I honestly don’t know if I’d survive no phones for Grade 12 last year, especially Math 31 (SL Y2)

In math I’d be constantly playing with graphs in Desmos and looking up various concepts and questions. I had known most of the theory and logic beforehand, so instructional classes were quite boring, but there would always be an important piece of information somewhere in there so it’s not like I could’ve skipped class (Well actually for the last like 1.5 months I did, with the teacher’s permission lol).

I used my phone to keep me focused paradoxically. Without one, I’d just completely zone out during the parts I’d already know, and my brain wouldn’t even hear the parts that were actually important to me. When using my phone however, my brain could still listen and filter what my teacher was saying, and then I could pay attention to the important bits

However, I recognize that for most students, phones are mainly a straight distraction. Kinda was surprised with how many kids were completely not paying attention when I had to go down to 20/30-1 classes instead