Common sense is kicking in. Omg! It’s about time.

@arricammarques1955

2 ай бұрын

School violence continues unabated.

@NN-xq2by

2 ай бұрын

HOW IS THIS COMMON SENSE ? there is no enforcement. it is just a lip service.

@Edwards-Videos

2 ай бұрын

I agree. Cellphones aren't required in the classroom.

Only problem is you should've done this decades ago not now. Now the damage is already done.

@Krisp138

2 ай бұрын

Exactly.

@droismark700

2 ай бұрын

Very true.

@createone100

2 ай бұрын

Completely agree.

My generation wasn't allowed to chew gum in school

@vegito8502

2 ай бұрын

You’re very old we get it

@decati31

2 ай бұрын

no one cares, at least our generation isn't ingesting lead cause the paint chips taste sweet!

@leppbrad

2 ай бұрын

@@decati31moron

@billclay9511

2 ай бұрын

@@decati31 So what's your favourite flavour of Tide Pod?

@jumbome7420

2 ай бұрын

@@decati31lol true but your generation doesn’t know what sex you are

Our generation couldn't even chew gum in school..

@missjae-gq2ff

2 ай бұрын

Or wear hats

@vegito8502

2 ай бұрын

Seniors entered the chat

@Guitarisforgrins

2 ай бұрын

Imagine thinking this was so relevant you posted it twice?

@flynn4838

2 ай бұрын

We could chew gum way back in the 70s IF you brought enough for the whole class.

@holdtheline4169

2 ай бұрын

​@vegito8502 These rules applied to me as well in school and I'm now 35 years old. I didn't know a 35 year old from 1988 is a senior. Who knew.

How we ever got so stupid I'll never understand. No different then it always was: no note passing, no reading Playboy mag and now no watching porn when you should be learning. Common-effen-sense.

@TheOldFashionedDad

2 ай бұрын

Okay I remember the note passing...I don't remember anyone in my school reading playboy or watching porn haha

Teachers need to put their phones away also. They need to set an example.

@Guitarisforgrins

2 ай бұрын

Guess who took the payphones away? It wasn't the kids...

@violetpaints

2 ай бұрын

Teachers are in charge of teaching a group and can use what ever tool they need. Kids jobs is to shut the F up and LEARN.

Wow, only about 20 years too late! Better late than never BUT c’monnnnn…… these “experts” are seriously lacking common sense.

Don't even allow them on schoolgrounds and install payphones...

@marknorabuena

2 ай бұрын

I put my phone on buy back at the local pawn shop so I could get some groceries this whole month I could't find a payphone anywhere within the city lol.

@AnthonyCarrier

2 ай бұрын

@@marknorabuena there is one outside on the corner by my place, all subway stations have them, most malls...

Excellent

I’ve heard of teachers who sit at their desk on their cellphone, while children are working. Should not be allowed.

@jaynespearin71

2 ай бұрын

Absolutely! This will be VERY hard for teachers to comply with. They are no less addicted to their phones than the kids.

@84Hammy1

2 ай бұрын

And you aren’t addicted to your phone either ? Get back to work. The boss is coming!!

@TheBigPinapple

2 ай бұрын

I've heard of students who sit at their desk on their cellphone, while teachers are working. Should not be allowed

@jumbome7420

2 ай бұрын

You’ve heard wrong

Extend the ban to teachers & staff as well. Far to many teachers posting screenshots & snapchat videos while in class

@Blueskies1180

2 ай бұрын

Yes!!!!!

@Guitarisforgrins

2 ай бұрын

I'll be you never use your phone at work... 🙄

@meat3958

2 ай бұрын

@@Guitarisforgrinsif the kids can’t, the teacher can’t either. Simple as that. Kids are there to learn, teacher is there to teach. Neither person is there to have their nose in the cellphone 👍

@Guitarisforgrins

2 ай бұрын

@@meat3958 The teacher is an adult, the children are... children... No one said anything about their "nose in the cellphone"

@meat3958

2 ай бұрын

@@Guitarisforgrins And children learn from example, correct!

It's like it is an actual school or something

It’s about time, this should have been done years ago.

Why now? Why not 20 years ago?

Yes, do it. Ban cell phones in schools.

All those kids will just vape in the rest room like they always did at my school last year. Their is no restriction lmao.

Kids will just vape in the restroom

@PrimaryIgnition

2 ай бұрын

There' s tech to fix that. Halo and others. Sold like crazy in USA.

@bobbob3312

2 ай бұрын

That's exactly what they do. Lots of schools don't even want staff entering to stop it do to fears of a sexual allegation from a student after.

