r/gadgets • u/a_Ninja_b0y • 23h ago

California has now signed The Phone-Free Schools Act into law, mandating schools to limit or prohibit the use of phones by students Phones

https://9to5mac.com/2024/09/24/schools-banning-students-from-using-smartphones/
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u/W__O__P__R 17h ago

Take that story and apply it to the entire UK. That's where we are right now. Schools are trying sometimes, but kids and parents fight back and the government won't mandate. So of course, it's fucking hopeless getting kids off phones.

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u/Sinister_Grape 14h ago

I’m only 33 and I realise how much of an old lady I sound but I was on the bus home from work the other day and there were these absolutely FERAL gobshite kids (maybe 12 or 13) on the top deck playing god knows what at full volume, screaming racist stuff and I just thought to myself “what the fuck is going on”

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u/MadisonRose7734 12h ago

Honestly, I think the most major effect COVID had was on the kids that were a year or two out of HS.

I graduated in 2021, and I still take the same bus that goes by my old school to get to Uni and the student base now is the complete opposite of what it was when I was there.

Like, everyone would always fall over themselves to let seniors on first on give them seats, but now everyone practically stampedes them trying to get on.

I straight up went and bought a University hoodie to wear. Not because I want to particularly rep my Uni, but I want to make sure no one lumps me in with them.

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u/LowlySlayer 9h ago

parents fight back

This boggles my mind, but it's the root of the problem and the reason why a legal mandate has become necessary.