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I agree with you.  Cell phones offer not only the best thing going, but also the worst.  Just sit and watch people today.  No one talks anymore.  (oh I hear that song in my mind...."We don't talk anymore Like we used to do")  They would rather record a beating than try to assist in breaking one up.  It's knowledge at our fingertips for sure.  It's like having a set of encyclopedias in your back pocket or purse.  It's allowed me to become a news junkie but has also given me hours of listening to books or podcasts. We are all more informed today because of the cell phones.  Informed of what is the question.  There is sooo much out there that is garbage.  

I love the idea of not being allowed to bring the phones into class.  But I am sure it offends someone, so it may not last. 

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True on all points.

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Maybe the biggest problem is the government-school model, and no amount of arguing over the color of the drapes will fix the crumbling structure.

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True. Charter schools appear to be making some headway. Homeschooling has managed some sophisticated curricula. Where are the parents? Taking their kids to Drag Queen shows?

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PS: My wife and I have a cheap flip-phone for emergencies. We also have a land line, though we rarely use it. We used smoke signals for communication during power outages.

But mostly, we just don't communicate.

We've even given up porno.

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Carrier Pigeons might help. They're extinct but worth a try,

There's also Morse Code. KInda like Pre-Textng...

Tell your wife I said Hi! It could start a conversation...

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BW: My wife and I have been watching "Murdoch Mysteries" on Acorn on demand. The show is set in Toronto around 1900 or so. The show is about a detective solving crimes, fine, but we like the Victorian technology, fashion, and manners.

One of the first episodes had Nikola Tesla in it and describes the fight between Edison and his DC power and Tesla and Westinghouse with AC power.

People seemed to do okay back then without the digital stuff.

I'll tell my wife "Hi" from ya.

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Cell phones are banned in prisons. (I know that prisoners get them somehow anyway.)

Since government schools are prisons, why are cell phones allowed in government schools?

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