Banning phones in school

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Anonymous wrote:All the research is out, phones are awful for our kids. Not to mention they never belonged in classrooms to begin with. Is there any movement by MCPS to ban phones in classrooms? What’s the best way to organize for banning phones? School by school or at the MCPS level?

If you don’t want your child to have a phone, don’t give your child a phone. Why do you feel the need to make rules or bans for everyone else’s children?

Why is your kid having a phone so important to you? You think they won’t survive like everyone else used to without phones? You’re a major part of the problem.

Ok we also survived without the internet or email or Uber but like, times have changed.

Like, no sh*t times have changed. Doesn’t mean kids need to be on cellphones during class. Doesn’t mean they need them at school. Instead of pushing us forward like the Internet and email did, phones in a classroom setting are only holding kids back and hindering learning. It’s not rocket science to understand this but apparently for you, it is.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All the research is out, phones are awful for our kids. Not to mention they never belonged in classrooms to begin with. Is there any movement by MCPS to ban phones in classrooms? What’s the best way to organize for banning phones? School by school or at the MCPS level?

If you don’t want your child to have a phone, don’t give your child a phone. Why do you feel the need to make rules or bans for everyone else’s children?

Serious question: do you monitor your child's screen time during the school day? I ask because the parents who are adamant about their kids having cell phones in school usually also have kids who average 5-6 hours per day during school hours and text their kids constantly throughout the day.

I do monitor my child’s and that is not the case for our family. But again, why does it matter to YOU if my child texts me that his after school activity got canceled and he will be riding the bus home? I don’t see how my child having a silent phone in his pocket impacts your child in any way, so I’d appreciate if you’d worry about your own kid. I’ve got mine handled just fine thank you.

Because it’s your one kid against 1000 other students. Great that your one kid is maybe keeping their phone away and on silent. But if 600 other kids do not then there are problems that impact everyone. And despite constant news of the problems of kids with phones, the need for monitoring and tons of internet safety presentation, parents still don’t seem to be getting it. Which is why ya’ll keep giving into pressure and giving 11yr olds phones. And then when fights occur or some kids get hurts walking outside because their head is buried in a phone or class is continually disrupted then your like, “ Why doesn’t MCPS do something?”

So this is doing something. Ban the phones from the classroom. If they bring them to school they put in a locker of lock bag. If caught, its confiscated until a parent comes to retrieve.

A kid gets hurt walking outside because their head is buried in a phone? Are you actually serious??

Yes! You should go to a school one day or heck any major city. The amount of people walking with their heads buried in their phone about to walk into other people is crazy. I’ve had multiple experiences of people crossing streets where if I hadn’t stop they would have been hit(pedestrians may have the right a way but they don’t have bumpers). Most of these teens don’t have the best situational awareness generally, and with a phone they have almost none. I pointed it out to my own teen one day who agreed that I was right (and get this, these fools were walking in the dark).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:All the research is out, phones are awful for our kids. Not to mention they never belonged in classrooms to begin with. Is there any movement by MCPS to ban phones in classrooms? What’s the best way to organize for banning phones? School by school or at the MCPS level?

If you don’t want your child to have a phone, don’t give your child a phone. Why do you feel the need to make rules or bans for everyone else’s children?

Why is your kid having a phone so important to you? You think they won’t survive like everyone else used to without phones? You’re a major part of the problem.

Ok we also survived without the internet or email or Uber but like, times have changed.

Like, no sh*t times have changed. Doesn’t mean kids need to be on cellphones during class. Doesn’t mean they need them at school. Instead of pushing us forward like the Internet and email did, phones in a classroom setting are only holding kids back and hindering learning. It’s not rocket science to understand this but apparently for you, it is.

