I started at Oxford when I was 17. I got a real kick today out of imagining what it would have been like to take the bus into Oxford from Heathrow, settle in, and promptly discover that I was blocked from Facebook. The prospect is demeaning even to contemplate.
“Hey, did you see the pitch in the Cherwell news group?” “No, I was working during the day, and the British government insists on treating me like a small child at night.”

Something worth acknowledging in considering the (im)practicalities of the proposed nighttime social media curfew is the significant number of 17 year-olds at Scottish universities. Their classes may be timetabled until 6pm, and some learning resources may be on YouTube.











