How schools are cracking down on phones in classrooms

Did you watch this TikTok in school? Here’s how some schools are cracking down on phone use. #bannedphones #yondu #shorts

[daydodog]

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

[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

[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

[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

[firebadnofire]

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

[wren]

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.

[yankees]

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

[aidanlutz]

We all know those chromebooks are ass 💀

[TheVera]

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

[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.

[manndduck]

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

[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

[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.

[sassycassgames]

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)

[Deadflower]

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.

[fungifactory]

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.

[Darkwolf_]

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.

[daftsky]

Then you see those students riot because of it

[JonathanMarcy]

Weve been talking about the school system being not only outdated but flawed for at least a decade.

[HalValla]

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