Education

funhusker said:
I had a parent ask if her son could have his detention moved to a “lunch detention” so he wouldn’t miss football practice.  Internally I just thought “hey, why are you giving up such a great teaching opportunity”. 
 

Yes, that kid is constantly in trouble but his parents don’t really see the big deal.  He’s passing his classes…
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Classic!

Did they start off with the old "We totally support you as the teacher...BUT"

 
We did forget to mention these kids. We have a lot of great kids who come from bad or even non-existent parents. There are tons of them. These are self-reliant kids.  

 
I love teachers. My mom, dad, and brother were teachers, along with two of my best friends. 

On top of a laundry list of issues, they concede that another problem is s#!tty teachers who give them all a bad name. It leads to mixed feeling about a teachers union that fights for pay and benefits, but also protects teachers who really don't deserve it. 

 
Crusader Husker said:
We use the caddies.  BUT, remember, burner phones aren't just for drug dealers.

I crack up when I walk by the phone caddies and see an old flip phone in a pouch.  You know that is a fake one.
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Hot teacher take: Asking a student to put a phone in the phone caddie is no different than simply asking the kid to keep their phone in their pocket.  

Change my mind....

 
teachercd said:
This is cool and we have phone caddies here, but it really doesn't matter if the kid won't actually use it.  
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A friend of mine's kid is going to a Catholic high school next year that just instituted mandatory phone caddie policy. We'll see how that goes.

Another friend of mine taught physics at that same school back when they had a no phones in class policy that some kids simply ignored. He got tired of being the enforcer every day and just gave up. 

My understanding is that it's often the parents who protest the No Phone policies the loudest, because they believe they should be able to get ahold of their kids 24/7. 

 
Guy Chamberlin said:
A friend of mine's kid is going to a Catholic high school next year that just instituted mandatory phone caddie policy. We'll see how that goes.

Another friend of mine taught physics at that same school back when they had a no phones in class policy that some kids simply ignored. He got tired of being the enforcer every day and just gave up. 

My understanding is that it's often the parents who protest the No Phone policies the loudest, because they believe they should be able to get ahold of their kids 24/7. 
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My school district requires middle school students to keep phones in their lockers; school board policy.  Any phone seen by a teacher is turned into the office.  

For the most part it works, no phones are out.  But I know kids have them in their pockets.  It's just less likely they will get them out if they know their will be consequences.

 
Guy Chamberlin said:
A friend of mine's kid is going to a Catholic high school next year that just instituted mandatory phone caddie policy. We'll see how that goes.

Another friend of mine taught physics at that same school back when they had a no phones in class policy that some kids simply ignored. He got tired of being the enforcer every day and just gave up. 

My understanding is that it's often the parents who protest the No Phone policies the loudest, because they believe they should be able to get ahold of their kids 24/7. 
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Yeah, I have heard that from parents or from students before.  

It usually starts with "My Mom needs to text me during the day and I need to let her know about XYZ"

Totally fine, I get that.  With that said, I was able to attend school without talking to my mom during the day.  But I get that things have changed.

Then it goes to "With all the shootings that happen, I am not giving up my phone, I might need it in case of an emergency". Okay, fair enough, I get that.

funhusker said:
My school district requires middle school students to keep phones in their lockers; school board policy.  Any phone seen by a teacher is turned into the office.  

For the most part it works, no phones are out.  But I know kids have them in their pockets.  It's just less likely they will get them out if they know their will be consequences.
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Yeah, pretty much the same.  They can have them at lunch though.  

 
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