NYC teachers stunned to learn students can’t read old clocks amid phone ban
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At least 31 states and the District of Columbia restrict cell phones in schools

At least 31 states and the District of Columbia restrict cell phones in schools

New York City teachers say the state’s recently implemented cell phone ban in schools has showed that numerous students no longer know how to tell time on an old-fashioned clock.

“That’s a major skill that they’re not used to at all,” Tiana Millen, an assistant principal at Cardozo High School in Queens, told Gothamist of what she’s noticed after the ban, which went into effect in September.

Students in the city’s school system are meant to learn basic time-telling skills in the first and second grade, according to officials, though it appears children have fallen out of practice doing so in an increasingly digital world.

    • Cocodapuf@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      Well, it’s the students, but humans are dumb, we make bad choices. That’s kinda the whole point of being a child actually, to make all those bad decisions and learn from them. But any parent human knows that sometimes you just need to lay down the law, make some hard rules. Some lessons are hard to learn and enforcing some ground rules (like no cell phones in schools) will help you learn good habits for yourself.