How schools are cracking down on phones in classrooms

[@daydodog]

*Goes to uni* "you all brought your phones right? Why aren't any of you taking pictures?"

[@9manny99]

That was my favorite part. Only 1 professor a semester gave a crap.

[@elizakleinman1332]

College profs don't have to make you pay attention because you'll fail the final if you don't.

[@TyphinHoofbun]

They'll still get mad if your phone rings and interrupts them teaching the students that do want to pay attention, though. I kept mine on silent/vibrate the entire time, had zero problems. I'm so glad I made it out of high school before school shootings became common. Columbine happened in my senior year. I can't imagine how much worse of a hell school is now. Why does this country just not care about kids?

[@waleedkhalid7486]

As someone who taught both, it’s very different in college. The vast majority of students are there to learn. They chose to be there. Also, the students are mature enough that if they do use their phones, they aren’t distracting the entire class. Not to mention that the student likely payed to be there. In k-12, kids simply don’t care generally. If they can choose their phones vs. playing attention, they will choose their phones 90% of the time and then the teacher gets in trouble for lack of engagement and poor scores. In college, if you use your phone and fail it’s on you. The professor isn’t affected by your poor choices and will tell you to your face “study more”. This is why phones should NOT be allowed in K-12. An anecdote: I actually tried allowing phones in my class for about a month (in high school). It was my first time teaching high school and I wanted to establish that the kids were responsible for their own learning (like in my college teaching days). The kids did so bad because they weren’t paying attention in class and weren’t making it up at home by studying. It was far more work for me to fail them than it was to ban phones and have most pass because they were finally learning something. If your argument is “why should I be banned from phones because of other kids?”, it’s because one great student isn’t better than 90% of students doing ok in the eyes of our bosses. We are incentivized to have high proportions of passing students, not students doing well. While I push back on this every chance I get, it’s the reality of being a teacher. We are part time baby sitters, so we get in trouble when students don’t do what they are supposed to do.

[@derpking3970]

@@TyphinHoofbunI love being a student in this day and age. Can’t go to school without the mandatory nibbling fear that this day could be your last! I would save it’s a safe area but a shooting threat happened at the nearby high school with my friends in it and it was not a great feeling having radio silence until it was over.

[@amazingdrewH]

At this point in American history I imagine they’ve accepted that they’re better off sending a goodbye text to their parents and friends than to try to avoid getting hurt in the crisis

[@artemisameretsu6905]

Yeah i was just thinking this too, a room full of teenagers scared out of their minds sending goodbye calls and texts, 911 calls, updates on the shooters location, or a bunch of teenagers huddled up together with no way to communicate with the outside world. My kid would have a phone even if i gotta get em a cheapie T-9 Motorola ass back up phone

[@eeyun5279]

That’s wrong though, you’re better off watching your surroundings, did you not watch the video?

[@adamsteiff98]

No. Just no. Could phones be useful in a crisis, maybe. But like the video said it’s much more of a hindrance. If there is a crisis kids need to be focused on starting safe and surviving not sending calls or texts and def not posting it over social media. Not to mention 99.99% of the time there isnt going to be a crisis and the phones are just a distraction. I graduated in 06, yes we had phones then. But we knew better and respected the teachers enough to not be using them in school. And if we did and were caught, we turned them over when asked. We didn’t throw temper tantrums and threaten teachers for doing their jobs. And the I need it for work is also BS because like he said. All student are given chrome books from the school for school work.

[@RoachDoggJr106]

I didn’t realize america was the only country with violence still. Gonna have to bring that up during the next summit.

[@ndrgaming7344]

@@adamsteiff98 school provided chromebooks, at least in my experience, are terrible. they only work half the time. Also, trying to ban phones, especially in schools where they aren't already would go about as well as prohibition did. Kids would at the very least keep them in the backpacks most of the time and only use them periodically. But trust me, kids will find a way.

[@ryanmichaelblunt]

Unfortunately Yondr pouches don’t work, my step brother’s school has them and he showed me that if you just smack the magnet against concrete a certain way it just snaps open. Kids will figure out anything if it messes with their phones

[@Bea-a-deer]

✨phone addiction ✨

[@donuted_ace]

^ yep. Many kids at my school cut them open too (me included) Some kids sneak in their own magnets or some just hide their phones in their bag somewhere.

[@heppecogheron6016]

​@@Bea-a-deer more like ✨uninterested✨

[@anthonycory2116]

Not to mention the kid just has to claim they don't have a phone on them The teachers aren't legally allowed to search their bags just to see if they have a phone, unless he schools are going to put up x-ray machines and metal detectors but seriously how many schools are going to do that.

[@donuted_ace]

@@anthonycory2116 my school has bag check where they check our bags. We also go through metal detectors too

[@OctagonalSquare]

I like how the “powerhouse of the cell” line has become the default for creators who need to pretend to be teaching class for a skit

[@raventenebris5344]

I mean considering that’s all anyone remembers from when they were at school I know that’s all I remember😅

[@TheMongooseOfDoom]

Mitochondira is plural, though.

[@wren5683]

I’ve had one teacher that has cracked the code, and done it exceptionally well. Our school has a “phones must stay in lockers” policy that nobody, even a handful of teachers, don’t follow. My one teacher? He took a lot of time and money to get stuff for a charging station that is right next to his desk and holds I think 10 devices. He won’t take a kid’s phone unless he deems it absolutely necessary, but what’s wild is that he hasn’t had to in ages because if a kid has their phone on them in his class, they’ll always just put it on the charging station because they know it’ll be safe there, they can get it back at any time, etc, and it keeps them from having the opportunity to sneak on it in class. Obviously may not work for everyone, but i’m so glad i have a teacher who isn’t an ass about this kind of stuff.

[@lazypanda6023]

Genius

[@PKMNResearcherSkyler]

That's actually really smart

[@BeyondTrash-xe1vs]

That's really awesome, but also really sad that the teacher had to buy that out of pocket with how little they already make.

[@nhorsey12horses]

That is really smart, but tbh the main thing is just earn respect, the only class I regularly used my phone in I absolutely hated the teacher

[@Theroha]

​@@nhorsey12horsesI imagine the teacher who has a phone charging station gets a lot of respect from the students. They're not on their phones interrupting class. He's not forcing them to give up their phones. They get to charge their phones. Everyone wins.

[@yankees2864]

In rare cases this would be extremely rough, for example if someone is using their phone to keep track of their blood sugar

[@sheepgaming595]

In those cases, students often get an ILP which allows them to bypass those rules

[@Bea-a-deer]

Then there would be documentation for that medical condition. A majority of kids don’t need their phones on them 24/7.

[@EnbyOccultist]

@@sheepgaming595Damn, y'all went to schools that actually recognized ILP's and shit? My school said if god wants you to die then they won't stop him, religious schools are fucking wack man.

