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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If the obvious solution is to take away the phone, why doesn’t the teacher just say that?  “Because of this, your son is no longer allowed to have a phone in school.”  
Or 
“I recommend that you don’t allow your son to bring his phone to school.”  
Maybe it should be obvious to the parents, but maybe it isn’t for whatever reason?  
What’s the point of being coy?  [/quote]

Teachers are usually advised not to comment on parenting. That’s a great way for us to get complaints filed with administrators. Many of us also aren’t allowed to place limits either, like saying the child can’t bring the phone.

This really is on the parent and the child to figure out. [/quote]

I’m really just trying to figure this out.  It seems crazy that you can see an obvious solution to a problem at school, but you aren’t allowed to tell the parents what it is.

And this isn’t parenting.  This is classroom management.  
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No. It’s parenting. I didn’t buy the phone for my students. I am not allowed to take their phone either. Who bought it and can take it? Their parent. [/quote]

But the teacher could suggest to the parent not to have the kid bring the phone to school anymore.  [/quote]

Why do you need the teacher to do that? The teacher, depending on level, can have up to 150 students. Even if they have half that number, do you really expect them to parent 75 students? Plus, phones are just one of MANY things a teacher needs to manage during a class period.

The fact you need a teacher to take time out of their ridiculously busy day to tell you what you probably already know is, well, annoying. [/quote]

I mean, the teacher is ALREADY on the phone with OP.  What else is she saying?[/quote]

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