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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At Yorktown they are allowed to use them in a quiet spot in the library.   DD tells me she doesn’t have time during the day to go to said spot. So if she needs to get us a message I guess she does it while going to the bathroom.

But schedule changes happen all the time in high school. Something was cancelled today so I didn’t have to pick her up from school. She rode the bus. Nice to get that message so I didn’t have to rush to leave the office at 4 to pick her up. [/quote]

She can email you. She has access to email from her laptop. If she doesn't have a non-APS email account, perhaps you should look into one.[/quote]

Unfortunately email isn't the best way to reach people when you need to see a message quickly. If my HS students emails me, I may not see it for hours. And even if I do and email them back, there is NO way they will see it. How could they? They would have to keep going into their gmail - during class time - to see if I responded yet, and sift through the hundreds of spam emails they get from colleges.

Urgent notifications are what texts are for. [/quote]

Why is it urgent? Lets say they told you that practice was canceled and needed a ride home. He will be out side waiting.  What else is he going to do? AND he will have a phone. You got the message, so you will be there. Or someone else because you arranged a ride -- you can text him and he will see it end of day and find ride.

How old are you that you are so impatient with messages for no good reason?[/quote]

Maybe you sit around all day with nothing to do but some of us need some advance notice if a pickup time changes. [/quote]
If pickup time has been made earlier, your kid will wait or find another way home.
If it's a group activity that's been cancelled or lets out early, your kid can wait or have a system in place for them to contact someone else who can get to them faster or to catch a ride with a fellow student in the group.
If pickup time is later, seems like you would have time to arrange for that.[/quote]

How can you be so sure my kid will find another way home? How will they do that exactly? ARe you volunteering? And maybe it's not a problem for YOU if my kid waits for hours to be picked up, but it's a problem for my kid and for me. [/quote]
I empathize. It must be extremely difficult living your life unable to resolve challenges.[/quote]

I feel for your kid, they clearly need some help learning how to use today's tech, and you are not the person to do it. [/quote]

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