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Cell phones at school
Posted on 10/30/15 at 12:26 pm
Posted on 10/30/15 at 12:26 pm
Seems there has been a rash of confrontations recently between school authorities and students over use of cell phones at school. I think this has the potential to blow up into major problem. Whats everyones opinion?
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Posted on 10/30/15 at 12:27 pm to kjntgr
Cellphone jammers.
Posted on 10/30/15 at 12:27 pm to kjntgr
Ban them. We got by fine without them.
Now get off my lawn.
Now get off my lawn.
Posted on 10/30/15 at 12:27 pm to kjntgr
Pandora's box has been opened.
You can't close it now.
You can't close it now.
Posted on 10/30/15 at 12:27 pm to kjntgr
They should not be allowed in the classroom.
Posted on 10/30/15 at 12:29 pm to kjntgr
Should be turned off in the backpack or a pocket from first bell until the last bell.
Take it out, lose it until parent/guardian can come pick it up.
Take it out, lose it until parent/guardian can come pick it up.
Posted on 10/30/15 at 12:29 pm to kjntgr
Simple, they stay in your locker. There is no reason you need them in class.
Posted on 10/30/15 at 12:29 pm to LSUBoo
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Should be turned off in the backpack or a pocket from first bell until the last bell.
Take it out, lose it until parent/guardian can come pick it up.
this.
my 14 yo niece had hers confiscated for 2 weeks for repeated violations. It was incredible motivation for her to follow the rules.
Posted on 10/30/15 at 12:30 pm to kjntgr
Many schools have been duped into using educational technology that requires cell phones/iPads/etc. They're not going away.
Posted on 10/30/15 at 12:31 pm to LSUBoo
Those responses are fine, but being a retired public school teacher, I can tell you that if you attempt to confiscate one then all hell breaks loose.
Posted on 10/30/15 at 12:32 pm to kjntgr
One example doesn't solidify your spinoff here. It's 2015, phones aren't a new phenomenon, millions of kids have them and it won't take millions of a-hole cops to enforce school policy on the whole.
Posted on 10/30/15 at 12:33 pm to kjntgr
In this day and age, especially if you have older kids who drive back and forth from school, it's unrealistic to expect them to not have them at all in school IMO.
That said, it's not unreasonable to expect a kid to keep it in his/her pocket/purse with the ringer on silent during instruction. Or for a teacher to ask them to put it away when they're on it when they're not supposed to be. A lot of district/state personnel who come in to audit a school when their scores are low will mark a teacher if a student is sitting there on the phone and you don't address it.
That said, it's not unreasonable to expect a kid to keep it in his/her pocket/purse with the ringer on silent during instruction. Or for a teacher to ask them to put it away when they're on it when they're not supposed to be. A lot of district/state personnel who come in to audit a school when their scores are low will mark a teacher if a student is sitting there on the phone and you don't address it.
Posted on 10/30/15 at 12:34 pm to Hawkeye95
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my 14 yo niece had hers confiscated for 2 weeks for repeated violations. It was incredible motivation for her to follow the rules.
At my old school the policy generally was take it away until the end of the period on first offense, end of the day on 2nd, a week on the 3rd, and 30 days on the 4th (sometimes the parent would contact the board and we'd have to release it to them though).
Posted on 10/30/15 at 12:35 pm to kjntgr
That may work well in a private school where parents support school adminstrators. In most public schools its a totally different animal.
Posted on 10/30/15 at 12:36 pm to kjntgr
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Those responses are fine, but being a retired public school teacher, I can tell you that if you attempt to confiscate one then all hell breaks loose.
Well I assume that problem lies in the teachers' ability to discipline, regardless of the violation.
Posted on 10/30/15 at 12:40 pm to LSUBoo
Lsuboo, you have no clue as to the kind of problems teachers deal with everyday in public schools. Why fo you think I retired?
Posted on 10/30/15 at 12:45 pm to kjntgr
I didn't mean ability as in personal ability... but more that I'm sure teachers are handcuffed as to what they can do to discipline a student.
Posted on 10/30/15 at 12:45 pm to kjntgr
during school hours, they shouldn't be able to use them. however, after school hours, they should be able to have them for safety purposes.
Posted on 10/30/15 at 12:47 pm to kjntgr
Cell phone use should be banned from school. Emergency? Use the office phone.
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