Almost all pupils in Britain now get a mobile phone around the age of 11 or 12. Read more at straitstimes.com.
  • LwL@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I didn’t use mine in class because it wasn’t allowed and teachers would take it away if I did. Is that not a thing anymore? Or maybe just a german thing in the first place.

    That being said, don’t need a smartphone to play games in class. I was a god at snake on my graphing calculator…

    • scoobford@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      1 year ago

      No, it isn’t universal. Teachers here quit trying basically as soon as smartphones became common.

      For me it is equal parts paying attention in class, developing attention spans away from video crack tiktok/shorts/whatever, and generally encouraging them to do other things.