[@josiahjray]

@@Bea-a-deer That’s true… but ideally kids shouldn’t need to be singled out just to take care of their medical condition. My school was strict on phones for a while and I got in a big battle over my right to have my phone because a substitute wasn’t aware of my 504 and took it anyway. Obviously it is the school’s responsibility to make sure everyone is aware, but why single out disabled kids if you can just create a more uniform policy that stops everyone from using their phone during class time.

[@josiahjray]

@@Bea-a-deer And logically, are we really gonna sacrifice the comfort and possibly safety of all disabled kids because able-bodied kids can’t behave? Are we gonna ban alcohol because some people can’t use it properly? It’s a bigger discussion on when it’s appropriate to sacrifice one person’s rights for the benefit of someone else’s wellbeing.

[@TheVera800]

About the Chromebooks, they never work, there is always something wrong with them and replacements are few and far between, and often worse

[@boijone8440]

Only so many grade levels of handing down through classes of students can happen before those things start combusting.

[@dbelgard1599]

Yup. Even at private schools

[@volcanoherogc6057]

There was even one school that was spying on the students through the webcams

[@donuted_ace]

Yea. And my school district had a bunch of things blocked. Some things that are essential for school on some occasions. KZbin is blocked. So whenever my bio teacher tells us to watch a video on KZbin in class, we either have to download the video or wait till we get home and watch it

[@mousesteam7882]

Not to mention half the stuff in class can't be looked up on a school chromebook due to their filtering

[@firebadnofire9768]

I am NOT gonna leave my phone in an unsecured container with kids that are still learning morality

[@totalmarh]

The pouches are actually little case bags with locks on them that you carry in your pockets to make sure you have control over it. Still ABSOLUTE BULLSHIT

[@linuxramblingproductions8554]

I agree also you are the first person i have seen with the same pfp as me Tux ftw

[@rebeccakravitz7711]

The pouches lock themselves and a lot of schools keep them in their main office or somewhere where not many kids are going and is heavily supervised.

[@rebeccakravitz7711]

Also with yondr specifically you just keep the pouch during the day but you can’t access your phone. (Though ways exist to get around it cause they are basically just locked via magnets)

[@JewGold100]

The neat thing is that some people never learn morality even as adults.

[@aidanlutz8106]

We all know those chromebooks are ass 💀

[@sawyer8351]

At my school, they started putting up a list on who borrows them bc teacher issued Chromebook’s have been stolen and school wide issued chromebooks have been stolen

[@gobogoo2329]

they arent supposed to be powerful they're supposed to run google apps and do very little else

[@cynthiabrogan9215]

@@gobogoo2329 bro they can only run 5 tabs

[@dominicvalko4066]

That was my school district, and yeah they weren't great but I am still incredibly thankful as they helped tonnes of students who were relying on cell phones because they didn't have online access at home

[@oshy3385]

@@dominicvalko4066 is this Wichita in Kansas?

[@Iimitbreak_.]

the thing about the chromebooks is that they explode if you have two tabs open or try to click on something more than once every five or so seconds.

[@mann3dduck640]

The emergency argument is more of like, my mom rolled her car and broke her neck and I need to be able to take the emergency call. Not like, I’m getting shot at let me look up what to do. But I love the engagement that y’all do. Also, since phones are a necessity as an adult, smaller classrooms for more individual learning would be better because the kids need to learn to have the phone but not use it rather than tucking it away somewhere

[@bisiilki]

FUNNILY ENOUGH my father poked his eye out with a stick and my mum just called the school and they came and got me out of class...

[@nubgaming1013]

Phones aren’t hard. You will get plenty of time to “practice” after school

[@catelynh1020]

I hate to have to say this, but in america, maybe they need their phones to text goodbye... I'm just saying, when i was in school and phones were cool (you could type anything without looking at they keypad) but not everyone had them, i had a statistically much lower chance of dying in school. That said, phones being kept in lockers is outright stupid. It wasn't a lie in those 80-90s films where kids opened lockers by hitting them; at my school you had to decorate above your locker because the lock would not stop you from accidentally opening someone else's locker. And when i'm at work my phone is in my pocket or on my desk, not locked up somewhere.

[@nubgaming1013]

@@catelynh1020 school is not work. In a school shooting situation you need to focus on survival. Also even though they are more common than other places on the planet you are still statistically unlikely to every experience one.

[@unknownredacted3513]

“My mom rolled her car and broke her neck and I need to be able to take the emergency call” But see here is the thing. In what world would have YOU even get the emergency call. 8/10 it will be the other available guardian (aka husband in this scenario) that would get the call which then results in the school being aware then you. The only scenario where this could happen is if you are officially old enough to take care of your mother but by then this entire phone business is already done as you are most likely old enough to not even be in high school (And if anyone says “but medical emergency for me”, understand that you are the EXCEPTION not the rule. Just because you need your phone doesn’t mean everyone needs their phone)

[@HalValla01]

Last year of high school I sat front row center. I'd always have my phone on my desk - not to look at tiktok or youtube, but it's easier to access information, calculators, etc when you know exactly how to proceed. Teachers were cool with it too as long as it wasn't interrupting their actual lecturing (we'd have like 15 minutes of board stuff then onto 30min of doing tasks and shit). Phones were a welcome entity in our classes, but if there was a test we'd all put it in a plastic container thingy on the wall we used to call the "cell hotel". All in all, turned out well

[@ericancion2442]

I like that however sometimes, and I'm a junior, in high school it gets out of hand so I understand if a school had a prolific problem with it how to do the yonder pouch thing.

[@HalValla01]

@@ericancion2442 I'm not familiar with the US high school thing, other than in TV shows. In Norway nothin' ain't ever too crazy. Especially in smaller areas it's pretty chill, feels more like a second family than "going to school"

[@arandomperson7141]

I've gone to mostly honors classes, and phones were pretty embraced. They are graphing calculators, ways to look at more information when typing up an essay, etc, etc. They were embraced (though yes, they were also put into a phone holder when asked for testing) and helped make them more "normal." Kids crave what they are denied!

[@Naknave]

​@@HalValla01 U.s. has had way too many school shootings, kids like having their phones in case of an emergency.

[@peoplesrepublicofbeesechur7179]

​@@arandomperson7141 phones are the future, whether the government sponsored academic world likes it or not. There's a reason why universities and honors classes use them so freely

[@Darkwolf_1017]

I think the people who claim that cellphones cause more harm during a crisis are missing the point of having a phone in a crisis. Of course I haven’t read the study yet so this is just impressions I’m getting from the video, but the phone during a crisis should be used to keep contact with the outside world, let family know your ok, or if your stuck/lost to help you get back to where you need to be. Obviously kids are addicted and that’s probably where the danger comes from, but access to them needs to be easy for the listed reasons, and more.

