Phones arent permitted at my kids school, if you have one they take it till the end of the day.
RIP Genn Greymane, Permabanned on 8.22.18
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That doesn't happen, they bring NO BENEFITS THAT ARE WORTHWHILE, and instead are a distraction to at least one student if not more. In addition taking a students cell phone is hard, they won't give it up, which means I either have to let them keep it and show students they can do whatever, or send them to the office, which 1/3 times they won't leave so I have to call security to take them all.
Honestly there is no reason you need a cell phone in class, NONE. None of these kids are so important that they require a cellphone, and if they parents need the child guess what, they can either show up at school or call and get patched through to the students classroom.
Idk I've never really seen it as a big deal (then again I'm not attached to my phone). I'm a pretty smart guy and if you give me a textbook I can basically teach myself the course and easily get above an 80% on your tests. Put it this way. I have always wanted to do well in school, I did in high school and I continue to do so in Uni while using my phone whenever the need arises (which is not often, doesn't mean I always pay attention when I'm not using it either). Another thing we all need to consider is that the children that don't want to pay attention will continue to do so with or without a phone.
There is absolutely NO REASON why anyone under 18 should need a smartphone.
Parents are the problem, not the phones themselves.
Endus are you a teacher? I am, and let me tell you, no matter HOW INTERESTING or AWESOME your class work is, it wont apply to every student, best case you reach 90%. However phones allow them to do what they want 100%. I lose to the cellphone and very few students can stay focused enough to pay attention to me and not their phones.
I don't see why we should go to such an extreme as to ban phones.
In high school, the rule was that if your phone rang in class, it was an immediate detention. If you were caught using your phone in class, that was also a detention.
"In order to maintain a tolerant society, the society must be intolerant of intolerance." Paradox of tolerance
This is a tough one. You have an easily distracted child, for whatever reason.
A. You can either limit their access to distractions in hopes that they won't have any choice but to listen.
B. Give them free reign to be as distracted as they wish by allowing them the largest for of entertainment available.
C. Or, you can get the school councilor and parents involved to figure out why the child is so easily distracted, and make a change.
Out of the above, I feel C is likely the best solution. But if I had to rate them in order of potential effectiveness, it would be C, A, B.
B is by far the worst possible solution to the issue.
RIP Genn Greymane, Permabanned on 8.22.18
Your name will carry on through generations, and will never be forgotten.
Cell phones posing a distraction.. I pay you for working, not for hanging on the phone.. In labor intensive job fields they also pose a safety risk, and can be a safety hazard depending on the work environment.
We've gone a long way in our evolution.. Along that way we were all perfectly okay to use phones only in the events of an emergency, be it receiving a call or having to make one. We managed to get by with that. And we can continue to get by that way.
Having the phone turned off, as you said, is imo sufficient though.
Whether you have the gadget on you or not is not the relevant part. It's the active phone that has no place in both, school and workplace, while being occupied of course.
"The pen is mightier than the sword.. and considerably easier to write with."
"In order to maintain a tolerant society, the society must be intolerant of intolerance." Paradox of tolerance
As if anything of value is taught past 8th grade. Past that point, google would be your best teacher. It doesn't matter if they are distracted.
Schools already have bans on phones in school. If a phone is seen it is taken. Parents must pick them up. Many teachers don't care, however, and allow you to use them for music while doing classwork.
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I don't have to think back to my teenage years, I just have to think back to when I was teaching.
You figure out what they're thirsty for.You say it's their job, but they have no way of actually ensuring that attention is paid. They can't force it, so if a kid just doesn't want to pay attention, what's the solution? How do you make that horse drink?
That's better than half of what being an educator means. Making the curriculum relevant and interesting to your students. ALL of them, not just the few that'll pay attention regardless.