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French schoolchildren will have to leave their smartphones switched off or at home as the new academic year begins in September, after lawmakers voted for a ban on Monday.
The ban on smartphones, tablets and other connected devices, which will apply to pupils up to the age of 14-15, fulfils[sic] a campaign promise by centrist President Emmanuel Macron, while being derided as "cosmetic" by the opposition.
MPs of Macron's centrist LREM party and its allies gave final approval to the bill, while lawmakers on the left and right abstained from the vote, calling the law a "publicity stunt" that would change nothing.
Under the new law, schools may make exceptions for "pedagogical use", extra-curricular activities, or for disabled pupils.
Secondary schools for their part can decide individually whether to impose a partial or total ban on connected devices.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday August 02 2018, @02:15AM (4 children)
So - if a young woman attempts to lose her virginity, but fails to tweet about it - is she still a virgin?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 02 2018, @02:29AM
You are the most Amurrican zen philosopher.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday August 02 2018, @01:52PM (2 children)
Was the attempt successful? The answer to that question would seem to correlate with your question.
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(Score: 3, Informative) by Runaway1956 on Thursday August 02 2018, @02:19PM (1 child)
You might think so, but I have this theory. Some other woman is impregnated the night before she departs on a flight into destiny. The plane crash lands on some desert island, and she is the sole survivor of the crash. She is stranded there for years - maybe even decades. Yes - OF COURSE she got pregnant the night before the flight. But, with no other women to talk to, the pregnancy cannot advance. She's just stuck with this fertilized egg, waiting for the opportunity to talk it into existence as an embryo, and then a baby. Finally, she is rescued, and she is given the opportunity to phone home to Mama, Big Sister, Little Sister, Cousin Mae, etc. Then, it's like WHAM!!! That little egg finally develops in the space of several seconds, she delivers the baby, and that baby grows right before her eyes into a teenaged kid. Just, WHAM!!
I strongly suspect that a human female who is unable to communicate her first sexual encounter to another human female may still be a virgin. At least until the communication takes place.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 02 2018, @02:32PM
I just can't help myself... I tried but am compelled to advance the notion that you just described the theory of Schrodinger's Cat. Only use a different term for the feline.