[@demonheart13]

I know,if I'm in a crisis god forbid, my phone is on silent and I'm checking the local news. I want to know how many shooters are suspected of being in the building and we're in the building where they have him trapped. (I just realized I naturally put him, have there been any female shooters at all, I've never heard of one?)

[@donuted_ace]

Exactly. If I was in crisis away from my family, I'd at least like to text them to let them know what's going on. My school has yondr pouches so I'm pretty familiar with them

[@classicminer191]

​@@demonheart13what about the recent one in Tennessee

[@peoplesrepublicofbeesechur7179]

​@@demonheart13 sadly most shooters have been disaffected young men with nothing to lose.

[@mr.vanuatu]

@@demonheart13 yeah, I remember a case where a lady who used to go to a school did a school shooting there. she got arrested.

[@sassycassgames3158]

I'm gonna be whollistically honest here: If a student doesn't want to learn in your class, taking their phone isn't gonna change anything. In fact, it's kinda counter-productive to interrupt the entire class by starting drama over students who, without a phone, will be more disruptive than with it(because they will still seek mental stimulation no matter what you do lmao)

[@twelvoe4205]

Maybe in theory but in practicality they dont make a big fuss about it as long as the phone ban culture is in place

[@sassycassgames3158]

@hoohoo431 Yeah lmao i rarely touched my phone but if a teacher ever messed with anything of mine(espescially if I spent my own money on it) I Went Fucking Ballistic and I do not regret it. It turned out, I'm autistic! Got diagnosed two years ago. Touch my comfort items and I turn into a menace to society. *Take* them and I will make you miserable for a month :)

[@DardS8Br]

This. If I’m not allowed to used a device in class, I go crazy over the lack of stimulation (I have ADHD). I can’t sit still for more than 5 minutes at a time, I’ve never been able to. In elementary and middle school I would pass the time by shooting rocks at the ceiling with a rubber band to make holes. I think using a phone is a much better alternative

[@DSan-kl2yc]

You're missing the point that we're trying to get kids to learn.

[@DSan-kl2yc]

​@@sassycassgames3158 you can still care. autistic doesn't mean psychopath I think. Well I don't know much about it. Feel like you'd know what you should be doing if you're cognizant enough to write all that.

[@KatelynTea]

I go to an alternative school in Australia, we allow phones for music and research and it works great, teachers make sure we're using them for their intended purpose by glancing over quickly, we have laptops for projects that need them. In this school you can make your own food, leave early, go outside the school for lunch and you get to decide what you learn and research it yourself, then display the information in any way you choose, it works better than a normal school.

[@daftsky2112]

Then you see those students riot because of it

[@Vienic2]

Solution: tear gas (yay)

[@Charlie_Loves]

Nah there usually aren’t enough to riot because too many died from school shootings

[@Hydra3724]

​@@Vienic2 I know people who would deal with tear gas for a phone

[@falloutboy3164]

​@@Vienic2 one speedy way police deperment get defunded and sued

[@Worthless-one]

​@@Hydra3724there's already a story about a student pepper spraying her teacher over this exact thing

[@Hwelhos]

our school tried this, they removed it within a week cuz nobody listened and they didnt wanna hand in their phones so over 70% of kids got suspended

[@JonathanMarcy]

Weve been talking about the school system being not only outdated but flawed for at least a decade.

[@fungifactory8925]

When i was in middle school my friends and i caused the school to put in a policy like this. Not because we used our phones too much, it was because we recorded a teacher basically abusing a student verbally and spread it around to parents. The teacher got asked to leave and we had to turn in our phones when the bell rang lol.

[@peoplesrepublicofbeesechur7179]

Schools will listen to anyone that isn't their student.

[@WhiteStars12]

Honestly, my phone is the only way I could keep myself from losing it when I was in high school. I vet that they shouldn't use it during learning but sometimes some people need something to do other than stare at the paint on the wall after doing the 17th math problem that uses the exact same steps.

[@trout7982]

Staring at paint on the wall won’t kill you. Being bored isn’t a bad thing for kids. A lot healthier than constant never ending stimulation

[@Iden_in_the_Rain]

⁠​⁠@@trout7982staring at paint on the wall will make you go insane, however.

[@Deadflower019]

The problem isn't the students being on their phones all day every day, it's that social media is designed to keep people (particularly teens) engaged all the time. Teens know this, but there aren't a lot of good places to go to about screen addiction, and even if they know it's bad for them, they've been trained to remain complacent in it. The issue isn't teens having phones in class, the issue is tech giants making sure they spend as much time as possible on their phones- including in class.

[@Mvanhouten83]

So the problem is them being on their phone all day…

[@Freshbott2]

Americans are losing all sense of manners and collegiality. Who can blame them when between the purges going on now and the decades long decline, schools just aren’t a productive place to be for a lot of people. In a lot of countries you can have your phone in class, it’s not an issue. If I had a kid in an American school I’d want it with them so they could send me their last words when the unthinkable happens AGAIN, or whatever other bs. Phones in class is like 20th down on the list after things like pushing tax funded religion and chaplains, banning books and calling the statue of David pornographic. Didn’t plan for this comment to be so long but holy hell. This is the first time in years I’ve seen a post about schools that’s actually about the academics. What a joke of a country.

[@TheFrozenMoogle]

​@Mvanhouten83 No. Because adults also suffer from this. Social media is engineered to keep you attached to it. Phones themselves are actually great tools. They are computers in our pockets that can connect us to a literal library containing all of human knowledge. What other time can you say, in recorded history, that if you don't know something it's because of either ignorance of the knowledge, or its willful ignorance. Anything you want to know about, you can. The great emu war in Australia. The war of 1812. Where cotton candy was invited. How did pink lemonade come to be? When did we discover the melting point of glass? That glass as we know it is technically still a liquid? How Daniel Radcliff became Harry Potter? All of this information is available. Yes none of this seems like important information. But you know why it's important? Because information is available.

[@williamcaoyt]

That’s why I use Refocus to limit my activity and screen time on certain websites and social media apps

[@Harudodo]

Personally I'm not the biggest fan of these ideas. I'm someone with multiple mental and physical issues, including GAD, and because of this I need to contact my parents several times during the day and would not feel comfortable doing it on a phone in the office. Especially since both of them work and wouldn't be able to just pick up a call - a text is far better suited. Also, books are expensive and I hate borrowing from the library because I'm ridiculously absent minded. Everything I read is on my phone. I think it's perfectly fine and I would even encourage teachers to have some sort of phone jail for students that aren't paying attention in class. But we shouldn't be cutting off access entirely for every student without knowing each one's individual needs.

