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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a real-life HS student (not a 3rd grader) at a school where phones are officially banned. Kids still use them sparingly and the teachers generally overlook it.

I got a quick text this morning (between classes) saying that an after-school activity is cancelled, which is helpful for me to receive now so I can rearrange my schedule to pick the kid up several hours earlier.

If kid told me this at 2:30 it'd be a huge PITA.

Are the nasty PPs really so unimaginative that they can't think of [i]any[/] scenarios when phones would be helpful? GMAFB. 
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Okay, I actually would be okay with kids having flip phones.

We can get Tello with 500 text a month for $5, a flip phone is like what $50?  Maybe it would eh cheaper just to issue every student a school flip phone rather than pouch?

But that would probably be fine. [/quote]

1 minute text on smart phone vs 1 minute text on flip phone. No difference. 
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I have a bridge to sell you if you all think that kids will limit their phone usage to “1-minute texts to parents.” [/quote]

If they are shuffling between classes in a massive building there really isn’t that much time. You clearly don’t have HS kids in APS.

[b]Anyway, some whiny poster was asking for “just one reason” why kids might need their phones between classes[/b]. I gave one.

I support teachers who want to ban phones in their classroom, but I’m glad that my kid’s teachers aren’t so rigid; they are ok with kids sending a text every now and then between classes. 
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Actually, I'm that person and I asked why it was so critical - not why they might use it.
To explain what I mean by critical: so essential that the need cannot be met by another means. [/quote]

No one has found another mode that replaces it [/quote]

No, nobody has found a mode that equals its efficiency or sufficiently replaces it to your satisfaction. It seems very fortunate for you that you have not had to be a parent (or apparently a kid, either) in the time before cell phones since you seem incapable of anything less quick or convenient. These may be difficult times for you until your kid(s) are no longer in a school with a phone ban. I hope you can take comfort knowing it won't be forever and that there are indeed ways to survive it.[/quote]

I hope you take satisfaction in making my and many other kids and families lives a lot more difficult. For what?[/quote]

For the overall betterment of everyone else. I'm sorry you're not more creative or resourceful and able to handle it better. [/quote]

I'm sorry you're so irrationally triggered by cell phones.[/quote]
I'm actually not triggered by cell phones at all. So don't worry about it.
I didn't create the policy. I didn't engage in advocating for the policy. 
I'm just not constantly attached to my cell phone 24/7 and have not made my entire life utterly dependent upon it. You know what happens on the rare occasions my kid texts for an earlier-than-expected pick-up and I don't see the text right away because I'm not tethered to it? She calls me, I answer the phone, she waits a little while until I can get there to pick her up.[/quote]

Funny how you claim you're not attached to your cell phone, but you've been on DCUM constantly. [/quote]

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