@BBFCCO733

2 ай бұрын

then they'll be suspended

@bobbob3312

2 ай бұрын

@@BBFCCO733 have fun with that. Prove they vaped if you can't enter or catch them. What you going to say,it smelled like vape.

How heck have we let this lunacy takeover everything. Our kids can’t read or write . They know nothing about history . I blame the school board trustees and their walk ideologies

@rae6543

2 ай бұрын

Neither can you evidently.

@holdtheline4169

2 ай бұрын

​@@rae6543 Shots fired

@BBFCCO733

2 ай бұрын

I blame the USA

Lecce shoulve been shuffled-out of the education-minister position years ago--one of the biggest liabilies in the Ontario PC party

Yes, bravo to the PC government for doing the right thing. Students in primary junior school do not need to use their cell phone during school time.

This time I agree with steven

considering most kids attention span is 8-12 seconds, this might help them 😂

@saltpeter500

2 ай бұрын

You sound like you don't have kids

@MMK86

2 ай бұрын

@@saltpeter500 I don't and I sure as hell wouldn't allow them to be entertained with touch screens and phones before they could talk like so many parents do if I did have kids....ADD/ADHD, near sighted, depression, gold fish attention spans, socially inept, anxiety etc

@saltpeter500

2 ай бұрын

@@MMK86 you've proven you have no idea what you're talking about. Your opinion is irrelevant, leave the parenting to parents. Mine are A+ students and athletes and are doing just fine with their phones.

@MMK86

2 ай бұрын

@@saltpeter500 uh huh 🤣

Spaghetti straps was the arch nemesis

Finally!!! Thank you 🙏

It’s pretty sad when kids today do not even know how to tell time or how many minutes in an hour

About time , finally school got a back bone to stand up to cells phone companies, for the sake of thier profits stand up for kids mental health 👏

Sorry Stephen,I was on my phone,lol

I'm a retired college instructor, which is a bit different, but I never had a problem with cell phones in my class. Nobody in my class used their phones, because they were paying attention. I have no problem with the argument that cellphones rot people's brains, but that's a completely different issue, and in our society brain rot is completely normal.

@Guitarisforgrins

2 ай бұрын

"cellphones rot people's brains" is a pretty evidence free claim for a college instructor...

@martymcfly1776

2 ай бұрын

@@Guitarisforgrins Just for clarity's sake, my statement was that I don't have a problem with the argument. That's a fairly neutral statement. The statement you should be taking issue with is when I claim that brain rot in our society is completely normal.

@Guitarisforgrins

2 ай бұрын

@@martymcfly1776 I'll decide what I take issue with, thanks. "Brain rot" is a meaningless term. It's reminiscent of 1980s anti-drug campaigns. Which were a joke.

They should do this at Manitoba schools..high schools..

What if there sn emergency

Didn't they do this in 2019

@Notjackpausner

12 күн бұрын

Yeah and it didn’t work

This makes too much sense. What don't they want to be recorded with the kids'phones?

@loklikme

2 ай бұрын

Exactly lol.

@84Hammy1

2 ай бұрын

Pierre poilievre send you here didn’t he?

This is smart bro

While your at it. Make phones useless in moving vehicles also. It can be done..

I didn't even know they were allowed to begin with. Nothing new.

I've got the same problem at work I'm working while others are playing games and texting their friends this is a major distraction not only in schools.That saying there is no letter I in the word team play but it feels like it's always I who gets the job done.

@stevecooper6076

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, but there is a “m & e”. Lol

Need cameras to keep the teachers teaching

Is this implemented as of now or next year?

This is about protecting Teachers. It has nothing to do with "saving the children". They don't want kids recording teachers and putting it online.

@loklikme

2 ай бұрын

Agree

@TheBigPinapple

2 ай бұрын

Uh, maybe for some teachers that may be the case but be realistic..... if you saw what teachers do in class? cellphones are an absolute atomic bomb to learning

Someone please provide the Minister with a better internet connection

@marysinclair1214

2 ай бұрын

Haha , that was funny. Thank you.

Retired teacher here. I definitely applaud this decision.

I understand what he is talking about. But this could help protect teachers when they are teaching things they don’t want parents to know about.

@user-yj9gl3ur6c

2 ай бұрын

Maybe it’s so kids aren’t distracted throughout a class.

@twright4263

2 ай бұрын

@@user-yj9gl3ur6c I understand that. But as long as teachers are teaching their politics and their agendas, it will be the teachers word against the students without video evidence.

