misk@sopuli.xyz to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 7 months agoDutch school phone ban to come into force next monthwww.euronews.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down10
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minus-squareVincent@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoPhones now are a way more important part of people’s (and especially teenagers’) lives than they were back then. And they’re often also used to support lessons.
minus-squareskulblaka@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoI was in middle school in 2005 and had basically no friends largely because I had no phone to text with.
minus-squarecapital@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoSAME. We had no texting plan because the phone companies charged per-text at the time. That’s when I learned about the email gateways for all the major carriers so at least I could “text” when I was at home via email.
minus-squareskulblaka@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoI didn’t figure out that particular trick until pretty late, unfortunately, but it did serve me VERY well during high school.
Phones now are a way more important part of people’s (and especially teenagers’) lives than they were back then. And they’re often also used to support lessons.
I was in middle school in 2005 and had basically no friends largely because I had no phone to text with.
SAME. We had no texting plan because the phone companies charged per-text at the time.
That’s when I learned about the email gateways for all the major carriers so at least I could “text” when I was at home via email.
I didn’t figure out that particular trick until pretty late, unfortunately, but it did serve me VERY well during high school.