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[quote=Anonymous]I am quite frankly astonished that everyone responded so quickly and with such intensity and deference to the teacher.  My son has commented on a particular substitute teacher who is always playing games on her phone while the students are supposed to be working on some assignment.  I imagine how boring that must be, especially for a substitute teacher; but that's what she's being paid for.  She is not being paid to play games on her phone.

While there may be temporary extreme occasions when a teacher, with their administrator's blessing, keeps her phone handy in case of an emergency text, this certainly should not be the norm.  As some previous posters indicated, there are other ways to receive emergency messages -- and without the distraction of a cell phone by the teacher's side, which is a distraction to the teacher as well as the students.

If the student is commenting on it, then it is an obvious behavior that very well may be inappropriate at worst and a distraction at best.  If this were a complaint about a student always being on their phone, I suspect there would not have been the immediate overwhelming benefit of the doubt given that perhaps the student has a parent or grandparent or even a sibling in medical crisis or awaiting an urgent message from a parent.

As parents are struggling to limit their kids' time on phones and screens, as students need to learn acceptable polite social manners and use of phones, and as even teachers struggle with students staying on task on digital devices, I find it hypocritical and inappropriate to excuse and dismiss this so readily.

My response to the OP is to absolutely, politely and innocently, relay your child's observation and express your concern.  If there is a perfectly legitimate and acceptable reason, then it's not an issue and no harm done.  But if it is indeed a problem, it can be addressed.  [/quote]

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