2020-03-01 Ivy League Enjoy English

https://www.overyondr.com/howitworks

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eenagers love their phones as much

as anyone. But at a school in the Bay

Area, teens are happy to be away from their

phones from 8:00 a.m. to 3:10 p.m. How did

this seemingly

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impossible miracle

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happen?

Yondr happened.

Yondr is a small pouch

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with a magnet

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that locks. Students turn their phones off,

put them in the pouch, and at the beginning

of the school day they get locked up. At the

end of the day, on the way out of school, all

the pouches are unlocked and the students

can go back to playing games, sending

messages, and Instagramming.

The assistant principal said that the idea

for using Yondr came from teachers. They

were tired of spending hours and hours taking

away students phones or telling them to pay

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t love

the idea of not being able to Snapchat during

the day, but eventually

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, they grew to

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love

it. The classrooms at the school are now

distraction

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-free zones

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so kids are talking

more, laughing more, and making more

friends. It seems as though the school has

discovered a good way to improve its learning

environment with the introduction of Yondr.

Words & Phrases

1. seemingly [ `simIGlI ] adv.

This seemingly ordinary movie has an

unexpected ending.

2. miracle [ `mIrJkL ] n.

It was a miracle that Ian survived the accident.

3. eventually [ I`vEntSUJlI ] adv.

After changing many careers, Rick eventually

made it big in publishing.

4. grow to V

Angela said her puppy would grow to become

her best friend.

5. distraction [ dI`strAkSJn ]

n.

If the TV is a distraction for you, I can turn it

off.

6. zone [ zon ] n.

Louise is willing to go to the war zone to get

the first-hand report.

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Extra Words & Phrases

Ź pouch [

pZUtS

] n.

Ź magnet [

`mAgnIt

] n.