S/O phones in the classroom

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, what do you suggest parents do? I am genuinely asking. I have a rising freshman. All communications from the school say that phones are to be put away during class, unless specifically required by a teacher.
Our child has most notifications turned off and phone is always on silent. They’re generally a rule follower so I expect their phone will be out away during class.
Is this not enough? If not, what can we do? I don’t think sending them to school sans phones is realistic at this point.
FWIW, I teach early elementary so I have an appreciation for the realities of the classroom vs what a non-educator thinks is realistic.
Most parents do sincerely want to help, so how can we do that?

Most parents do not give a damn! Your children are in school to learn not to talk to you or read your texts during school hours. There is no need for them to have phones in school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP, what do you suggest parents do? I am genuinely asking. I have a rising freshman. All communications from the school say that phones are to be put away during class, unless specifically required by a teacher.
Our child has most notifications turned off and phone is always on silent. They’re generally a rule follower so I expect their phone will be out away during class.
Is this not enough? If not, what can we do? I don’t think sending them to school sans phones is realistic at this point.
FWIW, I teach early elementary so I have an appreciation for the realities of the classroom vs what a non-educator thinks is realistic.
Most parents do sincerely want to help, so how can we do that?

Most parents do not give a damn! Your children are in school to learn not to talk to you or read your texts during school hours. There is no need for them to have phones in school.

Do your kids have phones at school?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have had high school students rather get picked up by parents and go home rather than give up the phones. Some kids and parents are just out of control on the issue. Of course missing class means nothing now, so understandable why students would just want to leave.

I would be furious at my child for using it inappropriately in class but my child WILL have a phone on them for my needs.

Why can't you call the school's office if you need to get a message to your child? Way better than texting them in the middle of class.

It’s not the schools job and you cannot do that daily.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have had high school students rather get picked up by parents and go home rather than give up the phones. Some kids and parents are just out of control on the issue. Of course missing class means nothing now, so understandable why students would just want to leave.

I would be furious at my child for using it inappropriately in class but my child WILL have a phone on them for my needs.

Yes, it is about my needs.

What about your child’s needs? Like it being interrupted in class?

And what about the teacher’s needs? Like not having to address your kid’s cell phone use because he responded to your text about picking up take out for dinner?

Teachers need to engage kids. Majority of the time they aren’t teaching. I could not care less what take out my kids want. We offer a place and they can agree or make their own food. Clearly you don’t have kids in activities.

[Anonymous]

I’m so sorry you have to deal with this. Kids do not need a phone in school. It is soooo disruptive, disrespectful and rude when you are trying to teach a class. Some parents sucks and so do many students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m so sorry you have to deal with this. Kids do not need a phone in school. It is soooo disruptive, disrespectful and rude when you are trying to teach a class. Some parents sucks and so do many students.

Do your kids have phones? Are your kids in mcps?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was one of the parents that delayed giving my kid a cell phone until 8th grade and I regretted it. His friends all texted to set up times to go meet and because he wasn’t on the text chains, he wouldn’t hear about it until after. No one ever called our home phone to tell him. And as a result he spent a lot of time accessing inappropriate material and chatting with randos on his school issues Chromebook, which I didn’t have any ability to add parental controls to. Once he got an iPhone, he started socializing again and now is spending a lot of time meeting his friends to go out for snacks, go to the gym, ride bikes, etc. I’m sure he also uses it for some things that I’m not crazy about but on the whole the phone usage is much more healthy than the Chromebook usage was.

Of course that’s totally separate from whether it should be put away in class.

I think this is not a great perspective. First of all, nope, 8th grade boys don't go yo the gym...unless they are 16 year old Mater Dei kids. Also, no, the peer pressure of "meet-ups" being thecreadon for a phone is just lazy. There are so many work around. The bad far out weighs any good. Get your kid involved in activities that occupy his free time and help socially. The phone is not the answer.