You’re entitled to your opinion but every parent who buys their child a phone and sends them with it to school obviously thinks the benefit outweighs the cost and that’s most people. If you disagree, don’t give your kid a phone. I haven’t found my child’s learning impacted by phones at all. Have you spent a lot of time observing this personally? How much time have you spent in the classroom making the determination that learning has been hindered and what wasn’t accomplished that would have been if the kids hadn’t had phones in their pockets?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:All the research is out, phones are awful for our kids. Not to mention they never belonged in classrooms to begin with. Is there any movement by MCPS to ban phones in classrooms? What’s the best way to organize for banning phones? School by school or at the MCPS level?

If you don’t want your child to have a phone, don’t give your child a phone. Why do you feel the need to make rules or bans for everyone else’s children?

Serious question: do you monitor your child's screen time during the school day? I ask because the parents who are adamant about their kids having cell phones in school usually also have kids who average 5-6 hours per day during school hours and text their kids constantly throughout the day.

I do monitor my child’s and that is not the case for our family. But again, why does it matter to YOU if my child texts me that his after school activity got canceled and he will be riding the bus home? I don’t see how my child having a silent phone in his pocket impacts your child in any way, so I’d appreciate if you’d worry about your own kid. I’ve got mine handled just fine thank you.

Because it’s your one kid against 1000 other students. Great that your one kid is maybe keeping their phone away and on silent. But if 600 other kids do not then there are problems that impact everyone. And despite constant news of the problems of kids with phones, the need for monitoring and tons of internet safety presentation, parents still don’t seem to be getting it. Which is why ya’ll keep giving into pressure and giving 11yr olds phones. And then when fights occur or some kids get hurts walking outside because their head is buried in a phone or class is continually disrupted then your like, “ Why doesn’t MCPS do something?”

So this is doing something. Ban the phones from the classroom. If they bring them to school they put in a locker of lock bag. If caught, its confiscated until a parent comes to retrieve.

A kid gets hurt walking outside because their head is buried in a phone? Are you actually serious??

Yes! You should go to a school one day or heck any major city. The amount of people walking with their heads buried in their phone about to walk into other people is crazy. I’ve had multiple experiences of people crossing streets where if I hadn’t stop they would have been hit(pedestrians may have the right a way but they don’t have bumpers). Most of these teens don’t have the best situational awareness generally, and with a phone they have almost none. I pointed it out to my own teen one day who agreed that I was right (and get this, these fools were walking in the dark).

This is a discussion about banning phones in schools. Kids walking around with phones while crossing the street outside in the dark are literally not in school. You want to ban phones everywhere now?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All the research is out, phones are awful for our kids. Not to mention they never belonged in classrooms to begin with. Is there any movement by MCPS to ban phones in classrooms? What’s the best way to organize for banning phones? School by school or at the MCPS level?

If you don’t want your child to have a phone, don’t give your child a phone. Why do you feel the need to make rules or bans for everyone else’s children?

Why is your kid having a phone so important to you? You think they won’t survive like everyone else used to without phones? You’re a major part of the problem.

Ok we also survived without the internet or email or Uber but like, times have changed.

Like, no sh*t times have changed. Doesn’t mean kids need to be on cellphones during class. Doesn’t mean they need them at school. Instead of pushing us forward like the Internet and email did, phones in a classroom setting are only holding kids back and hindering learning. It’s not rocket science to understand this but apparently for you, it is.

You’re entitled to your opinion but every parent who buys their child a phone and sends them with it to school obviously thinks the benefit outweighs the cost and that’s most people. If you disagree, don’t give your kid a phone. I haven’t found my child’s learning impacted by phones at all. Have you spent a lot of time observing this personally? How much time have you spent in the classroom making the determination that learning has been hindered and what wasn’t accomplished that would have been if the kids hadn’t had phones in their pockets?

DP. The thing about sending your child to school is that you stop being the arbiter of what the benefits and the costs are. If you disagree with what the system determines the rules are, homeschool.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All the research is out, phones are awful for our kids. Not to mention they never belonged in classrooms to begin with. Is there any movement by MCPS to ban phones in classrooms? What’s the best way to organize for banning phones? School by school or at the MCPS level?

