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   Hello Aaron Thomas!   
      
   ** On Friday 28.02.25 - 10:41, Aaron Thomas wrote to Mike Powell:   
      
    MP>>> Phones are completely banned in my kid's school, and the   
    MP>>> governor and he monkeys are going to ban them in all NY   
    MP>>> schools..   
    MP>>   
    MP>> I think it is a good idea.  We don't need another   
    MP>> generation of social media addicts.   
      
    AT> Yea but parents want to keep in contact with their kids (I   
    AT> know I do.) They're shutting off our communication with   
    AT> our kids without first solving the problem of   
    AT> unpredictable school shootings.   
      
   Phones tended to become a tool for emergencies.  So, a total     
   ban might not be wise at all.   
      
   But what really needs to be done is instilling a sense of     
   respect in the classroom of juveniles.   
      
   Many concerts and entertainment venues outright mention that     
   people turn off their phones and not take pictures. If seen     
   using a phone for the purposes of recording content, then the     
   person is escorted out. No one seems to have a problem with     
   that policy.   
      
      
    AT> Our kids know enough not to pull out their bird and pee on   
    AT> the floor in the classroom, so why shouldn't they also   
    AT> know the rules about pulling out the cellphone during   
    AT> class?   
      
   Yep..  it boils down to understanding was is respectful.   
      
      
    AT> The school is intentionally cutting off our communication   
    AT> with our kids and it makes me and a handful of other   
    AT> parents very angry.   
      
   Ah.. then perhaps the parent should play a strong role in     
   instilling phone ettiquette to their kids.   
      
      
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