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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parents of middle and HS students - your kids are on their cell phones way more than you think during school despite what they tell you.
Please advocate for tougher cell phone rules in schools. Private schools are doing a much better job of enforcing cell phone rules and their kids are getting a better education because of it. Also, for high school, I don’t mind the early start but period 1 is a waste because kids are either half asleep or arrive late. If I was a high school parent I would advocate for a later high school start time. Many states have adapted to a later start time. I feel so bad for high school kids who look so tired in school but not much I can do about it. [/quote]

Private school comments are not relevant.  As a teacher you tell them to put them away and manage your classroom.  If we are not there we cannot do that for you.  Classroom management is part of teaching.

Later start time for high school would be a disaster with homework and activities.  [/quote]

DP here.

I’d like parents to know that classroom management isn’t as simple as you think it is, especially in the era of no real consequences.

I’ve been teaching for 2 decades. Classroom management is much harder now than when I started, and it doesn’t even remotely resemble what it was when I went to school myself. Even the most seasoned of teachers are seeing unprecedented behaviors in the classroom. We keep hitting new lows, and our toolbox for handling problems is diminishing. [/quote]

Then give consequences.  Simple.  And communicate with parents.  You are complaining about lack of discipline but refuse to enforce discipline.  [/quote]

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