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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But teachers aren’t talking about your situation specifically—you’re personalizing this. When I call the parents of an elementary child who told another kid to “F off,” and the parent says, “yeah, he does that at home, too. I don’t know how to stop it,” I do tend to think there are not many consequences at home. In the rare occasions a parent asks for suggestions, I might recommend talking away a privilege or liked activity or item.[/quote]

Exactly. It’s the egregious behaviors. It’s the “f*** you, B****”[b] I get from students when I ask them to put away phones[/b]. When I call home, I get “why the hell do you care if his phone is out? He can have his f***ing phone out.” And then the kid fails the next test and it’s somehow my fault he didn’t understand the material.

It’s the teacher next door who was pushed into a wall by a student. Admin said that she shouldn’t have been in his way. She wasn’t. She was against a wall. He was free to storm out of the classroom but chose to push her first.

I have many stories just like these ones. I’m counting down the days until retirement. My own child played with the idea of putting education down as her major when she applied to college. I told her that’s the only major I won’t pay for. [/quote]

[b]Your admin could definitely help out here[/b]. I had a MS student recently refuse to put the phone away. A quick email to admin and one showed up at my door to confiscate the phone. There are consequences that the current administrators stick to that has made a difference. It has cut down on the disruptions. [/quote]

You don’t know that. [/quote]

It sounded like admin wasn’t doing anything to enforce consequences. Confiscating the phone would be better than nothing. The PP said they blamed the teacher for being in the way when pushed. [/quote]

NP and at my school here is how some parents would respond: admin takes phone.  Kid tells parent.  Parent calls admin and says you can’t take my child’s property I’m going to call you boss and sue the school.  It is NEVER the kid’s fault in the eyes of many parents.[/quote]

I understand. What would be your administration’s response to the parents?

At my MS:
First offense, phone gets confiscated and student can pick it up at the end of the day.
Second, the phone gets confiscated and a parent has to pick it up.
Third offense results in confiscation and a meeting between admin, counselor, parent(s) and student before the phone is returned.

If the parent calls, complains and your administration caves (which I totally understand happens) then that’s on them. [/quote]

Admin at my school have no backbone but would also be undermined by their boss because they are afraid of loud parents.  So kid still gets the phone and walks around like they own the place because mommy and daddy let them do whatever they want.  Oh and some get a diagnosis that they need the phone for anxiety or addiction or stress.  It’s total BS.[/quote]

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