I dunno, this is just anecdotal but phones and other electronics weren't allowed in my school and more than half of the students would stop listening after like five minutes (daydreaming, doodling etc waiting and wishing for the day to end). I feel like its not just phones that is the problem.
edit: but yeah i do agree social media is insanely addictive.
Im very thankful to internet leftists screaming "READ THEORY" for making me read theory. I would have never read anything other than a bit of school textbooks otherwise.
TV's fry your brain too, but phones are tailored to each individual which makes them much more engaging and addictive. In the days of TV you would need to do something else when dad wanted to watch sportsball
I dunno, this is just anecdotal but phones and other electronics weren't allowed in my school and more than half of the students would stop listening after like five minutes (daydreaming, doodling etc waiting and wishing for the day to end). I feel like its not just phones that is the problem.
edit: but yeah i do agree social media is insanely addictive.
Im very thankful to internet leftists screaming "READ THEORY" for making me read theory. I would have never read anything other than a bit of school textbooks otherwise.
I was a student in both eras and definitely got much worse after I was given my own laptop in college
Kids get distracted naturally, but 24/7 social media definitely makes it so much worse. It's frying your brain, and it's designed to do it.
just because they couldn't use phones at school doesn't mean they can't fry their brains with them at home
Most people in my country didn't have smartphones till around 2013. Before that everyone watched TV at home.
TV's fry your brain too, but phones are tailored to each individual which makes them much more engaging and addictive. In the days of TV you would need to do something else when dad wanted to watch sportsball