re: Why don't all schools prohibit cell phones in classrooms? I read an article that indicated

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I’m very involved in my kids schooling. Teachers can do no wrong…. Yet they have sex with kids, kids have more issues, and our society is going to crap.

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Right, this is definitely important for the discussion. I’ve taught many kids that have been beaten and abused by parents. Nobody is saying teachers do no wrong. I’m not sure what complaining about with this.

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This place has a hard on for teachers are good.

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This place routinely shits on teachers. I know, because I am one.

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They sleep w their students, have vapes throughout the school, bullying, lowest academic standards in the last few years and advocated for kids to stay home from school and close schools during covid.

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All of these pertain to some, not all teachers. Your blanket statements are ignorant, and seem to come from a place of emotion. If your child is like this, teachers probably have to give him or her extra attention.

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And the teachers are douche bags, you guys watch kids al year and bitch about how it’s the parents.

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Yes, this is a rational, well-thought statement that shows your character. I can only imagine having a conference with you. If this is how you defend little Johnny, I’d walk out of the room.

I don’t agree with schools taking someone’s phone but I do agree school should be able to suspend the kid for having them there if they are banned

“Ya that's theft. You can go get it back that evening just have to use a little legal talk to scare them. Seen ppl talk about it before and how they got it back, some were smother but one threatened to call the cops for theft.

Edit: no problem with them taking if for the day if they were using it when not supposed to. Anything longer I have a problem with.”

An intelligent person/student/parent wouldn’t have “a problem with it” due the rules being set out in advance. Said rules don’t take the phone long term on first offense- it takes two infractions for the long term penalty to kick in. Failure to follow rules has consequences in all aspects of life-not just cell phones.
I can imagine the law showing up only to learn that a parent wants their kid’s phone back from the school that took it due to policy infraction. What an absolute abuse of the police’s time. A parent calling the police over this is not an intelligent move. A terrible lesson for the kid as well.
I’ve edited to add I no longer have kids in school. The school that they attended did not allow cell phone usage in the classroom. I fully supported the school because the policy was put out in advance.

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I guess I am getting old

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Do the younger transvestites come to you for advice now?

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frick that. No school is going to physically take a kid’s phone and lock it away for a certain amount of time lol

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Well, they did it to my kid although there was no physical confrontation involved

I'm on the side of the school here btw.

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A school also isn’t going to keep a phone in their desk all year. And everyone who is taking my comment wrong would absolutely have a melt down and come here to post about it.

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My kids high school has two strikes and your phone is gone for the year. We are all adults and understand the penalty ahead of time. Thankfully the parents at our school don't have the "but it's muh property" mentality. Then again that's why we're at a charter. Kids don't have locks on their lockers either if that doesn't tell you something about the school and kids.

District i work in doesnt care. Just not out during test. Hell they have cell phone docking stations in class

My daughter did a Teach for America gig after college. She ended up teaching at a NE inner city high school. The principal told them to take up their phone if they saw them using it in class.

Another TFA teacher asked if they should send them to the office if they refused to give up the phone. The principal said no, that the teachers had to deal with it in the classroom.

My daughter had a kid answer a call. She walked over and told him to give her his phone. He shook his head. She insisted. He lowered his head. The another kid explained what was about to go down to my naive little girl -- she said, "He's fixin' to hit you."

Given some of the things she had already seen at this school, she decided she was not going to take a punch for a principal who would not back them up.