School and phones.

[Ishmael]

The local school system policy is that if a student disrupts a class with his/her phone it is taken away for the day and the parent has to show up to retrieve the phone. Second offense, a week. Third offense for the rest of the school year.

So you parents out there;

Do you send your kid(s) to schools with phones.........and why?

What do you think of the districts policy?

Ishmael

 

[Saint Peter]

Tests are a breeze with a little help from the Goog.

 

[smoothg103rd]

My kids are young. They don't have a phone.


But if I was a child, they would just have to suspend me. Because, I'm not letting anyone take my phone. Not a day, week, or year.

If one of my kids come in a say the school took their phone, I'm going to go get it. I'm going to ask whoever took it, is they going to pay the bill, if not, then give me the fucking phone back.

 

[ElijaRDC]

My kids are young. They don't have a phone.


But if I was a child, they would just have to suspend me. Because, I'm not letting anyone take my phone. Not a day, week, or year.

If one of my kids come in a say the school took their phone, I'm going to go get it. I'm going to ask whoever took it, is they going to pay the bill, if not, then give me the fucking phone back.

Parents like this make me really glad I opted out of going into education.

 

[Bert Notorius]

when my kids were in school the phones had cords. and you could drive a nail with the handset.

 

[Aella_]

I don't have kids, but I totally agree.
Because, for ex., I'm much older, but I'm already addicted to the net. (and that's why I never use my cellphone)
I can't even fathom what it might be like to grow up and develop in that culture of nonstop texting + internet access.

 

[Ishmael]

Parents like this make me really glad I opted out of going into education.

I'm more concerned about those that weren't smart enough 'opt out.'

Ishmael

 

[Gerontion]

My kids are young. They don't have a phone.


But if I was a child, they would just have to suspend me. Because, I'm not letting anyone take my phone. Not a day, week, or year.

If one of my kids come in a say the school took their phone, I'm going to go get it. I'm going to ask whoever took it, is they going to pay the bill, if not, then give me the fucking phone back.

Then be a parent. Teach them when to use it, and when to keep it put away. Unless you look at school as day-care, rather than a place where your kids can learn lessons and skills to get ahead. Maybe they should pay attention to something other than a phone????

 

[Wings]

My kids keep their cell phones in their backpack during the school day and on Fridays some teachers let them bring them to class for after their quizzes. Never had a problem, they respect the rules and stay out of trouble.

 

[smoothg103rd]

Parents like this make me really glad I opted out of going into education.

Say what you want. As a teacher that's what you are, their teacher. You are not their parent. You can't take things from them at will.

As a parent it's my job to teach them not to do those things. Your job is to teach them the lesson. I take things away and punish them. Not no fucking school.

 

[Wrong Element]

Most parents want their kids to have phones available if they're needed -- this has been the case ever since Columbine. That's a separate issue from abusing the phone privilege in the classroom.

 

[Lord Pmann]

Why do kids need their cells at school? Can you imagine how annoying it must be with 30 little shits and their cells going off?

 

[neci]

no phones. when they are old enough to drive by themselves, they can have a phone for emergencies.

 

[BabblingBrooke]

At my kids' school, cell phones and tablets are allowed and encouraged. They sign an acceptable use policy and use them in the classroom for research purposes. The school has awesome wifi available. Each teacher is able to set his or her own expectations, and my oldest has a teacher who doesn't allow them. Do they use them to text or DM each other? Absolutely, and at about the same rate that my friends and I passed paper notes in class.

 

[ElijaRDC]

Say what you want. As a teacher that's what you are, their teacher. You are not their parent. You can't take things from them at will.

As a parent it's my job to teach them not to do those things. Your job is to teach them the lesson. I take things away and punish them. Not no fucking school.

Except that parents with that attitude rarely actually do anything, from what I hear.

 

[Ishmael]

Most parents want their kids to have phones available if they're needed -- this has been the case ever since Columbine. That's a separate issue from abusing the phone privilege in the classroom.

I can think of a lot of reasons that a child should have a phone, but that is the absolute most poorly thought through and damned dangerous reason. Parents that offer that up as an excuse should have the kids taken away and then be sterilized.

Ishmael

 

[Oh_That_Guy]

Say what you want. As a teacher that's what you are, their teacher. You are not their parent. You can't take things from them at will.

As a parent it's my job to teach them not to do those things. Your job is to teach them the lesson. I take things away and punish them. Not no fucking school.

I don't believe you're a parent with that attitude. Nobody with kids who actually care about their kids would think that way and anyone with kids in school would know what you said is total bullshit.

 

[Wings]

We live in the tundra. Several times in the last few years I've received a phone call from one of my kids to tell me the bus was stuck in the snow or that they were delayed. It gives me some peace of mind that they can reach me if they need to. I like the rule of the school taking their phones and making the parents come get them from the office. It's an effective consequence.

 

[Oh_That_Guy]

We live in the tundra. Several times in the last few years I've received a phone call from one of my kids to tell me the bus was stuck in the snow or that they were delayed. It gives me some peace of mind that they can reach me if they need to. I like the rule of the school taking their phones and making the parents come get them from the office. It's an effective consequence.

It seems to be the norm in school districts. Makes sense.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

Except that parents with that attitude rarely actually do anything, from what I hear.

I don't believe you're a parent with that attitude. Nobody with kids who actually care about their kids would think that way and anyone with kids in school would know what you said is total bullshit.

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[ElijaRDC]

We live in the tundra. Several times in the last few years I've received a phone call from one of my kids to tell me the bus was stuck in the snow or that they were delayed. It gives me some peace of mind that they can reach me if they need to. I like the rule of the school taking their phones and making the parents come get them from the office. It's an effective consequence.

Before my dad retired, he turned a student's phone into the office and the parents (who at that point were more than sick of their kid's shit) let it sit there until the last day of the school year.

 

[smoothg103rd]

Except that parents with that attitude rarely actually do anything, from what I hear.

From what you hear.

 

[smoothg103rd]

I don't believe you're a parent with that attitude. Nobody with kids who actually care about their kids would think that way and anyone with kids in school would know what you said is total bullshit.

What why? Because I'm not ok with a school taking away something I paid? I never said that I'm ok with my kids using their phone during class. I decide weather I want to take the phone, not no school.

 

[smoothg103rd]

http://media.tumblr.com/78bfc412eb72c5c76f71fd79fa831637/tumblr_inline_mt8eo1e2pA1qajehj.gif

Don't start your shit, bbygirl.

 

[Oh_That_Guy]

What why? Because I'm not ok with a school taking away something I paid? I never said that I'm ok with my kids using their phone during class. I decide weather I want to take the phone, not no school.

That's exactly why it's clear you either don't have kids or don't have kids in school. You expect the school the put up with a disruptive student because they aren't the parent. Teachers have the right and obligation to discipline students, especially those who disrupt class or break the rules.
The fact that you are ignorant of that says a lot.