What's destroying anything is inattentive parenting. Creating laws that force women to be parents. Women that have no right to be parents when they shouldn't be parents. Women and men who have no education on parenting. In cities that have no jobs to support having children. But meanwhile they insist on making it hard for you to prevent getting pregnant. It's uncalled for it's ridiculous. Let's also not forget the lack of sexual education in schools
The kids can't even fail. The schools bump up their grades just enough to pass and shuffle them on to the next grade even though they aren't prepared. I've heard multiple stories from teachers about the school administration instructing teachers to massage students grades just enough to keep them moving along. It's a disgrace.
@@thefastcommenter7774 The school has a phone along with employees/volunteers/students who can notify the student immediately. It's hard to imagine, but people had ways of communicating before cell phones.
@@smrtzttspanishenglishtutor67 we use to in the early 2000s. If you had your phone out it got locked up immediately and after like a three strike system your parents had to pay a fine to come get it. I’m positive that some schools still do this. They just need to implement the policy in such a way that would work for the kids and the parents. But the parents can’t be acting like kids too.
I managed to make it to my pension (22 years). This is only one of many many issues. American public education is completely wrecked. There are barely any teachers left, and those are just revolving door Teach for America Kids. I would strongly advise whoever is left to quit now before you damage your health.
For real. That mother was talking about how her teenage sons are on their phones all the time, yet she apparently does nothing about it ?? Great parenting
@@zoehicks880a lot of kids become physically violent when you try to remove devices. It’s not simple . You think you flip a switch but parenting is influenced by culture and outside forces.
I don’t understand why kids and teenagers can’t put their electronics down for a day, especially kids, why would a kid want to be inside the house all day? They should be playing outside
@@-greentoad BECAUSE They are designed to be addictive. They should Not be given to children AT ALL! This world would be a much better place. When my children were in school, cell phones were Not allowed at school. Teacher’s confiscated any phone that was in their sight. Sooo I agree they shouldn’t be in class. Addictive substances should Never be given to children. We don’t give them alcohol or cigarettes do we?
HOLD UP!! The mom is saying she has 2 teenage boys who are on their phones constantly. Uh, ma'am, that means you are part of the problem!! TAKE THE PHONES AWAY FROM YOUR BOYS!! And why isn't the school board doing anything to help the teachers? This is insanity!!
This guy wasn’t even able to teach science because he was too busy trying to teach them life skills and that’s our job as parent. Parents are a huge part of this problem, if not all of it.
If your kids weren’t addicted to their phones and actually paid attention then this wouldn’t happen. You should appreciate that there still teachers who want to be engaging with their students. He could’ve just failed them or let them fall through the cracks. If you weren’t aware the U.S. has a high rate of illiteracy in kids across the country. So yes this is an issue that needs to be addressed.
I received my first phone in 5th grade and it was a Samsung Intensity II nothing but a glorified normal phone, I didn’t receive my first smart phone until I was a junior in HS… preferably I prefer a normal button phone now as a primary, the good days of less distractions
Yep, tried to watch a movie the other day with my sister, close to impossible she was missing half of it because of the phone. Went on a car ride with my brother the other day and it was like I was alone in the car
Present for what, exactly? Paying attention to strangers? Witnessing unimportant events? What about walking down the street, besides not being hit by a car or bumping into people, requires absolute attention?
Today is my first day of retirement… 27 years in public education… 61 yrs old. When leaving the district where I taught for 17 years, the exit form asked: “Reason for leaving”: My answer: “Phones.” But it’s more than that. It’s the behavior that goes along with the phones, and the distraction that leads to poor learning. Serious issue in a world of ever-expanding serious issues. As for me: I’m done. Two years earlier than I’d planned. Enough.
@@geordiejones5618 Yes I do use my cell phone more than 6 hrs a day. I have to. I use it for my job. I send and receive emails all day, and use my GPS to get from job to job. What I said was that I was glad I was able to grow up NOT having to use a phone. Life was better without it as a kid growing up! These kids today are all messed up and have no personality because they’re on their phones all day doing nothing except wasting time.
