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Maybe they learned, wow i can go a full hour without looking at that screen. Or maybe they actually enjoyed a topic in class and then used the phone to google more about it. Maybe during class they made a real life friend and decided to play with them after school after texting their parents for permission.
Many kids are far too young and inexperienced to understand how valuable that free education really is in public school. I don't mind minimizing phone use to help them get the most of it.
School sucks and I don't blame kids for checking out mentally. The phone just makes is visually apparent in a way 1000 year staring doesn't