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Topic: Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Facetiming noise in a Barnes Restaurant
Posted by: Dan Murphy
Date/Time: 07/09/15 10:33:00

Very interesting study carried out by the LSE recently. They have analysed schools' policies towards mobile / smart phones in schools, and grade results.

The evidence clearly shows that schools which ban all phones see a 6% improvement in grades, and the effect of banning is an average 1 grade improvement in students' exam results.

Both the Chief Inspector of Schools, and OFSTED have responded to this study by saying "Any school head worth his / her salt would immediately ban all mobile phones in school, as a result of this study".

We get told that our kids "must have" mobile phones now, so that they can let us know if they are going to be late home, or if they get stuck somewhere, and so on. Of course, this is codswallop, all my friends tell me their kids NEVER use their phone to contact them, or let them know what they are doing. My kids are the same. None of them answers a text / email / call, asking where they are.

No. They use it to gain 24 hour access to twit-face-snap-gram, or to watch youtube videos of people chopping vegetables or small children unwrapping presents. I have checked - this is what they are doing.

They check snapchat under the desk in class. They spend all their time in  break periods posting photos to instagram. They are waiting all day for the next opportunity to gaze at the screens.

My vote would be for a 100% ban.

Perhaps our kids would then start talking to each other a bit more and would learn some social skills which might reduce the number of them who think it's OK to sit in a restaurant and immediately get the phones out.

Miserable old git rant over.


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TopicDate PostedPosted By
Facetiming noise in a Barnes Restaurant05/09/15 18:44:00 Jackie Elton
   Re:Facetiming noise in a Barnes Restaurant05/09/15 18:54:00 Paul Wright
      Re:Re:Facetiming noise in a Barnes Restaurant05/09/15 19:09:00 Brian Coyle
         Re:Re:Re:Facetiming noise in a Barnes Restaurant05/09/15 19:16:00 Jackie Elton
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Facetiming noise in a Barnes Restaurant05/09/15 19:27:00 Paul Wright
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Facetiming noise in a Barnes Restaurant07/09/15 09:21:00 Janine Jarvis
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Facetiming noise in a Barnes Restaurant05/09/15 19:31:00 Carl Wynne
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Facetiming noise in a Barnes Restaurant05/09/15 22:21:00 Ken Munn
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Facetiming noise in a Barnes Restaurant06/09/15 08:57:00 Dan Murphy
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Facetiming noise in a Barnes Restaurant06/09/15 19:12:00 Joe Conneely
                        :Facetiming noise in a Barnes Restaurant06/09/15 19:31:00 Jackie Elton
                           Re::Facetiming noise in a Barnes Restaurant06/09/15 20:24:00 Anne England
                              Re:Re::Facetiming noise in a Barnes Restaurant06/09/15 21:10:00 bobby osborne
                              Re:Re::Facetiming noise in a Barnes Restaurant06/09/15 21:12:00 Joe Conneely
                                 Re:Re:Re::Facetiming noise in a Barnes Restaurant06/09/15 21:14:00 Joe Conneely
                                    On a similar note...07/09/15 05:15:00 Gordon McDonald
                                       Re:On a similar note...07/09/15 09:00:00 Loraine Pemberton
                                          Re:Re:On a similar note...07/09/15 09:28:00 Jackie Elton
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Facetiming noise in a Barnes Restaurant07/09/15 10:33:00 Dan Murphy
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Facetiming noise in a Barnes Restaurant07/09/15 11:55:00 Vanessa Smith
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Facetiming noise in a Barnes Restaurant07/09/15 12:45:00 Loraine Pemberton
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Facetiming noise in a Barnes Restaurant07/09/15 15:01:00 Vanessa Smith
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Facetiming noise in a Barnes Restaurant07/09/15 15:42:00 Dan Murphy
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Facetiming noise in a Barnes Restaurant07/09/15 16:10:00 Vanessa Smith
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Facetiming noise in a Barnes Restaurant07/09/15 16:12:00 Cllr Sam Hearn
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Facetiming noise in a Barnes Restaurant07/09/15 16:27:00 Micki Hawkes
                                             Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Facetiming noise in a Barnes Restaurant08/09/15 06:01:00 Dan Murphy
                                                :Facetiming noise in a Barnes Restaurant08/09/15 09:40:00 Jackie Elton
                                                   Re::Facetiming noise in a Barnes Restaurant08/09/15 09:56:00 Micki Hawkes

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