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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a HS teacher and think it was a massive overreaction from the school and that you are spiraling a bit too.  Some of these posters are over the top too.  Don’t create a power struggle over the phone.  She doesn’t get to take it to school anymore. Leave it at that.  Nothing else. Maybe try again in a few months if she matures.  They change quickly at this age.  [/quote]

I don’t think it was an overreaction from the school.  They wanted her to hand over the phone until the end of the day and she would get it back.    It became a problem when she could not just hand over the phone.  [b]If that’s not addressed she will be a major problem in high school.[/b]  She’ll be one of the unstable kids who act like you just took her right hand instead of a phone.   [/quote]

I see this thread was bumped and want to respond.  No, she won’t.  HS is so much more relaxed than middle school.  Kids mature.  Teachers are not as militant.  It’s not the same at all.  No teacher is snatching phones like that in a HS except the one or two crazy ones.  We all know who they are.

I really feel bad for this kid.  I’m sorry, OP.  All of this is going to do is make her hate school.

As a teacher, I hate the power struggle cell phones have becoming now.  They should have left it us to us to manage with our own class behavior roles but that’s a different thread.  [/quote]

Massachusetts passed a bill recently that all public schools in all towns cannot have their phones during school hours.   Another reason that Massachusetts schools are always on top.   They are usually first to improve the quality of schools.  Removing distractions from learning takes precedence.  [/quote]

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