Ah yes, prohibition, which works every single time! As evidenced by all of those times it worked!

When I was in high school, my math teacher had a strict no texting policy. This was in the flip phone era.

There was one girl who was always rude and disruptive, and would openly text in front of the teacher and curse him out if he commented. He told her if she did it again then he would toss her phone out the window.

She promptly pulled out her RAZR flip phone and started texting, and he grabbed it and tossed it out the window. She had to go and find it after class. 🤣

She did get back at him later in the year though, when he was checking a message from his wife and she called it out. He then tossed his own phone out the window.

My school did this 20 years ago. It's wild that they let kids have their phones in class in the first place.

I fail to see a downside.

/Me works in a school

schools in my area already do this without any major issue. Kids put them in their locker when they arrive. If anyone is caught with one it is taken and the parents need to come to get it

My kid’s school has banned them. They must be kept in lockers or left at home. Mostly a good thing, but there’s been some issues with it in practice.

The root of most problems in the world is that minors are not treated as people with autonomy

Smart idea

It would be beter to educate then ban outright IMO. If you ban the device outright kids will be sneaky about it. When I was still in school we hat smartphones and used it from time to time. Great tool for meeting with friends from other classes. Sending a message to your parents you can leave early or something. Outright banning phones is IMO stupid and only makes the problem worse. We should teach kids to be responsible instead.