The worst mistake that can be made is allowing students to use phones in school.
Most humans are prisoners of their mobile phones. We are so addicted to them that once we have them with us, we cannot just do without pressing them because there are a lot of things to explore on them.
One of the biggest disadvantages is social media. When a student has their mobile phone with them during school hours, they can easily get distracted by messages from their friends. When they get bored, they can easily turn to their phone to kill the boredom.
We have seen the result in tertiary institutions where phones are allowed. Lecturers will be teaching, and some students will be pressing their phones. Some will even use earpieces, and sometimes I wonder what they are doing in the class if they did not come to learn. Probably just around to sign the attendance sheet because that is more important to them than paying attention to the lecturer.
Now, imagine if adults can behave that way. What should we expect from teenagers in secondary school and children in primary school?
Most importantly, there is the issue of students relying on their phones to provide answers to things they should be able to solve with their own brains.
Nobody likes taking the long route when there is an easier option. If students know they can simply ask AI for an answer instead of thinking through a problem themselves, many of them will naturally choose the easier option.
That could be one of the biggest disadvantages of allowing phones in schools. Our children could gradually become dependent on AI for their schoolwork rather than developing the ability to think, reason, research, and solve problems on their own.
AI is a powerful tool, but if we introduce it to children without teaching them how to think independently first, we may end up raising a generation that knows how to get answers but does not know how to find those answers themselves.
Allowing phones to be used in school will only make some students less interested in their education because there is always something to do on the phone. If you are not replying to messages, you will have your favourite games on it. If it is not a game, it could be watching movies, scrolling through reels, or doing something else.
There is always something to do.
So, for the sake of the future of our children, I strongly believe phones should be banned during school hours.
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