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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You could definitely go without the pouches IF all the teachers equally enforced no phones out during class period, and IF admin actually backed up the teachers on punishment/confiscating phones. But the second one teacher is like yeah ok whatever I don’t get paid enough to police your phones or an AP caves and just gives a kid’s phone back … it’s all over.

I also understand the impulse to say oh but they can have phones between classes or at lunch or whatever - but that’s when a lot of recording of kids in the bathroom or a special needs kid having a meltdown and getting posted to Snapchat happens. It’s obviously not disruptive to learning like a kid starting at YouTube all day in class, but it’s still very disruptive socially. [/quote]

THIS. I confiscated a phone in advisory last week; a girl was texting on her lap. I said there is no one for you to text right now anyway, everyone has their phones put away.  She replied with, "Mrs. X lets her class have their phones during advisory."

Just like that, the power of "everyone has them away all day" was gone.

I still took the phone, I still wrote the referral, she will still get into trouble. But I'm watching the rules slip as the year goes on. Earbuds are in their ears constantly, even if phones are away. Phones are kept in pockets and not touched in class, but if you poke your head in the bathroom they're all on their phones during class in the restrooms.[/quote]

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