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New York governor to launch bill banning smartphones in schools (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 5 months ago by Xatolos@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] RunningInRVA@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (13 children)

I hate school shootings as much as you, but I don’t think cell phones do much help once the shooter is in the building.

Edit: Uvalde would be a good example where the shooter was identified and authorities were called while the shooter was still outside the building.

[–] Melkath@kbin.social -4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (12 children)

If you wanna get all brutal and how it is in America about it, I am thinking more about giving the kids a chance to say good bye than actually getting help.

We have established that noone who could actually do something about it cares about all of the kids getting murdered in America schools.

Edit: And remember. While Uvalde cops sat outside and wet their pampers, a mother overpowered them to get children evacuated. A mother who was... notified by their child with a cell phone... and later faced criminal charges for it.

[–] RunningInRVA@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago (11 children)

I understand and empathize with the point you are trying to make. School shootings are the worst possible tragedies.

That said, I still do not think we should shape school cell phone policies around the off chance of a school shooting (please do not chastise my use of ‘off chance’. The fact that it happens at all is too much, but I think the chance that it happens to any one school is still pretty low).

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