If you don’t want your child to have a phone, don’t give your child a phone. Why do you feel the need to make rules or bans for everyone else’s children?

Why is your kid having a phone so important to you? You think they won’t survive like everyone else used to without phones? You’re a major part of the problem.

Ok we also survived without the internet or email or Uber but like, times have changed.

Like, no sh*t times have changed. Doesn’t mean kids need to be on cellphones during class. Doesn’t mean they need them at school. Instead of pushing us forward like the Internet and email did, phones in a classroom setting are only holding kids back and hindering learning. It’s not rocket science to understand this but apparently for you, it is.

You’re entitled to your opinion but every parent who buys their child a phone and sends them with it to school obviously thinks the benefit outweighs the cost and that’s most people. If you disagree, don’t give your kid a phone. I haven’t found my child’s learning impacted by phones at all. Have you spent a lot of time observing this personally? How much time have you spent in the classroom making the determination that learning has been hindered and what wasn’t accomplished that would have been if the kids hadn’t had phones in their pockets?

I’m a teacher, so I observe this happening on an hourly basis. You might THINK your kid isn’t the problem, but I can assure you, 99.9% of kids who show up at school, misuse their phones in class. It affects everyone. I suggest you educate yourself on the issue before attempting to sound like you actually have a clue what it’s like in a classroom these days.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All the research is out, phones are awful for our kids. Not to mention they never belonged in classrooms to begin with. Is there any movement by MCPS to ban phones in classrooms? What’s the best way to organize for banning phones? School by school or at the MCPS level?

If you don’t want your child to have a phone, don’t give your child a phone. Why do you feel the need to make rules or bans for everyone else’s children?

Why is your kid having a phone so important to you? You think they won’t survive like everyone else used to without phones? You’re a major part of the problem.

Ok we also survived without the internet or email or Uber but like, times have changed.

Like, no sh*t times have changed. Doesn’t mean kids need to be on cellphones during class. Doesn’t mean they need them at school. Instead of pushing us forward like the Internet and email did, phones in a classroom setting are only holding kids back and hindering learning. It’s not rocket science to understand this but apparently for you, it is.

You’re entitled to your opinion but every parent who buys their child a phone and sends them with it to school obviously thinks the benefit outweighs the cost and that’s most people. If you disagree, don’t give your kid a phone. I haven’t found my child’s learning impacted by phones at all. Have you spent a lot of time observing this personally? How much time have you spent in the classroom making the determination that learning has been hindered and what wasn’t accomplished that would have been if the kids hadn’t had phones in their pockets?

I’m a teacher, so I observe this happening on an hourly basis. You might THINK your kid isn’t the problem, but I can assure you, 99.9% of kids who show up at school, misuse their phones in class. It affects everyone. I suggest you educate yourself on the issue before attempting to sound like you actually have a clue what it’s like in a classroom these days.

My kids know which teachers have good classroom management skills, and who is engaging in their classroom. The students absolutely behave differently in classes where the teacher establishes mutual respect and delivers meaningful classroom experiences.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All the research is out, phones are awful for our kids. Not to mention they never belonged in classrooms to begin with. Is there any movement by MCPS to ban phones in classrooms? What’s the best way to organize for banning phones? School by school or at the MCPS level?

If you don’t want your child to have a phone, don’t give your child a phone. Why do you feel the need to make rules or bans for everyone else’s children?

Serious question: do you monitor your child's screen time during the school day? I ask because the parents who are adamant about their kids having cell phones in school usually also have kids who average 5-6 hours per day during school hours and text their kids constantly throughout the day.

I do monitor my child’s and that is not the case for our family. But again, why does it matter to YOU if my child texts me that his after school activity got canceled and he will be riding the bus home? I don’t see how my child having a silent phone in his pocket impacts your child in any way, so I’d appreciate if you’d worry about your own kid. I’ve got mine handled just fine thank you.

