Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoMinisters confirm plan to ban use of mobile phones in schools in Englandwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up187arrow-down12
arrow-up185arrow-down1external-linkMinisters confirm plan to ban use of mobile phones in schools in Englandwww.theguardian.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squareoDDmON@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·9 months agoI wonder if there will be any unintended consequences to this action.
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·9 months agoWell let you know, NZ’s new conservative government has just done this same thing. Unintended consequences? Boost to low end mobile phone sales: kids will buy a shitty phone to surrender at the start of the school day.
minus-squareTakiMinase@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 months agoAmerica would call our conservative government, communists.
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoYep, but it’s relative. But then the USA shrieks “communism” about anything that could possibly negatively impact shareholder value. In that regard they’re just our incredibly racist, sov. cit. brother that ruins family gatherings.
I wonder if there will be any unintended consequences to this action.
Well let you know, NZ’s new conservative government has just done this same thing.
Unintended consequences? Boost to low end mobile phone sales: kids will buy a shitty phone to surrender at the start of the school day.
America would call our conservative government, communists.
Yep, but it’s relative.
But then the USA shrieks “communism” about anything that could possibly negatively impact shareholder value.
In that regard they’re just our incredibly racist, sov. cit. brother that ruins family gatherings.