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TBH, I think banning smartphones in class is entirely justified and reasonable.

Banning smartphones completely (including during breaks / lunch)? A different matter entirely.

If you haven't been to a school recently where >99% of kids all direct >99% percent of their attention during breaks I can see where you are coming from. But I was at a highschool with a lax phone policy (allowed in breaks etc), and I was amazed and appalled. A no-phones policy is really important to me, because there seems to be no middle ground possible.

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