3 years agoPhones aren’t the problem, applications are. No one ever complained about having Nokia 3310s in their pockets.
minus-squaren7gifmdn@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 years agoyou clearly went to a different school than I did in tne 1990s
minus-squareBorgzilla@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 years agoYou guys had phones in the 90s? All I had was a tamagochi, and it got confiscated.
minus-squareAtaraxia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 years agoOh yeah those weren’t allowed either lol! In 1999-2002 I don’t think we had phones either but pagers were banned.
minus-squaren7gifmdn@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 years agowell I didn’t but the rich kids did.
minus-squarequafeinum@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·3 years agoYeah, snake2 was addictive… and don’t forget space impact.
minus-squaren7gifmdn@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 years agosnake 2 was the best! When I bought my first cell phone from Radioshack and I told them it had to have snake, the sales lady was flabbergasted that I cared about having games on my phone.
minus-squarei_love_FFT@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 years agoBright colorful screens that mess up serotonin are also part of the problem.
Phones aren’t the problem, applications are. No one ever complained about having Nokia 3310s in their pockets.
you clearly went to a different school than I did in tne 1990s
You guys had phones in the 90s? All I had was a tamagochi, and it got confiscated.
Oh yeah those weren’t allowed either lol! In 1999-2002 I don’t think we had phones either but pagers were banned.
well I didn’t but the rich kids did.
Yeah, snake2 was addictive… and don’t forget space impact.
snake 2 was the best! When I bought my first cell phone from Radioshack and I told them it had to have snake, the sales lady was flabbergasted that I cared about having games on my phone.
Bright colorful screens that mess up serotonin are also part of the problem.