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While I agree phones shouldn’t be allowed in school I can understand freaking out if the school takes a very expensive thing like a phone from a kid, especially
by edgyquant 5y ago
While I agree phones shouldn’t be allowed in school I can understand freaking out if the school takes a very expensive thing like a phone from a kid, especially like you said as it’s a means to reach the kid.
- Wowfunhappy 5y agoWhy do you need to reach your child while they are in class? Why can’t you call the office?
- edgyquant 5y agoI think a better question is why should parents not be able to directly reach their children when the technology exists. These kids aren’t in prison and parents have every right to decide whether or not their child has a phone on them.
- Wowfunhappy 5y agoBecause children are taking them out in class. If a child actually keeps the phone in their bag that's fine, but if they take it out (and it's not a true emergency), the teacher has every right to confiscate it.
- edgyquant 5y agoAnd I would argue that they don’t have the right just as your employer doesn’t have the right to take your phone. Apparently a lot of parents agree with me which is what spawned this comment chain.
- handrous 5y agoMe, I'd be like, "huh, it sure was dumb of me to let my kid take an expensive electronic distraction to school. I probably shouldn't have done that." But I think that puts me in old-man-yells-at-cloud territory, these days.
- sodality2 5y agoHardly "old-man-yells-at-cloud territory". It's been only four years in our district since we were told to leave our phones in the lockers or at home, preferably. In those four years they implemented "Bring your own technology" policies to cut down on tech spending, and now everyone has their own laptop in our district. No one blinks an eye at using devices, except during assignments. "I'm taking notes" is the typical excuse.