Because it’s your one kid against 1000 other students. Great that your one kid is maybe keeping their phone away and on silent. But if 600 other kids do not then there are problems that impact everyone. And despite constant news of the problems of kids with phones, the need for monitoring and tons of internet safety presentation, parents still don’t seem to be getting it. Which is why ya’ll keep giving into pressure and giving 11yr olds phones. And then when fights occur or some kids get hurts walking outside because their head is buried in a phone or class is continually disrupted then your like, “ Why doesn’t MCPS do something?”

So this is doing something. Ban the phones from the classroom. If they bring them to school they put in a locker of lock bag. If caught, its confiscated until a parent comes to retrieve.

A kid gets hurt walking outside because their head is buried in a phone? Are you actually serious??

Yes! You should go to a school one day or heck any major city. The amount of people walking with their heads buried in their phone about to walk into other people is crazy. I’ve had multiple experiences of people crossing streets where if I hadn’t stop they would have been hit(pedestrians may have the right a way but they don’t have bumpers). Most of these teens don’t have the best situational awareness generally, and with a phone they have almost none. I pointed it out to my own teen one day who agreed that I was right (and get this, these fools were walking in the dark).

This is a discussion about banning phones in schools. Kids walking around with phones while crossing the street outside in the dark are literally not in school. You want to ban phones everywhere now?

No, I want them banned in school so as to give them the opportunity to form friendships without devices as the main interest and to give the opportunity to focus on school. In doing so maybe parents will slow the need to give phones to kids so early which will allow them time to mature.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All the research is out, phones are awful for our kids. Not to mention they never belonged in classrooms to begin with. Is there any movement by MCPS to ban phones in classrooms? What’s the best way to organize for banning phones? School by school or at the MCPS level?

If you don’t want your child to have a phone, don’t give your child a phone. Why do you feel the need to make rules or bans for everyone else’s children?

Why is your kid having a phone so important to you? You think they won’t survive like everyone else used to without phones? You’re a major part of the problem.

Ok we also survived without the internet or email or Uber but like, times have changed.

Like, no sh*t times have changed. Doesn’t mean kids need to be on cellphones during class. Doesn’t mean they need them at school. Instead of pushing us forward like the Internet and email did, phones in a classroom setting are only holding kids back and hindering learning. It’s not rocket science to understand this but apparently for you, it is.

You’re entitled to your opinion but every parent who buys their child a phone and sends them with it to school obviously thinks the benefit outweighs the cost and that’s most people. If you disagree, don’t give your kid a phone. I haven’t found my child’s learning impacted by phones at all. Have you spent a lot of time observing this personally? How much time have you spent in the classroom making the determination that learning has been hindered and what wasn’t accomplished that would have been if the kids hadn’t had phones in their pockets?

I’m a teacher, so I observe this happening on an hourly basis. You might THINK your kid isn’t the problem, but I can assure you, 99.9% of kids who show up at school, misuse their phones in class. It affects everyone. I suggest you educate yourself on the issue before attempting to sound like you actually have a clue what it’s like in a classroom these days.

My kids know which teachers have good classroom management skills, and who is engaging in their classroom. The students absolutely behave differently in classes where the teacher establishes mutual respect and delivers meaningful classroom experiences.

DP and you're an idiot. Stop trying to shame other teachers. The BEST teachers have problems with phones, but thanks for playing. You sound like an insufferable person.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All the research is out, phones are awful for our kids. Not to mention they never belonged in classrooms to begin with. Is there any movement by MCPS to ban phones in classrooms? What’s the best way to organize for banning phones? School by school or at the MCPS level?

If you don’t want your child to have a phone, don’t give your child a phone. Why do you feel the need to make rules or bans for everyone else’s children?

Why is your kid having a phone so important to you? You think they won’t survive like everyone else used to without phones? You’re a major part of the problem.

Ok we also survived without the internet or email or Uber but like, times have changed.

