{"id":52585,"date":"2022-08-14T02:03:13","date_gmt":"2022-08-14T02:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=52585"},"modified":"2022-08-14T02:12:38","modified_gmt":"2022-08-14T02:12:38","slug":"how-did-we-do-it-in-the-old-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=52585","title":{"rendered":"How did we do it in the old days?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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How in the name of technology did we survive without cell phones? That’s the question I keep asking — rhetorically, of course — as I learn about how school districts are cracking down on students’ packing cell phones into the classroom.<\/p>\n

Richardson Independent School District, just down the highway from where my wife and I live, is the latest district to experiment with a plan to force students to lock up their phones before going to school.<\/p>\n

I want to applaud Richardson ISD. Indeed, my hope is that school administrators make the ban a permanent one. I also believe school systems all across the country would do well to follow Richardson ISD’s lead.<\/p>\n

I’m an old man. I recall the old days when the only way Mom or Dad could contact me in school was to call the school secretary and leave a message. The office staff would get the message to me and I would call back; it was usually Mom who would place the call.<\/p>\n

No worries back then.<\/p>\n

These days, though, are different. Moms and Dads need to be able to speak immediately to their little darlin’s.<\/p>\n

Here’s the thing: Richardson is taking a proactive approach to reducing classroom distractions. Children attend school to learn their lessons. Their parents send them to school to learn as well. Cell phones can be a major distraction, not to mention serving as a tool for bullies and others who would inflict potential harm on those precious children.<\/p>\n

I applaud Richardson ISD’s effort to restore a learning environment and I hope other school systems follow suit.<\/p>\n

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