New Policy: APS school board adopts all-day ban on student phone use, makes one exception

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:School board did something right for once.

The stats in this article say it all.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2024/12/20/schools-ban-cellphones-virginia-impact/

YES!

[Anonymous]

Schools should be completely phone free, including during lunch time, their only time to socialize. Ban phones altogether. This way parent won’t feel the pressure to purchase one. For after school communication, schools should provide courtesy phones.

[Anonymous]

Wonder what the anti cell phone contingent is going to blame next now that cell phones are gone.

Going to be interesting when they wake up and realize all the problems didn't go away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wonder what the anti cell phone contingent is going to blame next now that cell phones are gone.

Going to be interesting when they wake up and realize all the problems didn't go away.

Right why try to make anything better, it’s all hopeless and schools are doomed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wonder what the anti cell phone contingent is going to blame next now that cell phones are gone.

Going to be interesting when they wake up and realize all the problems didn't go away.

All the problems - no. A lot of them? Yes. As a teacher this is the best school year I’ve had since probably 2018. It makes a HUGE difference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wonder what the anti cell phone contingent is going to blame next now that cell phones are gone.

Going to be interesting when they wake up and realize all the problems didn't go away.

And I can't wait for all those like you to see how much better this one little policy makes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wonder what the anti cell phone contingent is going to blame next now that cell phones are gone.

Going to be interesting when they wake up and realize all the problems didn't go away.

All the problems - no. A lot of them? Yes. As a teacher this is the best school year I’ve had since probably 2018. It makes a HUGE difference.

You know there were cell phones in 2018 right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wonder what the anti cell phone contingent is going to blame next now that cell phones are gone.

Going to be interesting when they wake up and realize all the problems didn't go away.

And I can't wait for all those like you to see how much better this one little policy makes.

It won't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wonder what the anti cell phone contingent is going to blame next now that cell phones are gone.

Going to be interesting when they wake up and realize all the problems didn't go away.

Right why try to make anything better, it’s all hopeless and schools are doomed.

We could focus on real things if ppl like you weren't distracted by gimmicky things like this that won't actually help.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Schools should be completely phone free, including during lunch time, their only time to socialize. Ban phones altogether. This way parent won’t feel the pressure to purchase one. For after school communication, schools should provide courtesy phones.

Pressure? please. So be a parent and make your own decision. Stand up to your child.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wonder what the anti cell phone contingent is going to blame next now that cell phones are gone.

Going to be interesting when they wake up and realize all the problems didn't go away.

All the problems - no. A lot of them? Yes. As a teacher this is the best school year I’ve had since probably 2018. It makes a HUGE difference.

You know there were cell phones in 2018 right?

Of course I do, idiot. But a) TikTok had only JUST come out so it wasn’t as prevalent as it is now and b) the pandemic hadn’t happened so the shift of “your life is in your phone” hadn’t occurred. In the 2010s, kids would still have their phones away most of class because they didn’t use them in the same way they do now. Earbuds were wired so they didn’t just walk around with music constantly being pumped into their head the way they do now with AirPods that never come out. The culture and usage were completely different. Having the phones in the pouch all class makes for more engaged students, not only with each other, but with me, the teacher. Their work is better, and they see that too. And you think we should give that up so you can be up their butt texting them 24/7? Insane.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wonder what the anti cell phone contingent is going to blame next now that cell phones are gone.

Going to be interesting when they wake up and realize all the problems didn't go away.

All the problems - no. A lot of them? Yes. As a teacher this is the best school year I’ve had since probably 2018. It makes a HUGE difference.

You know there were cell phones in 2018 right?

Of course I do, idiot. But a) TikTok had only JUST come out so it wasn’t as prevalent as it is now and b) the pandemic hadn’t happened so the shift of “your life is in your phone” hadn’t occurred. In the 2010s, kids would still have their phones away most of class because they didn’t use them in the same way they do now. Earbuds were wired so they didn’t just walk around with music constantly being pumped into their head the way they do now with AirPods that never come out. The culture and usage were completely different. Having the phones in the pouch all class makes for more engaged students, not only with each other, but with me, the teacher. Their work is better, and they see that too. And you think we should give that up so you can be up their butt texting them 24/7? Insane.

the anti cell phone contingent needs to learn some online manners. no wonder you have a problem with your kids' online behavior. look in the mirror.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wonder what the anti cell phone contingent is going to blame next now that cell phones are gone.

Going to be interesting when they wake up and realize all the problems didn't go away.

