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Technophobia. Kids use phones to communicate with teachers and that includes during the school day.

by tootie 2y ago

ethbr1 2y ago
It's a valuable lesson to learn that the person in authority gets to set rules, even if they're arbitrary. It doesn't seem unreasonable for a teacher to say "I don't like interacting via email. If you need something from me, tell me."
- tootie 2y ago
  I honestly think it is unreasonable. I don't think the real-world lesson should be to blindly submit to authority. Obviously you have to be realistic, but kids are already very aware of which teachers are being difficult for no good reason. Most teachers now are requiring assignments be turned in via digital channel because it makes it impossible to question when they were due, when they were turned in or for a paper to be misplaced. It's unequivocally superior to paper assignments. Even for hand-made work, they will take a photo on their phone to upload. One teacher in particular still requires hand-written papers to be turned in and recently gave my kid a 0 on an assignment because he lost it. She had to go to his class afterschool and find it.
  - ethbr1 2y ago
    That doesn't jive with your experience as an adult in the real world? Someone in authority says a thing must be a way. You're welcome to plead your case, or take them to court, or try any other redress that you want. But in the end, if you need something from them you're beholden to their requirements and favor. It's not like they're asking a child to submit a paper at the top of Mt Everest. If it needs to be in dead tree form, on a desk, then you plan a way to make that happen. Or you argue your case about why you shouldn't be subject to those rules.
- pavel_lishin 2y ago
  It also seems reasonable for teachers to say, "my email hours are not from the hours of 8am-4pm, so email me after school - since that's when I'll be answering them anyway."

Technophobia. Kids use phones to communicate with teachers and that includes during the school day.

by tootie 2y ago

Technophobia. Kids use phones to communicate with teachers and that includes during the school day.

It's a valuable lesson to learn that the person in authority gets to set rules, even if they're arbitrary. It doesn't seem unreasonable for a teacher to say "I don't like interacting via email. If you need something from me, tell me."

tootie 2y ago
I honestly think it is unreasonable. I don't think the real-world lesson should be to blindly submit to authority. Obviously you have to be realistic, but kids are already very aware of which teachers are being difficult for no good reason. Most teachers now are requiring assignments be turned in via digital channel because it makes it impossible to question when they were due, when they were turned in or for a paper to be misplaced. It's unequivocally superior to paper assignments. Even for hand-made work, they will take a photo on their phone to upload. One teacher in particular still requires hand-written papers to be turned in and recently gave my kid a 0 on an assignment because he lost it. She had to go to his class afterschool and find it.
- ethbr1 2y ago
  That doesn't jive with your experience as an adult in the real world? Someone in authority says a thing must be a way. You're welcome to plead your case, or take them to court, or try any other redress that you want. But in the end, if you need something from them you're beholden to their requirements and favor. It's not like they're asking a child to submit a paper at the top of Mt Everest. If it needs to be in dead tree form, on a desk, then you plan a way to make that happen. Or you argue your case about why you shouldn't be subject to those rules.
pavel_lishin 2y ago
It also seems reasonable for teachers to say, "my email hours are not from the hours of 8am-4pm, so email me after school - since that's when I'll be answering them anyway."