Doesn't work. If you collect them, then there will always be a few kids who try to sneak them and cause disruption. And then if you try to use harsher measures with them, parents complain.
@@kbanghart So you start with detention and then suspension, c'mon people WTF? These kids aren't in charge the adults teachers are and the kids need to finally understand that. What the hell happened to the old way school was? Do your work or suffer the consequences. We got detention for chewing fucking gum because it was a distraction, this is fucking crazy!
As a mathematics instructor, I brought this issue up to administration and as a school we implemented a no-phone use in classroom policy in the classroom, it worked wonders.
There was a school who banned phones. They lock them up when students enter, and they get it back when they leave. At first there was pushback from students, but now the students are happier, they’re having more fun with friends since no one is glued to their phone, and their grades are improving. In case of emergency, the school has a phone system that can be used to call parents or 911. If a student needs an alarm for medical reasons, they make watches for that.
The watches are becoming a problem too. Kids will put their phones away, and then I see them fiddling w/ their smartwatches, because they're texting instead of doing class activities.
@@guccideltaco I’m not even talking about those smart watches. Digital watches still exist lol. And they make “smartwatches” for purely medical reasons. So no fun apps, but it tracks heart-rate, sets alarms for medicine, some even connect to glucose pumps. But definitely those smartwatches are like mini iPads on the wrist, I wouldn’t want those in my classroom either.
@@ryansmith4494 If you don't believe her, why would you believe her source? Google it for yourself. I just did. Took me two seconds to find that it was a school in Salt Lake city. (I think there are other schools, too.)
Or you could just treat them like an adult and make them responsible for their learning and smartphone usage. When you are 30 no one is going to tell you to stop using your phone, or your employer can just fire you. You, as a teen, made the choice to use your phone.
Sounds great but what parent is going to sign up for that with school shootings being our reality due to the insane gun lobby and braindead gun loving republicans
How about no phone allowed during school hours? We have lived thousands of years without cell phones. It's not that hard. No phones allowed during school hours!
Depending on your state, teachers can no longer take the phones as it's considered personal property. Many kids know the phone can't be seized no matter how much they use it. This started because of cases where kids had their phone taken, held, and they needed it after school hours and were left stranded. Teachers can only hold it till the end of class. And if it's stolen the school has to pay for the phone in full. It's a huge liability to take phones. It's on the parents to teach them moderation. But do many parents give up mentally on raising their kids. Using technology because they're lazy.
@@Belle2550BS. The school districts can make a rule. We somehow made it home without any cell phones in the world. I’ve been to concerts where phones are banned. If a band can demand no phones at their concert, school districts can do the same.
@@Belle2550 It’s a little bit more complicated than that. Students and teachers are under the jurisdiction of the school board. Therefore, if the board rules in favor of an anti-phone policy, then students and teachers will have to follow it.
@@alextownsend6662 It sounds like you haven't been in a public school in a long time. @Belle2550 was exactly right about the situation in the schools. What is the consequence for adults if they refuse to stop using a phone in a concert? They get kicked out. Schools can't kick students out, and if they did, most of the time the students would like that. They won't stop. Kids also aren't legally responsible for their actions, but adults are. Adults face consequences for breach of contract, but there are no consequences for students if they don't do the right thing and they know it. It's up to the parent to impose consequences, and too many of them won't.
Administrators can support a ban all they want but can they ENFORCE it is more important! I teach at a Charter School and we confiscate the phones as soon as students come in the door! I used "confiscate" on purpose because many students try to sneak them in anyway. And now students have started getting smart watches to circumvent having their phones taken. This teacher is 1000% right! Finally, it's interesting how every societal ill is supposed to be handled by the schools! You jump right to attacking administrators with ZERO mention of irresponsible parenting!
It’s the parents fault, they wont support a phone ban and overtesting has caused kids to check out. They cant learn in part necause it’s a testing system Not education
As my teacher have said "Im not expecting you to remember all of this , But I am teaching you to think" sadly most people are becoming zombies because of phone addiction
In our schools we have a panel by the door with individual pockets where students must deposit their phones when entering the classroom. If a student is caught with their phone in class they get a week of detention. No talking and no phones in detention. There were a few weeks with a lot of kids getting detention but they quickly learned playing that game won’t fly. Treat children like children.
