Posted on 05/30/2024 10:55:31 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Gov. Kathy Hochul is calling for a ban on kids using smartphones in school — the latest in a campaign against technology she feels is harming children in New York.
The proposal would only allow kids to carry simple “dumb” phones in schools that can send texts but can’t access the internet, the governor told The Guardian in an interview published Thursday.
The call for the smartphone ban comes as the self-professed “first mom governor” of New York is pushing for a ban on “addictive” social media algorithms that she says target kids.
“Our kids are being pulled into a place that is often very dark,” she said Thursday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”
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It is that bit incongruous for her to use a phrase like “Leave our kids alone”, to say the least.
Ha. Normally I do not agree with Hochul on anything. But there's no place for smartphones in schools.
Wake me when the groomers at NY schools ‘leave our kids alone.’
Do black kids even know what a smartphone is?
The blind squirrel found the nut. I detest this woman, but for once she got something right.
Good idea but pretty much impossible and will start thousands of fights and behavior will escalate to the extreme. Glad I’m dealing with it!
No dark sarcasm from the governors office
If smartphones are bad then you need to stop using yours Governor.
Yeah...gotta agree with the guvner (and you) on this. Kids don’t need cellphones in school.
I’d rather see a ban on government meddling in education.
Abolish government schools. Liberate the classroom. Power to the Parents!
‘Leave our kids alone’
The same kids you want to cut the dicks off of?
First irritating Karen PTA mom Governor.
Kids should not be allowed phones in school, put a pay phone just inside the main office and get back to schooling.
Hochul said this doesn’t apply to Black kids since they don’t know what they are.
Wait, a smart phone is a handheld computer, to be perfectly clear. That it has voice calling capabilities is beside the point.
The other day, she said black kids don’t know what a computer is.
Is she really this dumb?
Hoochie... feh
Normally, you're right. But we're talking about public schools here. Especially for the State of New York.
So which cell phone company(s) didn’t kick in to her campaign fund?
Realistically, all they should do is to ban the use of phones in the classrooms.
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