On Sat, May 20, 2023 at 03:08:19AM -0000, Jeff Jonas wrote:
Chicopee Comprehensive High to lock students’ cell phones during school day, joining Chicopee High
CHICOPEE – Comprehensive High School will soon be locking up
teenagers’ cell phones in magnetic pouches
Umm, errr, yes, no, maybe?
At first glance I agree that cellphones are abused and too distracting.
But isn't the easier solution for the students
to just not bring their cellphones to school at all?
Heaven forfend! That’s Communist! That’s Un-Americun! That’s unprofitable! How could you even suggest that all the young,
impressionalbe consumers-in-training be denied access to
advertisements while they are forming the brand-loyalties and
consumption habits which will provide a basis for Americun industry
and marketing for the rest of their lives?
And what if there's an emergency where ALL cellphones ought to be available?
Such as an AR-15 in the hands of another child? Calls for help won’t
make any difference worth mentioning: we don’t need panicked children
to sound the alarm. We need courage from our leaders who live off the
campaign contributions of the arms industry.
The school administrators and teachers are just tired of having
contradictory sources of information in the hands of children whom
aren't yet well-enough indoctrinated to ignore viewpoints other than
the ones the schools are paid to inculcate into their pointy little
heads.
Bill Horne
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