Yes 🙌

Maybe MP's would grow up n listen better if we banned cell phone use aswell :)

lol this guy looks 24 years old and he makes the decisions for the entire country lol wtf

@drwzer

2 ай бұрын

Curious why you think the Ontario education minister is making decisions for the entire country. You do know the difference between a federal and provincial minister, right??

@hansyali_

2 ай бұрын

@@drwzer oh calm down I meant to say Ontario and that’s kinda irrelevant to my main point

@drwzer

2 ай бұрын

@@hansyali_ I think I can quite calmly say that your whole point seems kinda irrelevant.

I want my kids to have their phones with them and the letch isn't going to change that. The government isn't going to tell me what my kids can or can't do with their property

@MikeLaw-gw1qy

2 ай бұрын

Growing up we had no cell phones and we did just fine! We learn how to research at the library, museums, etc! Is your child that insecure! If we needed to phone home we just go to the office! It’s really not hard!

@saltpeter500

2 ай бұрын

@@MikeLaw-gw1qy no we didn't, but it was a very different world and those days are gone forever. My kids are A+ students and athletes, they're just fine with their phones.

The education minister took this long to decide? Gee whiz, an educated turtle can move faster on this subject. Look at Montreal Quebec, they banned cell phones last September (2023). Wake up dude, have some guts to ban cell phones in the schools, what, are you guys afraid of the parents revolting?

Theyre just taking away all they gave that they knew was wrong , phones, drugs , the fuckers wanna see more anger and seperation !

When I went to school, if you got caught using the calculator if you could even Afford one you were given a failed grade

What if I as a parent have to text or call my kid to arrange things? They should be able to check them during recess or breaks.

@nadenerisk8396

2 ай бұрын

Every school has an office with a secretary that will happily answer the phone & pass on your message

If they can mandate keeping my kids out of school for 2 years and making them wear masks that don't work that are actually worse for kids I hope they will ban cell phones

@meat3958

2 ай бұрын

You would.. Rather your children contract a potential deadly viral infection of one of their most vital bodily operating systems? Why??

I think this is a brilliant idea and we will be sure to see the number of kids paying attention will increase I love the kids and stuff and I really think this will help them in the long term

@TheBigPinapple

2 ай бұрын

lol. You're a comedian right?

Finally enacting some discipline in schools. No cell phone use in classes and no vaping in washrooms. They don't need to spend $30,000 on washroom vaping detectors. Just make it school policy that no vaping anywhere in the school building. Get caught automatic suspension for a day. Want to smoke or vape go outside off school property.

So Glad this is going to happen. Neither issue will be an easy solve, especially when students feel they can’t live without their phone or the status they feel vaping or owning an iPhone. Hopefully kids will realize the importance on these changes. I believe it will bring kids back to reality. Life is better when it’s simple 😊

Theres this thing called self respect I got some when I was a little lad when I wasn't listening to my superiors. They would hit me with a belt or a yard stick. I soon learn to love the pain & I foucused more in school...

@marknorabuena

2 ай бұрын

When I got older and they gave me councelling & mental health support my councillor told me it was ashame that he couldn't beat me to a pulp because its illegal now. I thought the same as well a sad shame..

when students enter class put phones on teachers desk simple

If teachers have to enforce cell phone and raping bans in schools, they should be paid more. Teachers are there to teach... not to enforce.

I just hope no kids get mad at theses teachers I’ve seen too much violence against teachers lately

Its about time! What took so long??

Finally

Students should learn financial trading and investing as a mandatory academic skill, that will reduce poverty of the future adults

school is the baby sitter and the phone is the parent

Protecting Youth- where has been the Enforcement behind legalized Cannabis? Government legalized it to generate revenues undoubtedly. But where is the Enforcement Stats? How many criminal convictions to date on supplying cannabis to those under 18? Should be many. But I doubt that as the illicit drug is Rampant is schools and communities.

Maybe so-called grown-ups should start being examples. Furthermore, teachers are lazy and using phones as an excuse for not keeping control over their classroom. You want back to the basics, stop focusing on their sexual identities and other ridiculous topics and focus on math, reading and writing. That's what's wrong with society...we've lost our way.

Preventing the recording of what is being taught in schools.

@madinsociety8399

2 ай бұрын

Wow even I’m not that cynical lol

@meat3958

2 ай бұрын

And what might that be exactly? 🧐

@createone100

2 ай бұрын

Oh jeez. Chill buddy.

Great idea ,,,,, hope this happens…..

When you say mental health support, dors this mean more prescription drugs for children?

So if a student is caught vaping the protocol would be take the device and call parents. After years of not enforcing any rules, and allowing kids to get addicted due to daily vape use at school, now you want to call the parents- why didn't you call years ago? Why weren't the washrooms checked continuously and parents called??? And if under 18 shouldn't police be called as it's illegal? Taking the device away and calling parents will do nothing, it's not strict enough of a consequence. Especially after the standard was set by the schools doing nothing about it at all.