[@legomania2427]

Look. If a student needs to have a phone on them for physical or mental reasons, the school will let students have them. If not they just suck.

[@luigimrlgaming9484]

@@legomania2427 they can also just sneak it back to them.

[@dreuvasdevil9395]

Well you're a tiny minority, and so probably should be allowed a pass. However for 99%+ this is a pretty good idea. I'm a private schooled student and even here half of the class is glued to their screens. It's not really their fault, everyone seeks entertainment, but we would probably learn wayyyy more efficiently by storing them somewhere safe and focusing on the class

[@Harudodo]

@@dreuvasdevil9395 that's so weird, maybe it's because I'm in honors classes, but I rarely actually see people on their phones during class. There's like one or two multiple offenders but that's it. I wasn't aware these things were such an issue before this video lmao

[@lightningqueen1145]

​@@dreuvasdevil9395 i don't think the phones are the problem here. Frankly we're not paying attention either way, putting our phones away just makes it so the teacher gets to pretend their students are. Phones are a distraction, but not from the teacher, from the boredom.

[@kaiser7637]

Yeah screw that. If my classmates are on their phones constantly their grades are usually paying for it. As someone who was in a school shooting i want my phone to be able to text my family and police.

[@lefthandman3558]

Maybe make it interesting or fund the schools instead of buying expensive magnets. In the majority of my classes I'm done with my work immediately and I got fuckall to do the rest of the period

[@IndustrialParrot2816]

Heres what you do you figure out how to hack the Chromebooks everone iny district is doing it

[@asmodeus304]

@@IndustrialParrot2816 for my school you have to physically take the chromebooks apart to reset the software and the school knows once youve done it, so you get in deep shit for it. the school wifi has so much shit blocked anyway that even if you did you couldnt do much anyway

[@BossKnight]

The yonder pouches at the school nearby me are just used for fights honestly, wince jsut hitting them on anything opens them

[@prorandocopier7945]

12, fucking, thousand. 12 THOUSAND DOLLARS ON THESE FUCKING POUCHES? you could upgrade chromebooks, upgrade the computer lab systems, and A LOT of things! Food, cleaning, and alot of things.

[@erikbulux4793]

​@@IndustrialParrot2816 I just use a VPN on Microsoft Edge

[@Leg1503]

Expensive magnet pouches are dumb. Just have a phone box in each classroom. Chill teachers can let you keep your phone, and mean ones make you put it in the box. Finished a test early? Just grab your phone.

[@the_rachel_sam]

I think it does make sense for certain schools and age groups if they’re more secure. In my choir class in college, we just put our phones (or wallet/keys if you forgot your phone) in a big hanging cloth with assigned mesh pockets. The TA would take attendance based off of the slots being empty or not. Worked great, but we were all adults. Middle schoolers? You’d have 20 missing phones right away lol.

[@Leg1503]

@@the_rachel_sam for sure. I think middle schoolers don’t really need to have phones with them all day. I used to think it was crazy for kids that young to run around with phones

[@crystonlight5804]

@@the_rachel_samsame with high schoolers I feel like at least with the box

[@ndrgaming7344]

Thats assuming kids would actually put them in the box. Same applies with the magnet pouches. Kids will just hold on to them regardless. My middle school had phones banned. At one point they did a random bag search in my English class after a phone went off and nobody gave it up, and my teacher promptly called a security officer to search everyone's bags. At least 50% of the class had their phone confiscated until the end of the day. Moral of the story is, its not as easy as telling everyone to put their phone in a box.

[@Leg1503]

@@ndrgaming7344 but they’re still too scared to pull out a phone and that’s what matters

[@petrichor3797]

Do it like in University: Sure you may use your phone during class... but don’t whine if you fail it 😂

[@FerdarPleaseSubscribe]

Students dont care about scores in school though

[@UnknowinglyDerpy]

It’s not the students who would be concerned about it, it’s the neglectful parent that’s gonna throw a fit if they see their kid with a failed grade

[@monsterberger7728]

​@@FerdarPleaseSubscribe does that matter? Forcing them isn't gonna help much since they can just not pay attention

[@FerdarPleaseSubscribe]

@@monsterberger7728 That's what tests are for

[@superslimanoniem4712]

​@@FerdarPleaseSubscribe you just said they don't give a shit anyway.

[@Welco_2]

If people put their phones in a locker, knowing today’s world someone will eventually steal it.

[@EiroGivesMercy]

None of this will help at all lel. Current high school student, and my school is very strict about phones. It is supposed to remain off and in your locker or bag all day except lunch, and if it's seen it is immediately confiscated and kept in the office the remainder of the day and you're issued a demerit. And that's just for the first offense, it gets worse if continued. So.. The result? My classmates and I easily still stay on our phones all day. I mean literally all day, the entire 7 hours. Hell I've even brought in my families personal Chromebook and watched a movie and chatted on discord in class and I was fine. Plus taking student's phones does nothing if you have two brain cells, just say it's not on you. They can't search you for it, and then simply get on during class and nothing changes. In conclusion, RIP. - An idiot high school student

[@totalmarh]

Mf ur not an idiot, as an idiot middle schooler, i need ur geniusness

[@cynthiabrogan9215]

My classroom phone solutions were those hanging shoe holders with no other options. No protection from someone stealing your phone. As a student who had a wallet case (graduated, still have my wallet case) I am very glad my teachers trusted me enough to not notice I never used their pouches.

[@kousand9917]

Literally the most simple system, if a teacher sees a phone in class, they take it and you recieve it at the end of class.

[@jacobbridges4332]

Your underestimating kid my highschool did that the kid would basically throw a fit best they could do was send to the office because they could get fired for even trying to take it cause they would have to for it away the parents are a bigger problem cause some like to make sure everything is ok we have a lot of threats here.

[@mel1s218]

​@@jacobbridges4332 in my school we have to give the phone to the teacher at the start of the day and get it back when school is over and no one really cares we just do other stuff

[@jacobbridges4332]

@@mel1s218 try taking a phone here and it's very likely your dealing with parents threatening lawsuits the school dosent want bad publicity after a few incidents that happened with a air pressure hose.

[@twelvoe4205]

​@@jacobbridges4332 simple fix is to leave america ❤

[@RaphaelAmbrosiusCosteau51]

@@jacobbridges4332 lmao not the air pressure hose I need more information

[@stirrcrazy2704]

I know it feels like a cop-out to say this, but the issue isn’t even the phones to begin with. I live in a very wealthy school district, and have friends in very poor ones. The number of “distracted” kids appears to correlate directly with how well-funded the school is. The most attentive class I have ever seen was a physics class in my freshman year of high school, where the room was outfitted with burners, power tools, and all sorts of crazy stuff for us to use on class projects. I hate to be the next in a long line of people to suggest throwing more money at public schools, since again, it sounds like a cop-out. However, it does really seem like the options are either A: Schools in poor districts need more money, or B: Students in poor districts are genetically predisposed to be distracted. I don’t think I need to tell any of you that the first option is preferable.

