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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went from ES to MS this past year and phones are the reason I'm leaving education altogether. Barely any kid had a phone in ES and if they did, they left them in their backpacks. MS students live on their phones. They cannot function for less than two minutes without them and our principal was no help in the matter. "They are addicted and you can't just take away an addict's fix." It definitely needs to be addressed at a system level because each principal is going to have their own opinions on how to deal with them..and some principals obviously don't have the greatest decision making skills based on my own experience. [/quote]
+1000
Another teacher here and in particular MS is the biggest problem. The kids cannot manage themselves and it just amplifies the usual MS drama.

I think that all MS should use the yondr pouches all day. Kids put them in at start of day and they are locked all day including lunch and passing times. Kids can unlock the pouches when they leave at the end of the day.

Right now kids are losing the ability to interact with each other because they are so phone addicted. Remove the phone and they have to talk to peers. Bonus is that with phones locked all day maybe parents won’t give in to peer pressure and hold off on getting their kid a phone until high school.[/quote]

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