If you're 'deeply concerned about effects of vaping' - can i ask one question- why did it take so long to act on this, so long, that many kids are seriously addicted! Why so long, i would love to have an answer to this!

About time!!! Wow! Where have you been common sense adult?!

Work places next

What took so long.

So they dont want recording devices in schools. Makes sense.

@meat3958

2 ай бұрын

That’s certainly a part of it, they don’t want kids filming just as much as they don’t want them using the phones during class. It’s just odd they don’t like students to film in general though, seems strange

you mean they were allowed??

@niningsetia4213

2 ай бұрын

Yeah djt allowed for 2 nd w u Come to him. As u r innocent and u lost ur mind for the path u road in

@NickH787

2 ай бұрын

@@niningsetia4213 can you type that again in a way i can understand it

Jesus...bout time

How about a teacher looks at the kids and see they are not on their phones. It takes 2 eyes. Smh. My kids already know not to use it but to check it at recess. Side tracking and distracting from real problems. You just made the kids more slick at what they do. Especially teenagers. I had teachers fall asleep in class, kids actually smoking in the bathroom, drugs, you name it.

What a joke. He has no idea

Digital citizenship????

Yes Yes yes they can do for capol aors and if they don't lessen dismissed wen i oas student to respect the teachers the education and the public the student pesit you oas waterfowl years

Who will enforce this rule? Parents give phones to students to keep in touch with them, which is ridiculous. Phones should be put in lockers, if not perhaps Lecce should go to schools and enforce it himself.

@froginaclog

2 ай бұрын

I’d love to see any of these politicians just spend a day in a public high school…

just more gutless coddling. there aren't any natural consequences of inattention and disrespect of the learning process, like failing a subject and having to repeat a class. if the student doesn't want to be in school, or to learn while there, we need to respect them and let them go.

Silly,. Who is going to enforce this? Simply a transfer of responsibility. What if the student refuses to give up the device? The solution is simple: ban devices from inside classrooms, make parents accountable, make refusal to give up device a penalty of expulsion. Enforce student bullying in the digital work mandatory criminal charges and charge parents with neglect. Parents should also take responsibility. why does your child need a smartphone. Ban smartphones until at least age 16 or something.

Normalize Ⓐctive unions and local co-ops. Preserve and expand our🗳️democracy. Workers make the world run, workers should run the world☭.🏴🇨🇦

That's racist

In behalf of the parents out there, congratulations and thank you very much for the new rules, Education Minister Stephen Lecce!

@TheBigPinapple

2 ай бұрын

1/2 the problem is parents calling their kids during class

@Macli-ingSibley

2 ай бұрын

@@TheBigPinapple responsible parents should know their kids' schedules so that the will know when to call and when not to...

@TheBigPinapple

2 ай бұрын

@@Macli-ingSibley or... even take it a step further and wait till they see them again in person

my fwb from a few years ago was my grade 10 English teacher. how wild is that

Wonder how that works on students with medications linked to their phone.

Morè funding lol

More government interference, shameful! Schools can make own policy.

@madinsociety8399

2 ай бұрын

Oh yeah because that’s going so well… 😂

The question is how are we going to show proof of something that actually happened in the classroom without using a cell phone? This method of banning cell phones in schools is far from being logical.

I support all my government leaders because they know best at all times. Thank You

Sending kids back to the stone age.

@TheBigPinapple

2 ай бұрын

..... where they had attention spans and learned correctly!

Maybe you should start off by paying teachers livable wages so we can really have a serious place with accountability in our schools.

@XxBlindoutxX

2 ай бұрын

$59,000.00-$103,000.00 for a teacher in ontario

@JC-se8mi

2 ай бұрын

I’m from a family of teachers…they’re paid well beyond a livable wage compared to the rest of the population. It’s a tough and important job, but they’re definitely compensated well.

@mikeangelle1406

2 ай бұрын

Hey look another Union member trying desperately to go after the Ford government for more money. lol. . A livable wage? None of you in this union of so-called teachers do your job. I would do anything to take your wage AND your government pensions from you. You are all useless. That is a fact.

@EnsignRedshirtRicky

2 ай бұрын

@user-vo4wh6nv2n - With a name like "hsjsisjsj" and an account that is one month old, I am calling Troll/S-Poster. Zero effort one as well.

@gdarroch6425

2 ай бұрын

Livable wage? $103000.00 isn't a livable wage? Seriously!