[Gigachad]

At least in Australia the phone ban doesn’t mean you can’t have a phone in your pocket, you just can’t take it out.

Taking your phone out when I was in school meant having it placed on the teachers desk until the end of class, and possibly some other kind of penalty if they particularly didn’t like you. But you always got your phone back before leaving the class.

[yurishimo]

So, exactly how it was when cellphones first became commonplace? I started high school in 2008 and had a flip phone at that time. Yea, literally everyone was texting behind their back, under a desk, or whatever but it was fine. If we got caught, the teacher picked it up and we could come pick it up at the end of the day.

I can imagine if the current “meta” is literally holding your phone in your hand for the entire school day that problems would indeed arise.

Personally, I think banning phones in the classroom similar to what I grew up with is the minimum. If students still have poor outcomes or are being bullied by other kids sneaking phones, then yea, collect them at the door or implement stricter punishment for students caught with a phone.

[Gigachad]

In public schools in Australia you could just openly use your phone until this new rule