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From burner phones to decks of cards: NYC teens adjusting to the smartphone ban

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279 points geox | 2 comments | 11 Sep 25 13:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.416s | source
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duxup ◴[11 Sep 25 13:52 UTC] No.45211693[source]▶
There's no good description of the actual ban here?

At my kid's school phones and all other electronics can't be visible when class starts or ends or the teacher takes it.

I'm ok with that.

Some of the more universal bans I don't get, we should be educating kids on responsible usage, total ban seems like just pushing bad choices down the road.

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1. spcebar ◴[11 Sep 25 13:54 UTC] No.45211726[source]▶
They describe the ban in the article. Kids put their phone in pouches at the start of school and get them back at the end of the day. They say they're magnetic, I assume that describes some kind of lock or means to prevent use.
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2. rovr138 ◴[11 Sep 25 13:57 UTC] No.45211773[source]▶
Maybe like the magnetic tags they use at stores.