Detox is a popular term, used for everything from sugar detox to social detox. But this term Grantley College did a 72-hour digital detox. On a purely voluntary basis, our learners locked away their phones for 72 hours in the school safe on a Friday morning and went home until Monday morning.

What happens to a person in 72 hours without their devices?

1. Boredom, which switches on creativity
2. Irritability.. But Grantley’s young people are used to being without phones at school.
3. New engagement – parents, and learners found themselves talking to each other.
4. Sleep – On Friday night sleep eluded many of our learners, but by Sunday night they were sleeping like new people, for the first time in a long while.
5. The outdoors called! For many of these learners, they ventured outdoors during the weekend, going to markets, parks and braais.. to really socialize.

WE DID IT – Why don’t you try!