{"id":40206,"date":"2024-05-03T09:15:58","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T14:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=40206"},"modified":"2024-05-03T09:15:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T14:15:58","slug":"but-but-but","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2024\/05\/03\/but-but-but\/","title":{"rendered":"But But But &#8230; !"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not all new technology is good for schooling, or so I think. If you, like me, think cellphones should be banned from schools, <em><strong>WaPo<\/strong><\/em> has an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2024\/05\/01\/school-cellphones-confiscate\/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=newsletter&amp;wpisrc=nl_most&amp;carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F3d92997%2F663264fac6c5c3514b08a515%2F59ee10d9ae7e8a504fd8ecd3%2F8%2F46%2F663264fac6c5c3514b08a515\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a> for you:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>So in December, [Assistant Principal Raymond] Dolphin did something unusual: He banned [cellphones].<\/p>\n<p>The experiment at Illing Middle School sparked objections from students and some parents, but it has already generated profound and unexpected results.<\/p>\n<p>Dolphin likened prohibiting cellphones to curbing consumption of sugary foods. \u201cIn a matter of months, you start feeling better,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>What unfolded at the school reflects a broader struggle underway in education as some administrators turn to increasingly drastic measures to limit the reach of a technology that is both ubiquitous and endlessly distracting.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Schools are used not just to teach knowledge, but to teach <em>learning<\/em>, including the ability to focus. Some might argue that includes ignoring the iguana in the pocket, but I&#8217;d argue that first teach focus, as it&#8217;s a skill unto itself, and then teach how to ignore the iguana in the pocket. Or let the kids figure it out themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Love it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not all new technology is good for schooling, or so I think. If you, like me, think cellphones should be banned from schools, WaPo has an article for you: So in December, [Assistant Principal Raymond] Dolphin did something unusual: He banned [cellphones]. The experiment at Illing Middle School sparked objections \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2024\/05\/03\/but-but-but\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40206"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40207,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40206\/revisions\/40207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}