# Schools banning all TV and computer use

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schools-banning-all-tv-and-computer-use/753970>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [May 5, 2016, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schools-banning-all-tv-and-computer-use/753970 "2016-05-05T06:49:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2016, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schools-banning-all-tv-and-computer-use/753970/41 "2016-05-08T22:34:21Z")

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Yeah, I doubt the parents that send their kids to these schools would appreciate that. Unless of course the diapers are cloth and the cell phone toy was hand made out of organic wood by a local craftsperson.

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**Author:** ![Section\_Maker\_Jupe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/section_maker_jupe/32/1424_2.png) [@Section\_Maker\_Jupe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Section_Maker_Jupe)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2016, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schools-banning-all-tv-and-computer-use/753970/42 "2016-05-08T23:28:15Z")

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you need both types of learning…when the wifi goes down, gotta know how to start a fire without the internet:D

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**Author:** ![nicky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f0a364/32.png) [@nicky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nicky)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schools-banning-all-tv-and-computer-use/753970/43 "2016-05-11T22:26:42Z")

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The Acorn headmaster is well mental

[http://www.theacornschool.com/news/the-imagination-of-the-child/](http://www.theacornschool.com/news/the-imagination-of-the-child/)

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**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schools-banning-all-tv-and-computer-use/753970/44 "2016-05-11T22:49:28Z")

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> [@JohnClay](#):
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> The parents seem intelligent though since they are wealthy:

Huh? I say again, huh?

If the wealth is inherited, it says nothing about their intelligence.

If they made the money on their own, it only tells us about their intelligence in a very specific area.

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