Originally posted by @whodeyI hope they like their kids growing up even more stupid than Americans.
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/french-kids-head-back-school-without-phones-160307415--abc-news-topstories.html
The French ban phones and computers and tablets, etc., from schools across France.
Yay.
I guess whodey finally found his role model.
Originally posted by @quackquackTeaching kids about technology is one thing, but having those devices around while trying to study other subjects is another.
Banning technology is a ridiculous educational concept.
What really makes me sad is, those poor kids that cannot afford phones, but their parents pay the absurdly high costs anyway so that their children are not social outcasts on the playground.
Corporations are robbing us blind.
05 Sep 18
Originally posted by @whodeyClothes can also be absurdly expensive and children can be social outcasts if they don't have the latest fashion. Perhaps the logical solution would be for schools to ban clothing as well.
Teaching kids about technology is one thing, but having those devices around while trying to study other subjects is another.
What really makes me sad is, those poor kids that cannot afford phones, but their parents pay the absurdly high costs anyway so that their children are not social outcasts on the playground.
Corporations are robbing us blind.
Originally posted by @quackquackTrue, I'm all about uniforms as well.
Clothes can also be absurdly expensive and children can be social outcasts if they don't have the latest fashion. Perhaps the logical solution would be for schools to ban clothing as well.
It is interesting that the Left is defending corporate America now
I view corporations like AT&T as nothing more than a non-government tax, because they know that people require their technology now just to hold down a job.
I anticipate at some point you will not be able to function within society at all without their little devices they charge absurdly high amounts of money for.
But Dims are all about taking our money, in any way possible.
And let's be honest here, people are unable to function without their phones now and would pay any price to have them.
Originally posted by @whodeyIf the uniforms are too expensive because the government or corporations that produce them will you advocate nudity in school? The sensible solution is to allow people to use technology and wear their own clothes to school and not cater to those who are too sensitive about not having the overly expensive but unnecessary article of clothing or technological item.
True, I'm all about uniforms as well.
It is interesting that the Left is defending corporate America now
I view corporations like AT&T as nothing more than a non-government tax, because they know that people require their technology now just to hold down a job.
I anticipate at some point you will not be able to function within society at all without ...[text shortened]... re, people are unable to function without their phones now and would pay any price to have them.
05 Sep 18
Originally posted by @quackquackThe issue is distractions at school that impede learning, devices and clothing being two unnecessary distractions.
If the uniforms are too expensive because the government or corporations that produce them will you advocate nudity in school? The sensible solution is to allow people to use technology and wear their own clothes to school and not cater to those who are too sensitive about not having the overly expensive but unnecessary article of clothing or technological item.
As a rule though, these devices may seem benign, but they are altering our existence.
Now we can be tracked with them and people can ease drop on our conversations with them as well.
Soon I think they will be required for money transactions. Imagine, every financial activity that can be traced at the blink of an eye.
Think of the potential abuses by Big Brother. That is why it shocks me that a government prohibiting them in schools.
05 Sep 18
Originally posted by @whodeyComputers are a learning device. People use them for research, to write and edit papers. Banning computers from school seems absolutely ridiculous. You probably would have banned pens and paper as fancy distractions and we'd still be etching in stone.
The issue is distractions at school that impede learning, devices and clothing being two unnecessary distractions.
As a rule though, these devices may seem benign, but they are altering our existence.
Now we can be tracked with them and people can ease drop on our conversations with them as well.
Soon I think they will be required for money transact ...[text shortened]... abuses by Big Brother. That is why it shocks me that a government prohibiting them in schools.
Telephones are a communication device. Small children in urban areas take public transportation at night to get home. It is not unreasonable for them to be able to make a phone call in emergency. Responsible students stay after school for extra help or clubs or sporting events. Things don't always end at a set time. It is not unreasonable to have a phone to speak to someone who might pick you up or want to know your plan. Banning technology is always foolish.
05 Sep 18
Originally posted by @quackquackThe ban would not apply to the task at hand in school, but everything else would be.
Computers are a learning device. People use them for research, to write and edit papers. Banning computers from school seems absolutely ridiculous. You probably would have banned pens and paper as fancy distractions and we'd still be etching in stone.
Telephones are a communication device. Small children in urban areas take public transportation at ...[text shortened]... someone who might pick you up or want to know your plan. Banning technology is always foolish.
Originally posted by @quackquackYes we know, and they are banned from schools.
We both know that there is only one distraction that school need to ban: guns.
Thanks for that.