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Dutch school phone ban to come into force next month (www.euronews.com)

submitted 10 months ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/europe@feddit.de

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[–] Vincent@kbin.social 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Phones now are a way more important part of people's (and especially teenagers') lives than they were back then. And they're often also used to support lessons.

[–] skulblaka@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I was in middle school in 2005 and had basically no friends largely because I had no phone to text with.

[–] capital@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

SAME. We had no texting plan because the phone companies charged per-text at the time.

That's when I learned about the email gateways for all the major carriers so at least I could "text" when I was at home via email.

[–] skulblaka@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

I didn't figure out that particular trick until pretty late, unfortunately, but it did serve me VERY well during high school.