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Anonymous wrote:Teacher on lunch break:

OMG THE NO CELL PHONES THING IS AMAZING! For the first time in YEARS kids are talking to each other. They are introducing themselves, willingly playing my silly ice breakers, fully engaging with their peers.

If you haven't been in a classroom recently, you have no idea how much they've taken over and how little footing we had to restrict them. Today felt like when I started 20 years ago.

No way you are a middle school teacher on the first day of school, with little time to eat and thinking you will take those few min to post here. Again, on the FIRST day of school. Maybe you have the last lunch to actually have a noon lunch and not in the 10 or 11am hour. -former MS teacher

Okay. I'm a 20 year veteran middle school teacher. My first week is planned out, copied, organized. I can't plan beyond that until I know where my kids are (they are taking pretests and I'm meeting with small groups starting Friday). I'm twiddling thumbs at lunch this week waiting until I have grading to do and data to analyze. The first week is probably the slowest week of the year. We were mandated to do nothing but "relationship building" for the first 4 days, content can start Friday.

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Anonymous wrote:Did the pilot MSs figure out how to get all the phones back to the right kids at dismissal? This seemed to be a question last week at orientation

The kids were carrying the pouches, all they had to do was unlock them at the entrance before getting on the bus.

we were told someone from the school had to unlock them?

There are locking and unlocking stations at the entrances and exits of the school. I am not sure what it takes to unlock a pounch, the first few days might be problematic as kids figure out the system but I am guessing it will get better as kids and staff learn how to use the stations.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teacher on lunch break:

OMG THE NO CELL PHONES THING IS AMAZING! For the first time in YEARS kids are talking to each other. They are introducing themselves, willingly playing my silly ice breakers, fully engaging with their peers.

If you haven't been in a classroom recently, you have no idea how much they've taken over and how little footing we had to restrict them. Today felt like when I started 20 years ago.

So did teacher post this from her phone while watching kids?

Right? That's how you know it's a troll. I will be curious to hear how the day went though. Hopefully parents and teachers can report back this afternoon.

I'm not a troll. I'm a middle school teacher on cloud 9 that my students might actually interact with each other this year. It seriously is a magic bullet to remove the phones from the realm of possibility. One child had a phone snuck on her lap during one class today (quickly dealt with by admin), but every other kid followed the procedure and it was amazing.

All of the staff is smiling and positive. After first period we all were wide eyed in the hallway about how smooth it all went. Kids were acting like kids again, not screen zombies.

It remains to be seen if laptops will just replace phones (our students don't have computers yet this year), but we are all so optimistic.

Anonymous wrote:Teacher on lunch break:

OMG THE NO CELL PHONES THING IS AMAZING! For the first time in YEARS kids are talking to each other. They are introducing themselves, willingly playing my silly ice breakers, fully engaging with their peers.

If you haven't been in a classroom recently, you have no idea how much they've taken over and how little footing we had to restrict them. Today felt like when I started 20 years ago.

No way you are a middle school teacher on the first day of school, with little time to eat and thinking you will take those few min to post here. Again, on the FIRST day of school. Maybe you have the last lunch to actually have a noon lunch and not in the 10 or 11am hour. -former MS teacher

Anonymous wrote:I thought they weren’t starting this until after Labor Day? Not sure where I heard that though.

I know the information about the HS program said it starts 9/3. I don’t know about the MS program.

I thought they weren’t starting this until after Labor Day? Not sure where I heard that though.

I heard some of the MSs were an absolute sh*t show trying to get all the kids to open their punches and get to the busses on time.

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Anonymous wrote:Did the pilot MSs figure out how to get all the phones back to the right kids at dismissal? This seemed to be a question last week at orientation

The kids were carrying the pouches, all they had to do was unlock them at the entrance before getting on the bus.

we were told someone from the school had to unlock them?

Anonymous wrote:Did the pilot MSs figure out how to get all the phones back to the right kids at dismissal? This seemed to be a question last week at orientation

The kids were carrying the pouches, all they had to do was unlock them at the entrance before getting on the bus.

Did the pilot MSs figure out how to get all the phones back to the right kids at dismissal? This seemed to be a question last week at orientation

Its HS, not middle school, but HHS kids were allowed to use phones at lunch today.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teacher on lunch break:

OMG THE NO CELL PHONES THING IS AMAZING! For the first time in YEARS kids are talking to each other. They are introducing themselves, willingly playing my silly ice breakers, fully engaging with their peers.

If you haven't been in a classroom recently, you have no idea how much they've taken over and how little footing we had to restrict them. Today felt like when I started 20 years ago.

So did teacher post this from her phone while watching kids?

Right? That's how you know it's a troll. I will be curious to hear how the day went though. Hopefully parents and teachers can report back this afternoon.

Anonymous wrote:Teacher on lunch break:

OMG THE NO CELL PHONES THING IS AMAZING! For the first time in YEARS kids are talking to each other. They are introducing themselves, willingly playing my silly ice breakers, fully engaging with their peers.

If you haven't been in a classroom recently, you have no idea how much they've taken over and how little footing we had to restrict them. Today felt like when I started 20 years ago.

So did teacher post this from her phone while watching kids?

Anonymous wrote:Teacher on lunch break:

OMG THE NO CELL PHONES THING IS AMAZING! For the first time in YEARS kids are talking to each other. They are introducing themselves, willingly playing my silly ice breakers, fully engaging with their peers.

If you haven't been in a classroom recently, you have no idea how much they've taken over and how little footing we had to restrict them. Today felt like when I started 20 years ago.

Nice try crazy no-phones mom. No one believes you are a teacher on your lunch break at the first day of school.

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Anonymous wrote:Are parents going to go protest this law?

It’s not a law. It’s just idiots making shit up and hoping you’ll willingly comply. Just don’t take the pouch. Simple.

Do you know what the SR&R is? It has the force of law for students.

You just pull you kid from detention and the like, and if they miss the sports, oh well theres opportunities elsewher