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by andrewla 728 days ago
Well said! This is the same problem I have [1] with the messaging around this sort of thing and I don't know why people can't back up and figure out a more consistent approach to these separate issues.

One thing I hear a lot from parents of middle school and high school children (mine are just entering this domain) is that there's a deeper problem of teachers losing control of students -- even when they have these policies, the teachers and administrators are unable or unwilling to enforce them. I don't know what the solution to this is, though.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40718848

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> teachers losing control of students

Outside very "leafy suburb" areas, this was a problem long before smartphones existed.

Smaller class sizes couldn’t hurt