It is forbidden to bring mobile phones into the campus. Can the school use hammers and tables?

On September 3rd, a school in Hebei Province put a table and a hammer at the school gate, and posted a sign beside it, which caused controversy among many netizens.

In response, the school responded that these tools were placed in the hope of shocking students. Students can report their mobile phones to the class teacher in advance when necessary, and fully charge them during the holidays. However, if students don't report their mobile phones in advance, they will be smashed. After the crash, the school will compensate the parents according to the price. This practice has been recognized by parents.

As a matter of fact, it is no longer a new topic to "prohibit bringing mobile phones into campus". As early as 20 18, the Ministry of Education issued the "Implementation Plan for Comprehensive Prevention and Control of Myopia in Children and Adolescents", clearly stipulating that students are strictly forbidden to bring personal mobile phones, tablets and other electronic products into the classroom, and those brought into the school should be kept in a unified way. Moreover, 202 1 issued the notice on strengthening the management of mobile phones for primary and middle school students, which reiterated this problem again.

The regulations come first, and the school implements them later. So what is the controversy of netizens in this incident? It lies in the management method of the school.

I believe many post-00 students have heard the teacher's angry sentence: "If you play mobile phone in class again, I will smash it", but when an impulsive "angry word" becomes a real control means, we have to be alert to the hidden dangers it may bring. Not to mention whether deliberately destroying other people's property violates relevant laws and regulations, the educational consequences brought by this way alone are enough to make the school "not worth the candle." Whether students like it or not, smashing unregistered students' mobile phones is good for students and improves their attention. In fact, this not only fails to achieve the educational purpose, but also easily arouses students' rebellious psychology, which leads to backfire. Moreover, the ex post compensation method of "compensation according to the price" can easily lead to disputes. What is the standard of compensation by price? How to compensate for destroying the data information of middle school students on mobile phones? If students use this rule to extort money from the school, how should the school respond? These problems should be "loopholes" that schools should think about before this sledgehammer comes out.

Wu, a famous family education expert, once pointed out: "Management should manage people, manage people's hearts and care about people's hearts. The education of "moving the mind" is far more effective than the education of moving the body and things. It is true that minors are easily influenced by online games and social interaction because of their immature mental development and lack of social cognition, and need the supervision and management of parents and schools. But simple and rude "one size fits all" education is the most useless and unscientific. Facing the problem of teenagers' internet addiction, the best way is to combine discipline and education with "treating the heart".

At the parent level, parents can't blindly rely on the school in an attempt to sacrifice a mobile phone for an obedient child. Many times, children's addiction to mobile phones is also influenced by their parents. In this regard, parents should set an example and set a good example. At the same time, parents should strengthen effective communication and companionship with their children in daily life, truly enter their inner world, so that children do not have to seek love and fun in the virtual world, thus reducing their dependence on mobile phones.

At the school level, we should reflect on whether our education and management methods are appropriate. 202 1 issued the Notice on Strengthening the Management of Mobile Phones for Primary and Secondary School Students, which mentioned that schools should strengthen education and guidance through various forms, so that students can treat and use mobile phones scientifically and rationally and avoid simple and rude management behaviors. The essence of education is that a tree shakes another tree, a cloud pushes another cloud, and a soul awakens another soul. The essence of education is also respect and understanding. In the incident of "setting the table and smashing the mobile phone" in this school in Qinhuangdao, Hebei Province, we saw the school and parents, but we didn't see the students' opinions. Perhaps, the next time the mobile phone management rules are formulated, the school is willing to bend down and discuss with the students to work out a relatively comprehensive solution, so that today's "mobile phone dropping" farce will not appear again.

Wang Dianjun, president of the middle school affiliated to Tsinghua University, once pointed out: "Learning how to use mobile phones correctly is a compulsory course and part of current education. The management of students' mobile phone use reflects the management concept and education level of the school. We must adhere to the combination of "management" and "teaching" to turn crises into opportunities. "Perhaps this is the understanding that major schools should have in the face of the requirement of" prohibiting mobile phones from entering the campus ".