Sorry we are too busy being tax slaves. We don't get summers off, tenure, and a nice fat pension. I worked all through COVID, and watched the teachers union take a two year vacation. They would get on zoom, for like an hour in the morning. Then just ghost. Property taxes didn't go on a two year vacation though did it... Like your name, no one cares about the teachers, they should work harder. Stop voting, for Democrats.
I think it’s the parents fault for raising such undisciplined children. Wait, it’s actually both sets of the parents parents fault for not raising children who know how to raise children properly. Wait, clearly the 4 sets of parents parents parents are responsible for not teaching their children how to raise children that know how to raise children properly. Wait…
Yeah, as if parents can do anything in the face of corporate power to turn our kids into little consumers. Don't blame the parents. That's a cop out. Blame the shittier and shittier capitalist society that has been a huge part of the process of humans becoming increasingly alienated from each other, from nature, from themselves, from meaningful work, from meaningful arts, from a meaningful life, period. Capitalism is to blame, but it's such a big machine, and we feel so defenceless in the face of it that we've become apathetic and choose to find some other cause of this world going to hell in a hand basket. The world is becoming unliveable (And people more and more unlovable) because of capitalism, insatiable greed, and empty materialism.
That shit dead, if they're teens already there's no way you can now set a boundary. Only thing you can do is not pay the phone bill but they'll still have WiFi
I can't imagine the frustration teachers put up with nowadays trying to teach kids while they are on their phones, ignoring them, and their sense of entitlement is out of control.
This is what your people chose to do with their head start ie cheap and free labor. Don't be sad. It's over with... Now the youth has to fight 🇷🇺🇨🇳🇰🇵🇮🇷🇾🇪🇸🇾🇮🇶🇹🇩🇳🇪🇻🇪 but the black kids are too ignorant and don't care to do it so it will be the masters', overseers', and politicians', children doing the heavy work. Sheesh.
During my career in corrections, I saw many newly hired correctional officers get fired almost immediately for bringing their phones inside the facility.
Nobody is going to be left to teach these disrespectful kids. They stay up all night on their phones, get 2 hours of sleep then come in and sit on their phones all day. Give them a laptop to work? They just play video games. Teachers spend way too much time trying to get kids to stop.
I was an inner city educator for 30 years. You can’t even in your wildest dreams Imagine how difficult some parents can be and totally explains the whole Apple and how they don’t fall far from the tree thing.
@@nonnie8388Many people are parents on paper but not in practice. Too many people have kids and should’ve never had any better yet a rock garden. There should be an intelligence and common sense test in order for people to have kids.
I think that’s an amazing idea… as long as you can trust the school officials. Because if you don’t, the very last thing you want to do is leave your kid with them, without the ability to contact you. But that’s how i want my kids school to be, no phones
He has good intentions but his attitude and tone are out of touch. To be effective you need to know how to meet people where they are at and engage in a positive way. Doesn't seem like that s a skillset he excels at.
To the parent who said she "understands his frustration because her kids are on their phones all the time..." Did she not make the connection? Get your kids flip phones.....
To go off of the teacher's drug analogy, when parents take away their phone, they will either buy an older model smart phone, get one from their friends or even steal one. Blacklisting apps on the wifi level might help, but kids can still use cell data and its harder to limit that.
@@BETTERWORLDSGT maybe a minimalist phone? It can look like a smart phone be it only allows you to call and do some other things but not really the internet of social media
Yet 500,000 homeless ppl, no clean water for flint, monopolies in the Arizona housing market which has led to an affordability crisis, outdated infrastructure, and wages remain stagnant. He took his time to make this an issue equating phones to addiction rather than talking about Arizona’s decade long cuts to education, low teacher pay, high student to teacher ratios, and Arizona ranking among the last in education investment. 😂
Awesome. First hero to speak out. 16 weeks ago l stop all computer service and cell services for 24hs a week. Oh my God has my mental health improved. Sundays to Monday. ❤👍
I am glad that the teacher is prioritizing his health and his family. Self care is more important than someone else’s needs. Health is wealth. I had to leave the US for my self care. Bonne journée from the south of France.