Like, no sh*t times have changed. Doesn’t mean kids need to be on cellphones during class. Doesn’t mean they need them at school. Instead of pushing us forward like the Internet and email did, phones in a classroom setting are only holding kids back and hindering learning. It’s not rocket science to understand this but apparently for you, it is.

You’re entitled to your opinion but every parent who buys their child a phone and sends them with it to school obviously thinks the benefit outweighs the cost and that’s most people. If you disagree, don’t give your kid a phone. I haven’t found my child’s learning impacted by phones at all. Have you spent a lot of time observing this personally? How much time have you spent in the classroom making the determination that learning has been hindered and what wasn’t accomplished that would have been if the kids hadn’t had phones in their pockets?

DP. The thing about sending your child to school is that you stop being the arbiter of what the benefits and the costs are. If you disagree with what the system determines the rules are, homeschool.

Rules in school should be based on child wellbeing not lazy parenting. Smart Phones have no benefit to schooling or child/teen brain development at all.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:All the research is out, phones are awful for our kids. Not to mention they never belonged in classrooms to begin with. Is there any movement by MCPS to ban phones in classrooms? What’s the best way to organize for banning phones? School by school or at the MCPS level?

If you don’t want your child to have a phone, don’t give your child a phone. Why do you feel the need to make rules or bans for everyone else’s children?

Why is your kid having a phone so important to you? You think they won’t survive like everyone else used to without phones? You’re a major part of the problem.

Ok we also survived without the internet or email or Uber but like, times have changed.

Like, no sh*t times have changed. Doesn’t mean kids need to be on cellphones during class. Doesn’t mean they need them at school. Instead of pushing us forward like the Internet and email did, phones in a classroom setting are only holding kids back and hindering learning. It’s not rocket science to understand this but apparently for you, it is.

You’re entitled to your opinion but every parent who buys their child a phone and sends them with it to school obviously thinks the benefit outweighs the cost and that’s most people. If you disagree, don’t give your kid a phone. I haven’t found my child’s learning impacted by phones at all. Have you spent a lot of time observing this personally? How much time have you spent in the classroom making the determination that learning has been hindered and what wasn’t accomplished that would have been if the kids hadn’t had phones in their pockets?

DP. The thing about sending your child to school is that you stop being the arbiter of what the benefits and the costs are. If you disagree with what the system determines the rules are, homeschool.

Rules in school should be based on child wellbeing not lazy parenting. Smart Phones have no benefit to schooling or child/teen brain development at all.

Said more bluntly than I would have said, but ai agree. -DP

[Anonymous]

Phones are distracting for everyone. If I take my daughter to a park, and there is a kid who has a phone, 9 times out of 10, before long all the kids are gathered round the kid with the phone. It happens all the time. So even if you don't send your kid with a phone, the one parent that does distracts the entire class.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All the research is out, phones are awful for our kids. Not to mention they never belonged in classrooms to begin with. Is there any movement by MCPS to ban phones in classrooms? What’s the best way to organize for banning phones? School by school or at the MCPS level?

If you don’t want your child to have a phone, don’t give your child a phone. Why do you feel the need to make rules or bans for everyone else’s children?

Why is your kid having a phone so important to you? You think they won’t survive like everyone else used to without phones? You’re a major part of the problem.

Ok we also survived without the internet or email or Uber but like, times have changed.

Like, no sh*t times have changed. Doesn’t mean kids need to be on cellphones during class. Doesn’t mean they need them at school. Instead of pushing us forward like the Internet and email did, phones in a classroom setting are only holding kids back and hindering learning. It’s not rocket science to understand this but apparently for you, it is.

You’re entitled to your opinion but every parent who buys their child a phone and sends them with it to school obviously thinks the benefit outweighs the cost and that’s most people. If you disagree, don’t give your kid a phone. I haven’t found my child’s learning impacted by phones at all. Have you spent a lot of time observing this personally? How much time have you spent in the classroom making the determination that learning has been hindered and what wasn’t accomplished that would have been if the kids hadn’t had phones in their pockets?

