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Comment by Retric

14 days ago

Looking stuff up during lunch or study hall. School hours != in class but it often means doing assignments.

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giantg2  14 days ago

They pretty much all have chromebooks or laptops these days that can perform the same actions if it's school related.

Also, study hall is an elective class. You still need to behave in study hall. The purpose is to study. Lunch could be an exception, but not really. There should be enough time to eat and socialize just a little. The lunch periods are not excessively long.

  • Retric  14 days ago

    Try to juggle a Chromebook, textbook, and a worksheet on a one of those single seat desks and see if you start reaching for a phone.

    Chromebook’s still aren’t nearly as integrated into schools as you might expect.

    • giantg2  14 days ago

      Depends on the schools. There are many that don't issue physical text books, or rarely do. But that's really not any different from my college experience (with a larger laptop no less). Also, if you are using the textbook and worksheet, you really shouldn't need anything else.

prmoustache  14 days ago

Lunch is a good time to disconnect. I think teaching kids to having moments where they can just enjoy company and socialize is a good thing. Same reason we have a no screen policy during dinner time at home.

Most study hall / libraries have a number of computer terminals.

  • Retric  14 days ago

    Most kids on most days do use it to disconnect, but conversely most kids also use it to do an assessment or study for a test at some point.