NZ actually has a functioning government I imagine. Not perfect but decent. The US is a shit show … do you see what the Republicans do day in and day out
Interested to hear how well this is working. They have tried this in Japan. Wakayama Prefecture was one of the first to ban students from bringing cell phones to schools. It did it in 2002. But even today about one of third of Wakayama students bring their phones to school.
Somebody would sue the teacher and the school district for "violating their precious little rights". America is self-imploding and doesn't even know it. Common sense and logic have become foreign concepts in the U.S.
Sorry, we don't take advise from other countries. In fact, suggesting such is the surest way to doom an Idea. Tho, I will admit that some of us have taken an interest in fascism. But then, we'll declare it was our idea anyway.
Been there. I was working harder than my students too, and I resigned too. So cool that he tried to help them change habits. God bless him and his family.
People are feeding their emptiness and loneliness with their cell phones. Nobody talk to anybody anymore. Miss the good old days with neighbors stopping by for a cup of Coffee and children playing nearby on a sunny afternoon.
So true. It's amazing to me that I can drive buy a public park on a beautiful Saturday or Sunday afternoon and see no kids in the playground or using the sports fields. We've lost our way when children no longer play.
Me too. When I run into somebody I haven't seen in a long time at the grocery usually can't talk longer than 30 seconds until their phone rings. Conversation over. Most of the time the call is from a spouse or family member with some trivial matter and wanting to know how much longer before they will be home. I miss the good old days more every day.
I agree with you, though there's another issue: They can simply either go to where their friends live & use their Wi-Fi, or go to their school or to a public place & use their Wi-Fi connections on their phones as well. The simple solution, is to just take their phones away.
@@WizardOfWor sorry, I wasn’t clear - meant shut down the issue/situation entirely, not just the phone service. Referring to the parents being the ones in control and with authority here, so idk who they are complaining to and acting so helpless. Looking for someone else to fix their problems and parent their kids for them, I guess. 🤷♀️
You'd think. I ended up dealing with Children's and Family Services "explaining" to me that taking away my daughter's phone for misuse at 15/16 years old was a very devastating and extreme action that would isolate her "from the necessary connection to peers". My daughter's friends parents' also helped coach my daughter and supported her to rebel against me while showing "responsible parent faces" to CFS. They'd insist they have rules their kids follow, and then permit their kids to do whatever they wanted to avoid fighting (aka: parenting and disciplining reasonably). Today, my daughter hasn't graduated high school, can't secure work outside of the nightclub industry and can only commodify her youthful attraction. I totally blame it on all the people who wouldn't let me take a phone out of her hands for even 3 days, including her father who insisted on replacing her phone to be the favourite parent. I know this sounds whiny... But phone addiction is a real thing...and the problem is even if parents want to step in the gap and try to address the cause of the addiction, until now, it was considered near child abuse not to give a kid a phone and pay for it to be weaponized against healthy parenting and even ... teachers who want to educate.
Dear Colleague, here is what I do with phones in class: Students have to go out and use the phone outside. If the school administration catches them doing it - good, but above all, not my problem. If the students miss lessons - not my problem. But quitting? No, not that.
We've lost two generations to this addiction. Love the parent saying yeah it's bad, my kids are addicted too. You're the parent, you're the problem obviously.
The most vocal parents won’t let their kids be disciplined. They’ll elect school boards that enforce no-consequence policies- and replace any tough administrators.
I just did a 3 day training seminar for work and I can’t tell you how many adults also cannot put their phones down for two minutes and pay attention to speakers or presentations. And none of it’s work related. It’s all texting and social media.
Your observation is spot on. This addiction is wide spread. I've watched city council meetings where the councillors brazenly ignore the citizens presenting on the given issue in question.
It was almost always work related for me. I took a few notes, texted a few coworkers about the schedule, texted back my boss. Not like I was watching youtube or something.
