Italy bans mobile phones in classrooms

Punishments for children who use phones in class range from the confiscation of phones to excluding pupils from final exams.

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[SpiritMatter]

Hear No Evil, See No Evil......

A great way to deal with society's problems! What the public doesn't know can't hurt us!

[`WarpKat]

Actually, that's a GOOD thing.

Now if only we here in America would wake up and say "NO" to a kid that wants a cellphone, we'd probably have smarter kids coming out of the classrooms instead of skanky socialites like that hotel chick who only want the phone as a status symbol. ("I got the latest Smores phone - your Chocococoa is SOOOOOOOOOOO yesterday!")

Honestly - a kid with a full-blown cellphone, pre-paid or otherwise - is the stupidest thing to even consider.

[therealbean]

Depends

A different scenario: the bullying was intended to be filmed (a la "happy slapping"), in which case banning the phones makes sense.

Other question: why does any kid need a phone that's on during class?