DP. The thing about sending your child to school is that you stop being the arbiter of what the benefits and the costs are. If you disagree with what the system determines the rules are, homeschool.

That’s right. And my child’s school permits phones to be silent and in their pocket during instruction. I am satisfied with this policy. If you do not agree with your school’s policy, feel free to homeschool your child.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All the research is out, phones are awful for our kids. Not to mention they never belonged in classrooms to begin with. Is there any movement by MCPS to ban phones in classrooms? What’s the best way to organize for banning phones? School by school or at the MCPS level?

If you don’t want your child to have a phone, don’t give your child a phone. Why do you feel the need to make rules or bans for everyone else’s children?

Why is your kid having a phone so important to you? You think they won’t survive like everyone else used to without phones? You’re a major part of the problem.

Ok we also survived without the internet or email or Uber but like, times have changed.

Like, no sh*t times have changed. Doesn’t mean kids need to be on cellphones during class. Doesn’t mean they need them at school. Instead of pushing us forward like the Internet and email did, phones in a classroom setting are only holding kids back and hindering learning. It’s not rocket science to understand this but apparently for you, it is.

You’re entitled to your opinion but every parent who buys their child a phone and sends them with it to school obviously thinks the benefit outweighs the cost and that’s most people. If you disagree, don’t give your kid a phone. I haven’t found my child’s learning impacted by phones at all. Have you spent a lot of time observing this personally? How much time have you spent in the classroom making the determination that learning has been hindered and what wasn’t accomplished that would have been if the kids hadn’t had phones in their pockets?

DP. The thing about sending your child to school is that you stop being the arbiter of what the benefits and the costs are. If you disagree with what the system determines the rules are, homeschool.

Rules in school should be based on child wellbeing not lazy parenting. Smart Phones have no benefit to schooling or child/teen brain development at all.

It is not lazy parenting to provide a teen who travels alone to/from school and after school activities a way to reach a parent or 911 in an emergency. There’s no need to have phones out during instruction, but also no reason to characterize teens carrying phones as lazy parenting.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All the research is out, phones are awful for our kids. Not to mention they never belonged in classrooms to begin with. Is there any movement by MCPS to ban phones in classrooms? What’s the best way to organize for banning phones? School by school or at the MCPS level?

If you don’t want your child to have a phone, don’t give your child a phone. Why do you feel the need to make rules or bans for everyone else’s children?

Why is your kid having a phone so important to you? You think they won’t survive like everyone else used to without phones? You’re a major part of the problem.

Ok we also survived without the internet or email or Uber but like, times have changed.

Like, no sh*t times have changed. Doesn’t mean kids need to be on cellphones during class. Doesn’t mean they need them at school. Instead of pushing us forward like the Internet and email did, phones in a classroom setting are only holding kids back and hindering learning. It’s not rocket science to understand this but apparently for you, it is.

You’re entitled to your opinion but every parent who buys their child a phone and sends them with it to school obviously thinks the benefit outweighs the cost and that’s most people. If you disagree, don’t give your kid a phone. I haven’t found my child’s learning impacted by phones at all. Have you spent a lot of time observing this personally? How much time have you spent in the classroom making the determination that learning has been hindered and what wasn’t accomplished that would have been if the kids hadn’t had phones in their pockets?

I’m a teacher, so I observe this happening on an hourly basis. You might THINK your kid isn’t the problem, but I can assure you, 99.9% of kids who show up at school, misuse their phones in class. It affects everyone. I suggest you educate yourself on the issue before attempting to sound like you actually have a clue what it’s like in a classroom these days.

Sadly, this is true. I’m a teacher. Nothing a teacher does in class can compete with a phone. Every single students had the phone out of the desk. If I ask to put them away. About 20% completely ignore, the rest just put them in their laps. No support or guidance from admin. Getting more direct often makes some kids flip out. “Phone is life” to some of them. They really struggle with it.