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No TikTok, No Instagram: Chilean School Blocks Phones and Students Rediscover Real-World Connections
- A school in Santiago, Chile, has blocked cell phone signals to help students reconnect with real-world activities, making it the first program of its kind in the country and one of the first in South America.
- The initiative aims to combat smartphone addiction and improve student well-being, currently applied only to eighth-grade students but expected to expand to all grades and other schools in the district next year.
- Principal Humberto Garrido reported that students have positively adapted to the program, noting that breaks are now very lively and more physical activities have been introduced to encourage connections among students.
- Mayor Felipe Alessandri emphasized that the initiative responds to concerns such as increasing issues of depression and anxiety among students, exacerbated by smartphone use and remote learning during the pandemic.
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No TikTok, no Instagram: Chilean school blocks phones and students rediscover real-world connections
A school in Santiago, Chile, has launched a program that blocks smartphones, helping teens reconnect with the real world.
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In the wide courtyard of a school in northeastern Santiago teenagers have changed screens, virtual conversations and video games for volleyball matches, ping pong contests, musical choreography rehearsals or simply chats with friends.
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