Public Schools are getting worse (2 Viewers)

[dickey moe]

Sounds like a need to watch House of Dynamite just to see what all the fuss is about. It might have to wait until Halloween passes though.

Wrong thread? Or maybe not lol. Congrats on your quick thinking in class GB.

 

[Ilov80s]

Sounds like a need to watch House of Dynamite just to see what all the fuss is about. It might have to wait until Halloween passes though.

Wrong thread? Or maybe not lol. Congrats on your quick thinking in class GB.

Yep meant to be in the movie thread lol, I’ll move it but thanks

 

[the moops]

We had a lot of very angry parents when the new phone policy was announced in August.

Ridiculous parenting here

 

[Ilov80s]

We had a lot of very angry parents when the new phone policy was announced in August.

Ridiculous parenting here

It was a small but vocal amount. Mostly out of fear that if there was a school shooting their kids would be cut off from their phones. I think we had reasonable answers to those points but you know how are some people are. I would say 90+ % were in favor or strongly in favor of.

 

[Instinctive]

Our schools do not allow phones or similar devices and request that parents don't provide them to their kids until at least 13.

(And we are heavily AI and tech forward btw. Learning science is clear...smart phones are bad for learning)

 

[El Floppo]

We had a lot of very angry parents when the new phone policy was announced in August.

Ridiculous parenting here

It was a small but vocal amount. Mostly out of fear that if there was a school shooting their kids would be cut off from their phones. I think we had reasonable answers to those points but you know how are some people are. I would say 90+ % were in favor or strongly in favor of.

Our kids are responsible phone users, have busy after school schedules that often requires mid-day-of coordination and also use their phones in school for school stuff...art and music.

All of that is out now because our school felt some of the kids aren't responsible phone users whose parents couldnt figure out how to help their kids reel it back in- which we feel is "ridiculous parenting". So yes, we are against it. My son started college this year and a parent asked at a new student info session if phones were banned...administration had a very curt "no, of course not" answer. For me- it should be banned in the classroom, unless used as a tool, but otherwise accessible outside of the classroom instead of being locked up all day as ours is now.

 

[the moops]

Our kids are responsible phone users, have busy after school schedules that often requires mid-day-of coordination and also use their phones in school for school stuff...art and music.

All of that is out now because our school felt some of the kids aren't responsible phone users whose parents couldnt figure out how to help their kids reel it back in- which we feel is "ridiculous parenting". So yes, we are against it. My son started college this year and a parent asked at a new student info session if phones were banned...administration had a very curt "no, of course not" answer. For me- it should be banned in the classroom, unless used as a tool, but otherwise accessible outside of the classroom instead of being locked up all day as ours is now.

Not a you thing, but there are plenty of parents that think their kids are responsible phone users who may be a little less responsible than they should be. I know it sucks having to figure out mid day coordination stuff but we all survived for years figuring that **** out without phones. Also it is way too difficult for teachers to have to police students differently and a much easier to blanket approach things like this

 

[El Floppo]

Our kids are responsible phone users, have busy after school schedules that often requires mid-day-of coordination and also use their phones in school for school stuff...art and music.

All of that is out now because our school felt some of the kids aren't responsible phone users whose parents couldnt figure out how to help their kids reel it back in- which we feel is "ridiculous parenting". So yes, we are against it. My son started college this year and a parent asked at a new student info session if phones were banned...administration had a very curt "no, of course not" answer. For me- it should be banned in the classroom, unless used as a tool, but otherwise accessible outside of the classroom instead of being locked up all day as ours is now.

Not a you thing, but there are plenty of parents that think their kids are responsible phone users who may be a little less responsible than they should be. I know it sucks having to figure out mid day coordination stuff but we all survived for years figuring that **** out without phones. Also it is way too difficult for teachers to have to police students differently and a much easier to blanket approach things like this

Absolutely. Put your bag in the pouch... No looking or access during class- but able to he checked inbetween classes. Our school has the kid lock their school provided pouches so now anything that pops up...and my daughter has booked acting jobs last minute a number of times (which is its own ridiculous thing- who works like that!?) that now makes her unavailable because little Skippy and his parents cant handle not looking at their phones enough to be responsible.