Reply to MCPS and Yondr pouches

Forum Index » Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS)

Reply to "MCPS and Yondr pouches"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a parent at a DCPS school that uses pouches (although we don’t use Yondr). It’s made such a positive difference in so many ways, I can’t recommend it enough. Also, a vast majority of the parents are thrilled about it. Both kids AND adults have a major cell phone addiction problem and kids don’t have the same developed brains that adults do- they need parameters and guidance! The process of collecting the phones and giving them back is seamless. The kids don’t complain about it either. [/quote]

The kids won't complain if EVERYONE has to do it and complies. But the minute one teacher or admin folds, it's a wrap. And this is the problem I see in MCPS.

We can't get the majority of parents or teachers or principals on board with taking a firm stance on this. Principals fold to the noisy parents who yelp about needing to reach their kids and weak-willed teachers who are afraid of being adversarial with students or who value being seen as friendly to their students than being an authority acquiesce to the phone-addicted kids who insist they can simultaneously use the devices and successfully learn, even though the adults in the room know this isn't true. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics