TORPY: Cellphone ban in schools is a bid to prevent mush brains

A smartphone loaded with social media apps is basically a dopamine-spewing addiction machine in your pocket. That is true for all ages, but more so if you’re a kid who’s grown up with it.

Starting next year, Georgia’s elementary and middle school students will have to go cold turkey from their phones during school hours. (High schoolers may come later.)

The “bell-to-bell” ban means kids won’t be (or, at least, should not be) looking at their phones from the start of school until after 3 p.m., said the bill’s author, Rep. Scott Hilton, a Republican from Peachtree Corners…

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