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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The number of kids taking photos in the bathroom, crashing into each other because their heads are down texting, or arranging to meet up in the hallways during class has dropped significantly due to no phones in hallways this year.

--HS teacher[/quote]

As a high school teacher, do you think the kids should have access to them during lunch? 
It seems to me a lot of damage could be done in that 30 minutes. Social skills and mental health would improve if they did not have access to them for the full seven hours.[/quote]

I avoid the cafeteria at all costs for my own mental health. I don't know how cell phones play into cafeteria behaviors.

I do know that the cafeteria is a major pain point for kids struggling with social issues, whether because they are new to a massive school or they have social deficits.  I definitely don't think it's the place to take away all crutches kids have to get through that half hour.  In my day we'd find an empty corner of the school and read instead of go to the cafeteria, but kids are currently not allowed to hang out outside of the cafeteria.[/quote]

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