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School bans parents from using phones at school gates
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語篇導讀：英國的一家小學禁止家長在校門口使用手機，並提示家長：“請用微笑迎接你的孩子”。
A primary school has put up signs to warn phone-obsessed (沉迷於手機的) parents to greet their children with a smile at the end of the day rather than using phones.
It has become a common sight at school gates to see children running up to their parents, only to find them paying attention to text messages, phone calls, or Facebook.
Now the headmistress at St Joseph's RC Primary School, in Middlesbrough, has put up signs at all three entrances to the school.
The signs say: “Greet your child with a smile, not a mobile”.
Liz King, headmistress at St Joseph's, said: “We are trying to develop our speaking and listening in school and we thought it was a really simple way to get the message across.
“It wasn't a problem among our parents; we just wanted to let them know that speaking and listening helps the children to have discussions.”
The move resulted in different reactions (反應), with some parents welcoming the signs, saying “it's about time” while others felt it was “a bit daft (愚蠢的)”.
Danielle Parker, a parent, said: “I think they need to be up because everyone's on their phones when they pick their kids up. I'd like to think they'll make a difference.”
Another parent Danielle Savage said: “I agree with it; it's a good thing. But it only works if you're having discussions all the time at home, not just when you're collecting your child.”
Some people when questioned were more hesitant (猶豫的) about the signs, with one parent, whose child is little, calling the move “a bit daft”.
Lindan Bradley, a pupil at the school, said he agreed with the signs, saying: “Why would kids want to see [parents] on [their] mobile phones all the time?”
---選自英語週報2017-2018上學年《高一人教課標綜合》第01期
【思考】 你和父母通過何種方式溝通？他們是否因為忙於使用各種電子設備而忽略了你的成長？
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