Ryan & Emily CLASH w/ Taylor Lorenz On School PHONE BANS

I’m a high school history teacher. We implemented a ban on phones in the classroom last year. The students show up, put their phone in a sleeve in the classroom, and pick it up on the way out. They have them right there in case of an emergency. I have seen a marked improvement in attention span and comprehension. Kids are also more sociable with each other. My AP scores were the best they’ve ever been. I don’t have to spend a couple of minutes every class period forcing students to comply. It was tough at the beginning because the students are quite literally addicted to their phones. Scientists and programmers who make far more money than me get paid to figure out how to keep kids on their phones as long as possible. It has been an amazing change for the better.

Im a teacher. The phone ban is genuinely changing my school for the better. Kids are talking to each other, talking with teachers, better attention spans, WAY more involved in sports and clubs, etc. They might not appreciate it now but they certainly will see it when they’re older. No teenager is making high school memories on a phone all day

Shit IVE had troubles not being stuck doomscrolling through shorts as a 30 year old. I can't imagine the impact this has on children's minds as they develop.

We cannot trust children to self-regulate themselves, we can't even expect adults to do that.

You know this is gunna be a stupid argument before it begins.

Good grief. Kids do not need their phones in school. There is no useful purpose but endless opportunities for distractions let alone the social media bullying that comes from phones ready to record everything

the idea that she’s saying there is “zero correlation to the increase in anxiety in young and phones” with a straight face is the craziest thing i’ve ever seen. do u have a phone and also friends who own phones?

As a parent with a high school kid- loving the phone ban!! My daughter is paying better attention in her classes and actually sleeps better at night as well.. plus I’m not getting random text messages from her while I’m at work! Probably the most logical/helpful law our state has passed ever. I don’t care about my kids civil rights when it comes to her phone, and if she doesn’t comply, they should take her phone.. it’s called following rules, something they’ll have to do in the workforce as adults.

The funniest part is Taylor saying that beepers were before her time 😂

Whenever people say HERE'S THE THING.....I know everything is bullshit