Schaap had hoped for it, but it was not expected that such a large part of the students will spend the breaks in almost old -fashioned way. “You can think about it endlessly: why it is that young people are on their mobile so much, how you can reduce that. But you also have to offer an alternative, a positive incentive. And let’s be honest: a second -hand football table or such Pool table: At the budget of a school that is a pittance. “
A positive development, in the auditorium of the Schoter, where a cupboard with books has also been set. Schaap: “Just from the cycle, costs nothing.” But now the rector wants to continue. “What I see here is optimistic, but I am still worried. All the negative things that happen around schools in Haarlem, from harassment to fights, start on social media. We really have to do something about that.”
Until high school no mobile
Schaap calls for a reduction in smartphone use for young people. “Not a mobile until high school.” Not according to a law or ban, if it is up to the Haarlem school director, but as an informal agreement in society. “It is now clear that frequent use of the smartphone damages the development of a child. We have to draw a limit.”
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