I'm a teacher and 95% of the time students are on their phones they are not communicating with their parents. It's youtube, tiktok, taking photos of friends, and games. When students do "have" to talk to parents, they act like it's the biggest emergency ever when it's usually the parent asking where they will be after school, what a form from the school means, etc. And it's during class instruction! I can either stop instruction to argue with them or pretend I don't see it and accept that it sets a precedent for other kids.

I am glad to see that a lot of parents here are in favor of phones being put away during school hours. I do wish that schools would put their feet down and just let parents be mad and make a fuss. Phones are terrible for students' education and that's the one job of schools: educating students.

Anonymous wrote:I like being able to communicate with my kid during the day. Make your own decision but don't then go to the school and force your decision on me.

You are aware that the front office has a phone that you can call if you need to reach your child?

The primary proposals I'm hearing are to require keeping phones in the locker or something locked away during the day. That way parents can contact students before and after school hours. I find that completely reasonable.

Anonymous wrote:I like being able to communicate with my kid during the day. Make your own decision but don't then go to the school and force your decision on me.

Your "like" is unnecessary and carries no weight. You have no need to communicate with your child during the day. If your desire to close to your kid 24/7 is so intense, then homeschool.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread amazes me. I always thought DCUM had a more educated clientele than average, but those supporting phones in schools is shocking.

Don’t conflate rich and educated. Plenty of wealthy people in my neighborhood who dgaf about their kid’s actual education… they seem to care more about talking about travel soccer and engineering their child’s social life.

This. Ask any middle or high school teacher. There are plenty of UMC, non-special education students who can't read an analogue clock, don't know their multiplication facts with any kind of fluency, and cannot write a coherent paragraph with paper and pencil. Their parents will fight to the death their kid's right to have a cell phone in class though and defend 5-6 hours of screen time during the school day as no big deal.

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Anonymous wrote:I’d like to be available to them if something awful does happen. That said I prefer it’s put away during class.

It’s a reality that kids are killed in school. Way too damn often.

The kids are in WAY for danger when you are driving them to soccer practice.

It doesn't matter. Covid should have shown you that no one understands relative risk.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.economist.com/united-states/2024/06/06/american-parents-want-their-children-to-have-phones-in-schools

Are we all that terrified of a school shooting? Not only that, a ringing phone could give away a hiding position, so even in that use case it’s a liability…

Yes, I think that many parents I know are that terrified of a school shooting. It doesn't matter if it's rational or not.

It does if we're going to make policy around it.

Still doesn't matter if it's rational or not. We make policy about irrational fears all of the time.

Anonymous wrote:Does your work make you leave cell phones home

Not necessarily home, but some jobs do require they be left in lockers or in a phone jail in managers office because some people cannot self regulate and would waste company time on the phone

Anonymous wrote:I like being able to communicate with my kid during the day. Make your own decision but don't then go to the school and force your decision on me.

Why? Why do you need to talk or text with them during the hours of school instruction?

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Anonymous wrote:This thread amazes me. I always thought DCUM had a more educated clientele than average, but those supporting phones in schools is shocking.

Don’t conflate rich and educated. Plenty of wealthy people in my neighborhood who dgaf about their kid’s actual education… they seem to care more about talking about travel soccer and engineering their child’s social life.

Well, the path to wealth and success is networking and attractiveness, as long as you make baseline education — networking and charm and a good golf game is way more valuable for most careers.

Right...

Becoming a phone zombie like so many kids these days are, will prevent your kid from learning how to network well

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Anonymous wrote:This thread amazes me. I always thought DCUM had a more educated clientele than average, but those supporting phones in schools is shocking.

Don’t conflate rich and educated. Plenty of wealthy people in my neighborhood who dgaf about their kid’s actual education… they seem to care more about talking about travel soccer and engineering their child’s social life.

Well, the path to wealth and success is networking and attractiveness, as long as you make baseline education — networking and charm and a good golf game is way more valuable for most careers.

Anonymous wrote:This thread amazes me. I always thought DCUM had a more educated clientele than average, but those supporting phones in schools is shocking.

Don’t conflate rich and educated. Plenty of wealthy people in my neighborhood who dgaf about their kid’s actual education… they seem to care more about talking about travel soccer and engineering their child’s social life.

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Anonymous wrote:Phones are more harm than good, but I was also glad my kid had it for the handful of times this year they've had to evacuate for bomb threats. If students would just respect teachers and rules enough to keep it in their backpack, this wouldn't have to be an issue.

Completely agree.

+1 people who can't follow the rules ruining it for everyone else.

I think teachers have just given up. I can't blame them.

The phones are made addictive by powerful corporations; we don’t give our kids alcohol or tobacco, we should be mindful of the pull of phones and at least keep them out of school.

This thread amazes me. I always thought DCUM had a more educated clientele than average, but those supporting phones in schools is shocking.

Anonymous wrote:Does your work make you leave cell phones home

If I am fiddling with my phone watching TikTok during my bosses presentation, I’ll be fired. So are you advocating immediate expulsion?

Anonymous wrote:I’d like to be available to them if something awful does happen. That said I prefer it’s put away during class.

It’s a reality that kids are killed in school. Way too damn often.

The kids are in WAY for danger when you are driving them to soccer practice.