The Dutch government wants to ban smartphones from schools, both during lessons and during break times, as part of an approach to protect children better online. This measure should protect them against distractions in environments where they need to concentrate, State Secretary Willemijn Aerdts of Education and Emancipation announced on Monday.
I have/had ADHD and when they allowed phones/pdas with notes and reminder apps for the first time, i finally started remembering what was assigned for homework. paper planners simply didn’t work for me.
Exactly. When I was in middle school my doctor wrote a note to allow me to wear a hat and sunglasses in class on days when I had a migraine. It was of course an issue with the other students complaining that it was unfair. It never really bothered me though.
i agree about phones being a terrible idea to allow in schools in (current year).
But also you know teachers are just going to say “no” to a student asking for a permissions slip. Some of my teachers were not lax about phone usage, and those tended to be the classes where I consistently forgot what homework was due.
Partial exceptions are only partially useful.
you don’t request the permission from the teacher though. It’s a school policy and a teacher likely cannot overrule it anyway. you request the permission from the principal or the school psychologist, or whoever deals with kids special needs.
I fail to see a downside.
/Me works in a school
I have/had ADHD and when they allowed phones/pdas with notes and reminder apps for the first time, i finally started remembering what was assigned for homework. paper planners simply didn’t work for me.
So you get a permissions slip to say you can use one.
They cause far more upset and disturbance both in lessons and at break/lunch to allow their unregulated use.
The fallout for fights staged for snapchat is far more time consumng for staff than administering/policing special cases.
Exactly. When I was in middle school my doctor wrote a note to allow me to wear a hat and sunglasses in class on days when I had a migraine. It was of course an issue with the other students complaining that it was unfair. It never really bothered me though.
i agree about phones being a terrible idea to allow in schools in (current year).
But also you know teachers are just going to say “no” to a student asking for a permissions slip. Some of my teachers were not lax about phone usage, and those tended to be the classes where I consistently forgot what homework was due. Partial exceptions are only partially useful.
you don’t request the permission from the teacher though. It’s a school policy and a teacher likely cannot overrule it anyway. you request the permission from the principal or the school psychologist, or whoever deals with kids special needs.