This is utterly tragic. Here you have a man who wants to do his job and appears highly qualified. It's society's loss that parents like the woman talking about her 2 sons' phone addiction refuse to act like parents when their children's education is suffering so greatly. 😢😔
Why are they even allowed to have their cell phones in class? I graduated back in 09 and we weren't even allowed to have them in school. I had to sneak mine in and hide it like it was something illegal. Eventually they let us bring them to school but we had to keep them in our locker. Why can't that be the way now?
I'm a millennial but still hated reading and studying, even though I never had a cellphone until I was 19. School has always been the most boring and annoying thing on Earth. But I still have a good GPA cuz society forces me to if I want to live.
@uscitizen1035, putting a cellphone in their children's hands isn't Irresponsible. If you teach them how to properly use it and teach them when to and when not to use it.
Im a 64 yr old and just watched this on my phone so it's not just the young ones, but I do try my best to teach my grandkids not to depend on these things so much, l know where he is coming from
I can't imagine teachers quitting because of such things when I went to school. They'd either take the phones away till class is over, sent them to the principal's office, give them detentions, call their parents and whatever else. Aren't these schools disciplining them?
It is too much work to enforce this policy with 1000-2000 kids. It will never work and they know it so they allow it. Each day a kid shows up means money in their pocket. So a warm body is better than NO BODY
They try, but the parents get upset and demand the students get to have their phones or get upset when the phones are taken away and sent to the office.
I remember kids used to get their phones confiscated for even using them at Lunch. But this was in the 2000s when cell phone were not popular yet, and only like half the kids had cell phones, and phones didn't even have internet. Now literally everyone has a cell phone.
I remember they would confiscate our phones and the parents had to come pick it up Oh boy I remember my old man yelling at me for making him leave work Never did that again.
Earlier this year I contacted a parent regarding their child’s constant cell phone use in class. Her response - her child denied “even taking out his phone, let alone using it and he was very upset over my accusation”. How do you combat that? Trust me, if a teacher is contacting you over an issue, they’ve already tried other methods to correct the behavior. Fast forward to a week ago, parent wants to know why the child is failing the quarter (grades have been posted for over a month); and would like extra credit for him. Sorry mom, but that’s a negative. Told her it’s because of the same issues I contacted her about earlier in the year….which she chose to ignore. Some parents are clueless.
@@wiiildfire no the parent is just delusional. Teachers do not have to "prove it," they are busy teaching . This isn't a law court. This is simple common sense. The parent is just a moron
Congratulations for recognizing you are just hitting your head against a wall every day. I wish you peace, joy nurturing your family time, much success furthering your career goals and know you made the correct decision for you and your family. Much respect, and thank you for all of your efforts. I’m sure you reached some students no doubt.
you think a child can't get a hold of phone without parents? you're delusional ... a child will get a hold of phone with or without parents help. people like you are the problem, you have no common sense, you don't think. oh? huh? you didn't think about smokes, alcohol and drugs, did you? you see its literally against the law for a child to do any of those things, yet they get their hands on all 3. phones arent even illegal .. and you think kids wouldn't be able to get their hands on a phone if parents didn't buy one? you're delusional. a simple solution is to make a law that allows teachers to take or break kids phones when they're using them in class. THAT would be blunt and effective solution. stop cuddling dumb people and PUNISH them for being dumb, THAT is the solution. also fail them in class. if i was teacher, i'd fail anyone who i catch scrubbing on phone. instant fail. no excuses.
Like my mother used to say, she needs to pick up a book. Get ahead in her homework or projects, enter herself into little contests, intensely pursue a hobby, study then study ahead of her grade. Use school like the resource it is. There are so many other options better than joining in with her addicted peers.
I used to be able to read and study for hours in college because we didn’t have cell phones. Now I’m in my 60’s and I can’t read anymore for more than 10 minutes because of my phone. I am too distracted.
Excellent piece. Many thanks. I was hired to teach high school history last year and found everybody in class n their phones, all the time. Talked to my principal about this and his response was that they can't do anything about it so why keep fighting it. Seriously.
I’m so tired of parents choosing to ignore the pleas of schools for them to stop buying these smartphones for kids. Parents could very easily just get kids a flip phone, but they act like the child’s world will fall apart without a small phone. Children have become ADDICTED to these phones and parents don’t care.