[@seanhartnett79]

I mean the second one is very close to eugenics and classism and racism,

[@stirrcrazy2704]

@@seanhartnett79 the second one literally is eugenics, classism, and racism.

[@seanhartnett79]

@@stirrcrazy2704 I was actually mentioning that, which is clearly wrong, I went to a wealthy school district, but the work was in fact too boring,

[@stirrcrazy2704]

@@seanhartnett79 yeah, we’re in agreement I think. My point was that the quality of education available is what determines how well students will do in school. To say otherwise is to resign the government from any attempt to increase the quality of our education system. There certainly are wealthy school districts that don’t work well, but they are less common than poor school districts, or even poor neighborhoods in rich school districts, since schools are funded by local property taxes.

[@seanhartnett79]

@@stirrcrazy2704 my state has a law redistributing tax revenue, so that there is a minimum floor on that.

[@nothingman3393]

My school just started Yonder pouches and the principal was just transferred to another school, there are fights regularly, most people have found ways to get around locking their phone, and the staff and teachers couldn't care less weather a student has their phone or not. Nice work Yondr

[@josiahjray]

Honestly I just think it’s CRAZY when schools think cell phones are really the issue they should be focusing on.

[@FerdarPleaseSubscribe]

Why should a teacher have to compete with what is essential a dopamine machine? School isn't always fun, but that's life

[@realCyng]

​@@FerdarPleaseSubscribe leave them kids alone bruh they didn't ask to be there

[@lightningqueen1145]

​@@realCyng seriously, I'm only still going because otherwise my parents will get arrested if I'm not. I already have a decent-paying job and several backup options.

[@nuttynutsnutstache]

​@@FerdarPleaseSubscribe Kids didn't ask to go school. If it's not fun, or interesting, they don't learn. Since all ghe the information you learn in schools is on the internet.

[@FerdarPleaseSubscribe]

@@lightningqueen1145 Would that job be enough to pay for a house/rent? Or food? or utilities?

[@Pokedude12-29]

"You should actually look at the graffiti on the bathroom stall rather than call your parents to tell them you love them"

[@anothernerd6464]

feels like an issue with the system if phones are more important to a kid than their education. If there’s one thing schools need to be teaching it’s time management and prioritization, not “how well can hide the fact I’m using my phone right now” or “I wonder how hard it would be to hack into the restricted websites on the school computers”

[@1.red.panda.1]

I’m never on my phone during class unless I’m finished with work, and usually not even. But I have immense anxiety being without my phone (A, I got trust issues for anyone with my phone B, my siblings would steal my phone if I didn’t have it on me at all times and would say it was ‘teaching my responsibility’) so realistically, like everything in education, in order to be effective and harm the less amount of innocence students you would have to do it on a case by case basis. Not to mention, if there’s a will there’s a way and I don’t know how many versions there are of those Yondr cases due to students breaking their phones out. Not to mention even (especially in my case) ‘good students’ will want to break the rules if they are unfair (like a school wide phone ban, which is like a family where one kid did something stupid with their phone, and now every kid is grounded from their phone). Despite the fact I know I could not only entertain myself without my phone, and that I don’t use it much during class, I would be the first person to try and figure out how to get around anything that they said regarding a no phone police (breaking my phone out of jail, putting my phone in my backpack, ignoring the teacher in favor of reading to prove a point, etc). If you are gonna punish me for being good then I’m gonna punish you for being stupid.

[@lupaloop]

If you ever had your pokemon cards taken away as a kid you'd understand how students feel about these new rules

[@alex_blue5802]

Lol i like that you put it in a way millennials can understand

[@Jasmineteandfantheories]

Ok, I understand phones can be a distraction both during class and a crisis but phones ARE important for students to have. We always seem to forget that other students can be a danger as well. I was assaulted in school by a fellow student whom I considered a friend, and if I had left my phone in my locker (per school policy) I would’ve been left alone with him with no way to call for help. And no I don’t mean we were alone in a room during the assault I mean the school administration was going to lock us in a room together after the assault and not let us out until we “worked it out”. If I hadn’t had my phone to be able to call my parents to come get me I would’ve been left in danger. Let kids keep their phones, their safety is ALWAYS more important ❤

[@latexcollar938]

Bandaid solutions, americas favorite

[@realCyng]

Leave the kids be bruh let them learn their own lessons. Treating them like prisoners is just gonna drive resentment.

[@grey_4]

Educational institutions need to start learning to work with technology instead of against it. Let the kids keep their phones and use it as an opportunity to teach digital well being. Anyways, if you are not engaging them enough to be interested in the content then the problem is not the phone.

[@mfgtv8048]

My school does not allow phones, they make it so you have your phones in your backpack, and backpack in locker. But you can have it on the bus

[@kingmasterlord]

every single one of those excuses to deny children the ability to call for help comes from a mentality of people that don't want their victims escaping.

[@FerdarPleaseSubscribe]

Let them have Nokia phones, they aren't expensive and you can call with them. Problem solved!

[@ronal8824]

during a school shooting too many phones on the line can actually jam up the signal

[@jr8554]

This is unbelievably stupid. Students do not need phones in class. If a shooting happens, we don't need 1000 kids calling 911.

[@calamatos]

Except they really don’t, they’re all for the students to learn. And because of the students not allowed their phones, those who still feel the need to have their phone are forced to attempt to hide it and can’t use it 24/7, still letting them learn.

[@your_-_mom]

Comments like this is a perfect example on why the bottom 25% of America shouldn’t be able to vote

[@OutcastS1015]

No like at home a crisis at home. I cant tell you the amount of times ive had to skip to protect or help my family during a really messed up time.

[@Jonathanrawrr]

My high school when I went just gave up entirely lol. They let us use our phones and even implemented it into the work sometimes because they realized nothing was ever working. There was only some teachers you really couldnt get away with as they were insanely strict. but 90% of the other teachers didnt mind or cared as long as you finished your work. So it basically have everyone finished their work so they can be back on their phones lol

[@cat_city2009]

Absolutely horrifying. Back in my day kids would interact with their friends. Now they veg out on the tick tock.

[@lightoutage]

In my school they banned phones as a whole except for 5 minutes during lunch, and we don't have major emergencies (eg. shootings) because we live in an actually safe country!

[@wolf-mv1dr]

That's when lawsuits happen from people not being able to contact their students in case of emergencies. Also, at least in Utah, teachers actually can't take your phone. The only person that can take your phone at school is the principal. Not even the school resource officers unless you are suspected of committing a crime.

