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You're right. Nothing that isn't perfect is worth doing.
I guess we should just wait to act until every student can't focus on something for more than 30 seconds instead of 60. Definitely a better idea because, after all, just ignoring the problem always works.
Oh right cause the war on drugs totally worked. My point is that addressing the consequences won't solve the problem, like those children's won't go home and be glued to their phones.
if they can put them down for 6 hours a day, that's huge progress over saturating in it every waking hour.
It's not about enforcing behavior. Not primarily. It's about setting a precedent of what is important.
There's a huge difference between "They didn't let me drink underage but I did it anyway and became an alcoholic." and "They explicitly let me drink and I became an alcoholic."
The former AUTOMATICALLY comes with increased caution from even the people who break the rules. And more importantly, it completely removes the "I didn't know" from the equation. Personal acceptance of the consequences of one's actions is the first step to fixing it later, but with no rules, it's easy to get bogged down in "Nobody stopped me. It's THEIR fault."
I'm not saying it's a bad thing but it's like keeping an eye on your alcoholic friend for 6 hours then just leaving and letting him help himself on the drinks cabinet. It shifts the blame from the problem to the victim. Yeah it's a good start but these children are already addicted at very young ages. Also it's not like this problem is only affecting kids, adults are affected as well.
We took away all their other options, then complain they're always on their phones. It's cruel
I understand your point.
And it's absurd, as I illustrated.