My daughter has a phone but I have parental controls on it and she has no social media apps. I won't allow her to have Tik Tok, Facebook, Snapchat etc. Phone us just used to call or text me if she needs to, that's it. Kids and young teens don't need social media, I'm glad my daughter doesn't complain about not having that.
while I agree KIDS should not be given cellphones, I think 13 year olds or even 14 year olds should be allowed since those are teenage years and by then the teenager should have enough maturity and hopefully, responsibility to use their phone, but parents should also monitor what their kid is doing online, not like a helicopter parent but just checking in to make sure their kid isn't talking to weird people/people they don't trust. Phones really are a distraction unless it's just for texting family members/friends, it would greatly help them focus on school than social media. I'm 16 years old and I know the very experience of being given a phone at an early age, it was harmful to me because my parents didn't give me restrictions or monitor what I was doing, that's the problem I'm noticing, I don't think phones should be banned forever, it's a privilege that needs to be earned. I wish I had the opportunity to earn my phone AND have it at an older age, I had no business having a phone at 8-12 years old, and if I did, I had no business having social media other than to use my phone to talk to family and friends. Phones are okay but RESTRICTIONS and MONITORING your child should be a MUST if you're going to give your child that freedom.
Parents start it. It sickens me when I see kids out in public, younger than 2, glued to a phone. Or kids holding their tablets going into restaurants. Back in the day we were handed small toys or books. At restaurants my brother and I loved the crayons and the activity pages where we'd do a few puzzles and interact with each other by making jokes about the pictures or something and use the back to pay tic-tac-toe or hangman.
Most of the problem is that parents don't care. The school can ask all day long and it will do nothing. The rest of the problem is that schools don't enforce it. Don't ask. Make the policy of no smartphones and then stick to it.
younger generation went from a play-based childhood to a phone-based childhood. toddlers n children getting raised by tablets & tv screens, i see it all the time at my work w/ parents who don’t want to deal w their kids. i’m glad i grew up w a flip phone bc im 22 & using the cell phones we have now are seriously an addiction… im struggling to reduce my screen time no matter how hard i try. it’s such a distraction & a waste of time, mindlessly scrolling. we’re not living in the moment or living in our real life. social media is rewiring our brains… it’s an epidemic right now with teens especially who can’t socialize anymore or even leave the house without it.
As an ex biology teacher, it is ridiculous to have kids on phones in a laboratory. Put the phones in the lab's refrigerator during class. Make the kids think. Or ignorance prevails.
Does it really matter though if they're just going to think that biological men can get pregnant anyway? All that work that high school teachers do gets undone in college.
As a former Biology teacher, I understand what he is going through. I believe all teachers get frustrated over this issue. You can tell he’s a dedicated teacher and how much this upsets him not being able to reach these kids. You feel defeated. I wish him well and hope he is able to find joy in his future job.
Were you allowed to fail students? My mother taught for many years at an underperforming school in Atlanta, and she was literally forced to curve grades, but curving grades and promoting students socially helped create and perpetuate the underperforming status of the school. In terms of this whole cell phone thing, if I were teaching, I would absolutely let students keep their phones, but I wouldn't reteach one single thing because of students playing on their phones, nor would I curve one single grade. Sometimes, people have to learn the hard way.
Good for you, sir. You took a stand for the betterment of our kids and hopefully captured the attention of parents and school officials. Good luck with your continuing education. I hope you d] find a career you love -- like maybe teaching 1st graders?
I concur, I'm a middle school math teacher in my 60's - this phone addiction is a real and growing problem. Some of my classes are made miserable when dealing with phone disruptions - so much wasted classroom time. The kids get used to the dopamine rush they get off being on their phones, some can barely function when their phone is taken away. Parents who give their kids phones are mostly trying to be their kids friends rather than being a parent and saying no. Young minds are defenseless against the siren song of being on their phone. I worked for a couple of years in a district that banned student phones - test scores went up at all levels. Many school boards are reluctant to have much of a policy against student phones because of student and parent outcry that they are needed for emergencies - while ignoring the education damage that is occurring from student phone addiction.
