Apps won’t help grades

Dear Editor:

I am a student from John Black Public School. I believe that students today have very short attention spans. I think that most kids my age look at screens for half their day. I think some apps encourage kids to continuously scroll. I don’t think this is good for kids’ brains because it isn’t educational.

I struggle with some of these things, but I am working to stop it. I think this is actually a mix of a problem for both kids and parents. The kids should know their limits and parents should know how much time their kids are spending. Parents can use a few different apps that check or manually take the phone and check.

This problem affects school because people are tempted to look at their phone too often. Kids become addicted and look for ways to check their screens.

People posting on social media are often posting fake things to make people feel “less than.” Students’ grades can be worse because of this problem and some professions require a good education.

Checking apps all the time won’t get those grades any higher.

Nico Turano,
Fergus