We've got a few lessons we'd like to impart to British teenagers on the subject of mobile usage. 1.) DON'T play loud music from them on the bus, 2.) DON'T punch people in the head while filming it on your camphone, and 3.) DON'T sign up to those tempting ringtone subscriptions, you'll only regret it.
In South Korea, educators are more worried about pupils being addicted to their mobiles, so 12 schools have been chosen for a pilot scheme investigating the problem. The kids will be discussing how they use phones, what symptoms they experience when they're without their handset, and considering "proper use of the phones as consumers".
Naturally, they won't be allowed to have their phones switched on during the lessons: in fact, they'll be put in special phone lockers for the duration. Could such a scheme happen here in the UK? We think the idea's got legs.
(via Textually)
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