All the problems - no. A lot of them? Yes. As a teacher this is the best school year I’ve had since probably 2018. It makes a HUGE difference.

You know there were cell phones in 2018 right?

Of course I do, idiot. But a) TikTok had only JUST come out so it wasn’t as prevalent as it is now and b) the pandemic hadn’t happened so the shift of “your life is in your phone” hadn’t occurred. In the 2010s, kids would still have their phones away most of class because they didn’t use them in the same way they do now. Earbuds were wired so they didn’t just walk around with music constantly being pumped into their head the way they do now with AirPods that never come out. The culture and usage were completely different. Having the phones in the pouch all class makes for more engaged students, not only with each other, but with me, the teacher. Their work is better, and they see that too. And you think we should give that up so you can be up their butt texting them 24/7? Insane.

the anti cell phone contingent needs to learn some online manners. no wonder you have a problem with your kids' online behavior. look in the mirror.

I have no problem with MY kids’ online behavior. My students’ online behavior and how it massively impacts their academic and emotional well being at school while they’re in my charge- yes. And I absolutely do not have to have “manners” with a poster who posts idiotic things like “you know there were phones in 2018 right?” You’re talking to a person who interacts with hundreds of teenagers every year and has seen the massive shift and impact of cell phone use across the last decade or so and you think because you need to text your 1-3 kids all day that you know more than I do about the impact of cell phone use on this generation. You don’t. And I won’t treat you as if you and I have equally valid perspectives on this topic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wonder what the anti cell phone contingent is going to blame next now that cell phones are gone.

Going to be interesting when they wake up and realize all the problems didn't go away.

All the problems - no. A lot of them? Yes. As a teacher this is the best school year I’ve had since probably 2018. It makes a HUGE difference.

You know there were cell phones in 2018 right?

Of course I do, idiot. But a) TikTok had only JUST come out so it wasn’t as prevalent as it is now and b) the pandemic hadn’t happened so the shift of “your life is in your phone” hadn’t occurred. In the 2010s, kids would still have their phones away most of class because they didn’t use them in the same way they do now. Earbuds were wired so they didn’t just walk around with music constantly being pumped into their head the way they do now with AirPods that never come out. The culture and usage were completely different. Having the phones in the pouch all class makes for more engaged students, not only with each other, but with me, the teacher. Their work is better, and they see that too. And you think we should give that up so you can be up their butt texting them 24/7? Insane.

I was going to write AirPods: introduced in 2016, so student usage in 2018 tracks.

Similarly 2017 was when unlimited data became more common. So streaming videos for long periods of time wouldn’t be as expensive.

Scrolling through instagram was pretty innocuous at least for the class, it was like reading a comic book inside your book. Video and some leaked audio is much harder to ignore.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wonder what the anti cell phone contingent is going to blame next now that cell phones are gone.

Going to be interesting when they wake up and realize all the problems didn't go away.

All the problems - no. A lot of them? Yes. As a teacher this is the best school year I’ve had since probably 2018. It makes a HUGE difference.

You know there were cell phones in 2018 right?

Of course I do, idiot. But a) TikTok had only JUST come out so it wasn’t as prevalent as it is now and b) the pandemic hadn’t happened so the shift of “your life is in your phone” hadn’t occurred. In the 2010s, kids would still have their phones away most of class because they didn’t use them in the same way they do now. Earbuds were wired so they didn’t just walk around with music constantly being pumped into their head the way they do now with AirPods that never come out. The culture and usage were completely different. Having the phones in the pouch all class makes for more engaged students, not only with each other, but with me, the teacher. Their work is better, and they see that too. And you think we should give that up so you can be up their butt texting them 24/7? Insane.

the anti cell phone contingent needs to learn some online manners. no wonder you have a problem with your kids' online behavior. look in the mirror.

I have no problem with MY kids’ online behavior. My students’ online behavior and how it massively impacts their academic and emotional well being at school while they’re in my charge- yes. And I absolutely do not have to have “manners” with a poster who posts idiotic things like “you know there were phones in 2018 right?” You’re talking to a person who interacts with hundreds of teenagers every year and has seen the massive shift and impact of cell phone use across the last decade or so and you think because you need to text your 1-3 kids all day that you know more than I do about the impact of cell phone use on this generation. You don’t. And I won’t treat you as if you and I have equally valid perspectives on this topic.

Learn some manners and then we’ll talk. And no one believes you’re a teacher.