[@totalmarh]

iirc that is the case in Maryland, or at least Washington county

[@trout7982]

Ah yes, all the emergencies that highschoolers are capable of dealing with. Just call the front office if you need to talk to your kid

[@epicablaze]

Honestly the best method is just letting students be responsible for themselves. If they want to be on their phones during class, so be it, let them fail.

[@KenikoB]

The problem with that is kids don't have fully developed brains and don't have the ability to resist impulsivity or understand the full consequences of their actions. By the time they're in high school even if they have matured to that point they're already dealing with social media addiction

[@garbandgulyberdimuhamedow4604]

​@@KenikoBSo how are they going to learn self control then? If someone doesn't want to learn, taking away their phone won't help. They will just play flash games on their Chromebook.

[@KenikoB]

@@garbandgulyberdimuhamedow4604 man I'm not writing you a lesson plan for how to teach your 7 year old self control. Do some research.

[@theminecommander]

lmao the batteries in my school chromebooks have expanded so much that I'm prepared for a bomb

[@sydguitar99]

At my high school, they would divide the school into green, yellow and red zones. Green zones are the outside, hallways, etc. Yellow are up to the teachers in the classroom, and red being the locker rooms. It worked very well

[@fubodubo2178]

I ain't putting my phone anywhere, go ahead and kick me out of school if you want 💀

[@missa2855]

My school straight up threatened me with it twice, one time when I was sent to the principal for refusing to hand over my phone, 2nd time was by the entire school administration after they doubled down as a result of a lawyer telling them they could legally keep them for 24 hours. My reponse was that to get it out of my hands that would still be robbery as I refuse to hand over my property. Then they gave up.

[@amicrowavethattalks]

It’s so obvious that everyone in this comment section is in middle school lol

[@totalmarh]

Yeah I’m a weird germaphobe and I feel like extremely uncomfortable putting my phone in a place where other phones have been. No matter how much I wipe it off afterwords, it still doesn’t feel right. Also the principal of putting a phone away is just so damn stupid

[@YingDrake]

@@totalmarh yeah imagine having to actually pay attention in class instead of just being on your phone the whole time

[@totalmarh]

@@YingDrake clearly you're either a goody-two-shoes or have never been in a classroom before

[@fruitydishofpasta]

Lmao legit 90% of websites on the school computers are blocked. Wikipedia? Blocked. Blogs and forums? Blocked. Articles? blocked 😭

[@Gloopus_104]

Put some subway surfers gameplay on the board while teaching

[@K_End]

That's what I was expecting to happen tbh 😂

[@sunshineimperials1600]

Instead of schools banning smartphones, they should improve on how they teach and educate students. You can’t keep the same education model for 150 years and expect students to learn efficiently in this modern world.

[@cat_city2009]

Or just ban all electronics from the classroom. Smartphones have fried people's brains.

[@justanotherweirdo11]

I'd like to be able to contact my family in a crisis. Give them a heads up y'know.

[@ed_cmntonly]

For my school they lock up all of our phones in a container instead, we will get them bacc at the end of the day or for a temporary amount of time if it's needed for school lessons or crises

[@clutchbleach2057]

Crazy how alot of us could type without any errors on a 3 inch keyboard under a desk

[@leongao5120]

people still don't touch type?

[@randomaccount64]

My math teacher let me keep mine on my desk cause I didn't trust people and often walked out of class because of people. I respect that dude. Also love that I got a pass where I could walk out of class for ten minutes and come back. I normally put my music on responded to texts and went to the bathroom then came back when my timer went off.

[@missa2855]

I do not care what the reason is, my phone stays on my person. Sure we can agree that I can't use it in class, but it stays on me. It's a matter of principle that my belongings stay with me. My school tried to pull some bullshit where we had to put it in a box, nuh uh, wasn't happening... And I was promptly sent to discuss it with the school principal which proceeded to threaten me with getting expelled if I did not comply, I said go ahead... He gave up and let me keep it in my pocket, guess it was too much paper work over such a pointless disagreement. (for context the school is like she's 17-20, with a few older students (like in their 30s))

[@vic_710]

I feel like a clear solution to all the problems people mentioned when kids don't have their phones can be solved by just allowing them to bring their phones in class but just don't allow them to use it. Teachers can just use their eyes

[@RaphaelAmbrosiusCosteau51]

In theory I agree it’s a good idea, but believe me it’s not like it’s the hardest thing in the world to hide the fact that you’re on your phone.

[@vic_710]

@@RaphaelAmbrosiusCosteau51 As long as it's the minority I think it's fine, if the majority starts to do it then the teacher should be able to see them and give a warning, continues behaviour should face some kind of punishment

[@lightningqueen1145]

Ok, as a teenager, I feel I need to defend us. Yes, we are not done developing, I see that, but that doesn't give everyone an excuse to pretend we're horrible, lazy, bratty people that will never ever care about our education. There are so, so many kids that care about learning, but they don't see school as learning. They see it as daycare for parents to shove us off to while they're at work. They see it as prison, because we can't take part in the "real world" until they've suffered enough. They see it as a factory, where they're the product, where no one cares for them as a human being and they're shoveled out to be sold out to their next employer. School is not a learning environment, it's anything but, and phones? They keep us sane, keep us happy. It's a dependence, where if we get off it, we'll be thrown back into the depressing, mindless world of schooling. Where we are scored on our quality like animals, where the higher quality students are shoved with more and more, stuffing them with ap and honors classes, and the lower quality students are ignored and malnourished. Phones give us release, they're drugs, numbing the symptoms but never fixing the problem. It may not be good for us, it may even be bad for us, but we don't feel like we can go on without them. So why are we blaming the phone and not the system that led to such a widespread problem? Why are we looking at the teens all falling into similar traps and assuming it's their fault? Maybe there's something us teens can do better, sure, but there comes a point where you need to stop looking at the child, and start looking at the environment.

[@PrincessNinja007]

No one's blaming the real problem because that's how their school was and how their adulthood was, so they need everyone else to suffer with them "to build character"

[@twelvoe4205]

Im a teen and its concerning how you make living without phones equivalent to being psychologically tortured to where our emotions turn numb. When did we become so weak? Just get off your phone for a couple hours, go outside, go get your daily exercise, damn.

[@lightningqueen1145]

@@twelvoe4205 it's not the phone, it's the school. We *can't* go exercise, we're required to sit there. We can't go outside, all classes take place inside. Good for you for going to a school that lets you go outside whenever you want.

[@trillmixin6999]

It goes deeper than this though many people are addicted to their phones and it still is affecting their attention span even if they're not actively using it

[@missa2855]

Don't matter, I pay to go there, and I choose how much I want to learn. They are not getting to take away my property, it's as simple as that, they aren't getting the phone.

