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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Cell phones are supposed to be banned except for lunch. Granted, I know it's hard for a teacher to catch everything, but shouldn't they be able to catch a few?

I say this because in my child's math class, a student brought their phone out. The teacher saw, walked up and took the test right off the desk. [b]Then the teacher said anyone else who was caught with a phone wouldn't just fail the test but the entire quarter.

Threats like that can minimize cheating,[/b] I would think.[/quote]

At my school, when you make threats or things like that students instantly go home and complain.  Parents email one of thr principals.  We get called for a conversation and are scolded about making threats.  We would be told we can’t make threats that aren’t true and reminded that we need to follow school policy for cheating.

Then we would be told how we emotionally damaged the kids and how they are scared to come into our class or some BS and how we need to create a welcoming environment to foster learning.

The majority of cheating in my math class has not been from cells. It’s been from them sneaking in scrap paper with things written on it or hidden in their calculators.  I’m constantly walking around the room looking for this now.  [/quote]

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