Students Ditch Their Phones For a Week, Report Feeling Happier & More Refreshed

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“I’m having a lot of better relationships.”

Professor Donna Freitas questioned the damage smartphones were doing to young people’s lives.

“The fact that no one can focus, that my students can’t sleep… They feel bad about themselves because of social media, and the list goes on and on,” she said.

Students came out of the experiment wanting to drastically cut their screen time and live more in the moment.

“My screen time is definitely going to go down, and I’m going start to appreciate my surroundings more because usually I’m looking at my screen all the time,” Ashley Castillero said.

Maybe they actually paid attention to the world around them. And had the satisfaction of talking face-to-face with others.

I wonder how soon they’ll revert to their old ways.

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I think during my life time cheap commonly available cell phones created the biggest cultural change in the world. Even more so than computers or any other technology.

I also don't think it was for the good. It has destroyed a lot of personal relationships and replaced them with cyber relationships.