[@PixelGhost07]

@@missa2855 did you pay or you're parents pay? also even if your parents agree for you to use phone anytime you want, they signed the paper to school like rules and stuff.

[@_vasty3776]

Simple: make school engaging and fun

[@bobbybingo4506]

During an emergency students surprisingly might consider oh, I don’t know, CALLING THE FUCKING POLICE

[@ZRpetkq]

We don't even get our damn phones for the breaks..

[@samuelforesta]

Exactly!

[@twelvoe4205]

Are you a screen staring zombie or something? Youre off your phone for a couple hours and thats it

[@ZRpetkq]

@@twelvoe4205 That's not the point. The point is i have literally nothing to do during the breaks.

[@twelvoe4205]

@@ZRpetkq talk to friends mate

[@ZRpetkq]

@@twelvoe4205 k.

[@Wynautwhy]

One thing with the chromebooks, at least in my school district, is that they auto block a lot of sites regardless of content. One example is that almost anything involving the holocaust is blocked including KZbin videos that you can view just find on your phone

[@bland9876]

Maybe if you made their phones part of the learning experience you wouldn't have to crack down on them.

[@Aredel]

College does it right. The teachers recognize that you have a portable supercomputer in your pocket that makes everything infinitely easier to do. Why wouldn’t you use it as a resource?

[@floofthefops]

I absolutely hated when teachers took phones in high school. I never went on my phone when they were teaching, but I always finished all work very early in class and, had nothing to do the rest of class. Phones are a simple thing. No phones during lecture, and you better not be on it if u got work to do

[@sluin]

What about just having the teacher punish students who use their phone in class?

[@sethbierman7946]

It was annoying not being able to use them during lunch.

[@gecko937]

aint no one putting they're phones in lockers

[@Blair-rl5iv]

As a student, I fkn hate those yonder pouches, they’re fkn stupid and literally everyone hates them

[@hyplayer]

Tip for you: you can easily break it, just be careful not to break your phone

[@Blair-rl5iv]

@@hyplayer thanks for telling

[@iActuallyLiveinUtah]

The search button is exaxtly where the caps lock is, pisses me off every time, made me seriously consider destroying a chromebook because of *THAT FUCKING BUTTON.*

[@dodobaggins2739]

In my school they put a plastic basket in each class to leave our phones in for the duration of the lesson.

[@lazypanda6023]

My Chromebook has so many blocks you can't search up the word communism... BRUH I HAVE HISTORY

[@thereareantsbehindyoureyes7529]

High school in America is so shit I couldn’t imagine spending a year without being able to listen to music during class

[@autusticrat]

Mitochondria is the plural. It's technically, "the mitochondrion is the power house of the cell"

[@samuelforesta]

🤓

[@autusticrat]

@@samuelforesta certified nerd emoji moment

[@iexist1738]

When my school had a lockdown, we were using our phones to say our I love yous and check the news

[@osjos2822]

I love using the shitty school provided laptop which explodes after loading more than a single tab and where the school has blocked every google product or product that uses a google account and 99% of images.

[@cat_city2009]

k-12 students don't need devices at all.

[@nje.27]

⁠@@cat_city2009 what do you mean they don’t need devices at all? i go to a science/tech school and we literally NEED computers

[@cat_city2009]

@@nje.27 You can't learn how to do math without a computer?

[@Deadflower019]

@@cat_city2009 Yeah, higher levels of math NEED a calculator to do shit. Which _is_ a computer.

[@nje.27]

@@cat_city2009 stuff is easier with computers lol. less stuff to carry around because most things are online. easier to take notes when needed (in my opinion because i write really slowly). ability to search things up for class or research projects. not every class uses them but they’re generally useful. also we do things like coding; you can’t really code or anything like that without a computer

[@KindredKay]

So funny enough at my school phones were needed for alot, even booking an appointment with counselors so the year I went where I didn't have my phone was hell

[@doodle_freak]

I have friends who get grounded if they don’t respond to their parents text’s immediately Sometimes after school plans change very suddenly and I need to arrange a ride 5 minutes before school ends Sometimes I forget something I need for a class and have to text my parents to bring it for me Sometimes I get through the lunch line to find out my account doesn’t have enough in it so I have to text my parents or I don’t get to eat You’ve created a school system that fails your students if they don’t have the ability to text during the day And I’d rather tell my parents I love them one last time than try to run from a shooter that I have no real chance of escaping

[@randomhuman3883]

Id like to point out that the school provided laptops block all useful resources. I tried researching biodegradable plastics on a school computer one time and literally couldnt find anything that wasnt blocked.

[@johnnymullins1331]

Maybe try something new and fresh than hearing about the powerhouse of the cell for the 50th time and make it interesting instead of us legally being forced to learn the same thing over and over and over again

[@FerdarPleaseSubscribe]

The problem is that students have a proper addiction to phones. No matter what you do, you can't compete with a phone if its in the same room as you

[@johnnymullins1331]

@@FerdarPleaseSubscribe teachers are just as if not more needy and dependent on technology

[@MrE_YT]

My school gave us Yondr and Chromebooks. Chromebooks have cellular data, and everyone hates Yondr.

[@heresJohnny73]

But they've blocked every other word on the laptops so i cant get any information from them

[@FerdarPleaseSubscribe]

"information"

[@heresJohnny73]

@@FerdarPleaseSubscribe no really right now we have a research project in ap gov about a problem the problem I have is the inefficiency of the public school system but a quick search on the school laptop returns no real information about the inefficiency so I've been using my phone to do research this week

[@Overused_Toothbrush]

@@FerdarPleaseSubscribe yeah I’m researching why the United States has such a problem with the prices of healthcare in AP HUG right now and so many things are blocked, it’s ridiculous.

[@PrincessNinja007]

​@@FerdarPleaseSubscribe Yeah imagine having to do a 3 month giant Holocaust project, but you can't use the word Nazi Or doing a health project but you can't look up anything about drugs. Or alcohol. Sex. Eating disorders. Lotta things considered not safe for our kids are considered central to the curriculum for those kids

[@seanhartnett79]

@@Overused_Toothbrush HUG is what again?

[@shi-thead5958]

No the emergency thing could mean other things other than a shooting. If a student leaves their phone in a locker or in a pouch and theres a tornado, calling the parents gets harder if the building was destroyed. If a student has their phone on them and said tornado sucks them outside or traps them in rubble, it can be easier to find their body or easier for a student to reach out for help. Phones also have recording devices that could be used to show bullies, bad teachers, horrible conditions (a leak right over a students desk or moldy cafe food).