This is what your people chose to do with their head start ie cheap and free labor. Don't be sad. It's over with... Now the youth has to fight 🇷🇺🇨🇳🇰🇵🇮🇷🇾🇪🇸🇾🇮🇶🇹🇩🇳🇪🇻🇪 but the black kids are too ignorant and don't care to do it so it will be the masters', overseers', and politicians', children doing the heavy work. Sheesh.
This is what your people chose to do with their head start ie cheap and free labor. Don't be sad. It's over with... Now the youth has to fight 🇷🇺🇨🇳🇰🇵🇮🇷🇾🇪🇸🇾🇮🇶🇹🇩🇳🇪🇻🇪 but the black kids are too ignorant and don't care to do it so it will be the masters', overseers', and politicians', children doing the heavy work. Sheesh.
I find it funny that schools have no problem standing up to parents when it’s to push far left woke nonsense that has no place in schools, but when it comes to standing up to parents against cell phones their spines turn into gelatin. Also the emergency thing is nonsense. Kid is still allowed to have a phone on them, they just can’t use it in class. It’s extremely simple.
I grew up in the 80s and 90s, before cell phones were a thing. Do people think emergencies didn't happen before cell phones? Yet somehow, we managed. I mentioned at work that I rarely take my cell when I go the grocery store over half a mile away (I walk there several times a week) or any other walkable errand. My co-workers were baffled and just aghast at the whole idea. "What if you have an emergency?" What emergency??? There are businesses every 20 feet and people driving by. People will do a lot of mental gymnastics to justify having their phone in their hand at all times.
@@SatipatthanaSakuraDragona Right?!!? I hitchhiked across the USA for years with no cell phone. I got into some seriously sketchy and dangerous situations, but still survived. I still don't have a cell phone and am grateful for it,
If I needed to call home from school, I'd go to the office and use the phone there. I'd tell the operator I needed to call my mother. "Oh," the operator might say, "She's over at Mrs. MacDougal's. I'll call her there." Then I'd hear her say, "Hello, Shirley, it's Gladys. Is Helen Abbott there. Her son is calling from school." This would have been before 1950. We were not a large city, but we were a capitol city of over 40K population.
That’s so sad he felt he had to quit. 😢 The school principal or higher should have made a a mandatory student meeting to address this phone issue in classes. The teachers are too valuable to lose anyone because of no discipline to the students.
They don’t like to stand up to parents or fight battles that make them targets. They’d rather let the teachers fight the battles and wear the targets on their heads.
@@mtc-j9i You are absolutely right. My principal (elementary school) is a nice guy but a wuss. He won't confront anyone over a hard issue. He just throws his hands up and says it's out of his control.
Back in the mid nineties, my friend resigned from teaching because she taught in a very wealthy community. She would say, how do you keep the attention of a kid who comes to school in a BMW, Audi and the like. Daddy and Mommy will take care of this…….. they lost one of few great teachers.
@@CN45475bs, nothing to do with the principal, they can’t make laws without their education dept allowing it. It’s up to the education system or government putting this in place otherwise parents will cry discrimination or some other shit which no principal or teacher has the time or energy to deal with. The parents should stop giving them the devices in the first place but too many don’t know how to parent now.
@@Kaktus965 considering how many biologists this Country produces, yes it is a waste of time. Most of the Students are going into general labor. Go back to 8th grade graduation
I had one kid in my class who just couldn't let go of his phone, even if he wasn't using it, he just had to have it in his hand, it was like a comfort blankie to him.
I hated it, but my mom was right when she had parental controls on my phone in high school. I could only use social media for a limited time each day, then had to figure out what else to do with my time. Parents just don’t want to parent anymore.
That’s one of the things we like about iPhones. They make setting limits really easy & they can be adjusted for specific situations, if the kid requests permission.
Adults can demand an instant response from those within their social media circle just like kids. This social interaction sickness has only been around for a few years. We're just now seeing the effects.
I don't blame the kids because if there's no regulation or restriction. People are gonna do what they want to do, same thing is happening at my school. There's no control so teachers are caught in the middle of it.
