MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) — A new law banning smartphones in classrooms across Alabama has now gone into effect.
On Wednesday, Gov. Kay Ivey signed the FOCUS Act, which would prohibit students from using smart phones and “other wireless devices” in public school.
“In my state of the state address, I repeated the requests of Alabama teachers and parents in calling for a ban on student cell phone use in our schools,” Ivey said in a statement. “Smart phones have beneficial roles when used in proper settings. However, these often-disruptive devices have no place in our classrooms during the school day except for educational purposes or during an emergency. The FOCUS Act will enable students to ‘focus’ on learning while in school rather than on their phones.”
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…soo, no recordings of teachers preaching Communisim and anti-White racism, as well as pervertedly grooming the kids to be trans, then…
Can’t trust the kids, the teachers or the parents.
Someone explain to my why we should trust ANY government, then.
Disband state-run public schools and revert them to their original charter: parent run.
…I would agree this is a good idea IF there is a camera with audio in EVERY CLASSOOM pointed at the TEACHER that is accessible by ANY parent with a kid registered in that class at ANY TIME.
Because after all, there’s nothing they should be saying to or showing my children they should be ashamed of.
Now, IS there?
…and ALSO, if the kids RETAIN their cell phones and simply are not allowed to USE them, so they are available in an emergency.
Like a teacher assaulting a student. Or a student assaulting a teacher.
Or an active shooter whose mother bought them a rifle and ammo…
I’m hoping RFK jr will ban them in gyms across the country.
‘Inappropriate attire, excessive use of cell phones, poor quality of work, and foul language are just a few of the reasons 65 percent of U.S. hiring managers gave for firing college graduates who had recently started their first job.’
https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/new-college-grads-not-working-out-most-hiring-managers-say-survey
Us cain’t nave nutting smart in no stool.
No calculators either.
And teach kids how to read a clock that isn’t digital.
I’ve twice recently witnessed young kids that have zero idea on how to read a traditional clock.
A couple of years ago I had a Publix cashier ask me how much change she owed me. She finally figured it out, but it took a minute. True story.
BAR
Saturday, 17 May 2025, 0:05 at 12:05 am
…I was working in a K-Mart in the ’80s when the power went out in a storm.
A manager went to Electronics and got some calculators, gave them to the cashiers, and they just kept ringing customers with those and handwritten reciepts.
Try THAT today.