[@lesbianrichietozier]

i think the outrage would be insane if something happened in a school and cell phones were locked in pouches so children couldnt text their family any last words

[@lesbianrichietozier]

this sounds harsh but its the reality we live in. if my child was in a crisis and i had no way of contacting them, i would be beyond fuming

[@PixelGhost07]

@@lesbianrichietozier your saying we should keep our phones at all times just incase school shooting happens or smth so we could text our last words? your comparing a situation that happens only a day to an everyday life

[@lesbianrichietozier]

@@PixelGhost07 well, a year ago, i was actually bringing up a situation that happened in my district when i was in middle school AND when i was in high school. instead of pouches, a lot of teachers had a ‘phone jail’ in their classroom and when there was an active shooter on campus those 2 times, kids were terrified to stand and get their phones to talk to loved ones because the schools around here have a shit ton of windows and no one knew where the armed person was on campus and some kids wanted to record the situation for different reasons. i cant imagine how much more panic there wouldve been if their phones were actually LOCKED up. besides that, its stupid to lock peoples stuff up. if theyre going to be on their phones, theyre going to do it regardless of what adults say

[@Thishandleisavailable0]

Bruh my school actually uses these yonder pouches ITS SUCKS

[@ShadowMurloc483]

Or we could make school interesting instead of a factory that produces mediocrity.

[@mugstanmuggy7041]

School hate is so forced tbh. I’m sorry that learning about trigonometry and doing physics labs wasn’t that fun, but it’s necessary for the development of a well rounded individual. And b4 you hit me with the “but why aren’t schools teaching us important things like how to do taxes!!”, they do. All you need to compete your taxes is a basic understanding of algebra and a free afternoon. If you feel like you’re turning out mediocre, you should consider applying yourself more.

[@lightningqueen1145]

​@@mugstanmuggy7041 ah yes, the totally important information of the quadratic formula. I'm not asking for help on the math end, I'm asking for help on the technical end. The math part is easy to plug into a calculator, but the process is so incredibly long and needlessly complicated. Seriously, I actually enjoy learning quite a bit, but hours upon hours of droning lectures a) don't teach me anything, and b) lead to a hatred of the class. When have your *ever* enjoyed and remembered listening to your boss drone on about your yearly profit calculations?

[@mugstanmuggy7041]

@@lightningqueen1145 Again, what is necessary and what you personally enjoy are two seperate things. Someone's boss going off about yearly profit calculations or whatever boring shit is not particularly interesting, but at the same time it's necessary knowledge to have when it comes to running a business. Listen, I'm not a robot. I also get bored and annoyed when I have to sit through hours of lecturing with no class engagement, but I still make an effort to engage because there *are* still things to to be taught, even if presented poorly. None of this backs up OP's point that school is a "factory that produces mediocrity" though. How much of someone not learning is the teachers and facilities fault, and how much is their own? Also mathematics is important, don't be hating on my boy quadratic formula.

[@PrincessNinja007]

​@@mugstanmuggy7041 "All you need is basic arithmetic" And an understanding of tax law And an ability to take an unrelated rule and apply it in the best way you can to your unique situations Also the older I get the less satisfied I am with the history I was given. We spent THREE months on the 13 colonies up to the revolution. Everything after WW2, from MLK (because ig the 50s were uneventful) to Regan's Star Wars were glossed over as quickly as possible as a series of bullet points in case it comes up at some point your life later. This class was in 2013 and we didn't even get as recent as recent as the first Bush Who do you think comes up more in adult life now, Henry Clay, went very in depth with the scandals and policies, or someone like Nixon or Regan, who were mentioned twice each? "They were elected, then they did a noteable thing"

[@mugstanmuggy7041]

@@PrincessNinja007 *Basic algebra. Yes, you do need an understanding of local, state, and federal tax law, but in my experience that information is rather straight forward, and I have my buddy the internet to help me out. The majority of people don’t have complicated taxes, and are more put off by the tediousness of completing them rather than their actual complexity. It sucks that your history class was rushed for the sake of time. And there are obviously valid criticisms to be made of the education system, or your specific schooling. However OP’s claim is still extremely hyperbolic, cutting things out for time and not going into as much detail as you would like doesn’t make school a “factory that produces mediocrity”. Let’s be honest, even though it is annoying and unfortunate that modern history was rushed through in your class, your understanding of modern history is not going to determine whether you turn out successful or mediocre. K-12 schooling is designed to teach a broad understanding on numerous topics, and while it has its problems and some information slips through the cracks, overall it does a decent job.

[@thefoxguy]

In my country a phone which is visible in school at all is just straight up punishable by a permanent record soooo

[@zaradrinkwater9284]

we have yonda pouches at my school and they're so bad everyone just cracks them open on the groun or doesnt put it in lmao

[@TheImpatientGam3r]

So yeh I would have made it to see my mother before she passed but school said that some how not having my phone would be beneficial in emergencies.

[@Meaxis]

As a European, when he said "What about emergencies", I thought of stuff like earthquakes where you sit down and stand still it passes, which is almost never happening. *And then I realised this is America*

[@DUBS606]

Problem is, it’s not even just phones anymore. Schools that have a personal device policy allow things like MacBooks and iPads that can be used for texting and apps just as much as phones. Our school if we see a phone we take it and they get it back at the end of the day. They refuse, they get a detention. I’ve had students cuss at me for wanting their phones or even grabbing it out of my hand or off my desk. I tried to be kind and give warnings but that just leads to students knowing they can get away with it on occasions. So I’m only giving warning the first week or two of school next time.

[@CSDragon]

I'm 31, I was in highschool as smartphones became popular... the heck is T9?

[@mfgtv8048]

Teacher: YoNdU????

[@masonivanov]

My school just didn't allow students to carry phones during the day. And it worked.

[@justaskinglol5935]

My school did all of them. Students put their volume on loud or they didnt shut their phones off or silence them to annoy teachers. Somebody also put hours if silence interrupted by random sounds like the metallic pole sound

[@ysucae]

i am appalled the first thing you think about when saying emergency is 'school shootings'. there are other emergencies... it's really sad. for other emergencies the school has a phone line. in case of anything they call the front desk who pings the comms and you just get out of the class no question asked. that's what they did before. no need to be an emergency too - like a student has an appointment to get to. and you don't really have to use internet during class - the teacher is teaching. you'd just go look up stuff after. it's good to unplug sometimes? be independent and able to navigate your own brain without a smartphone. i have adhd too, i just drew and read during class and the teacher would let me as long as i didn't disrupt anything. i should follow my own advice...

[@SamD.GOAT0326]

As a modern day highschooler, I can see why schools are having such a big fuss over phones. Kids use em in class like everyday. Taking them away might help, but at the same time, it wouldn't hurt to make the lessons a bit more engaging. I definitely had plenty of fun lessons last year, but they were kinda far and few between. Along with that, having us learn about stuff that actually matters to us could help with the issue. Nobody wants to sit through a boring lecture about cos tan and sin.