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| Thread ID: 60268 | 2005-07-27 07:10:00 | Legalities of school policy, | Prescott (11) | PC World Chat |
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| 375947 | 2005-07-27 08:21:00 | You got it right in your last sentence, Prescott. If the rules & the punishment are clearly set out, you break them at your peril. If the Board of Trustees thinks the principal is too tough, they could have a word... But many adults (remembering much sterner rules than that when they were at school) would see this as minor - and perhaps problematic that kids are so attached to their cellphones like umbilical cords that they can't survive without them for a few hours. And - Shock/Horror - some may even sympathise with the teachers trying to instil knowledge without extra distractions... |
Laura (43) | ||
| 375948 | 2005-07-27 08:33:00 | Steven, thats a helpful resource, thanks :thumbs: it seems that the week policy is not acceptable to the youthlaw website. i completey understand why they need to have some control with the use of cellphones at school, but the school keeping your cellphone for a whole week is just gone to far, they should be returned at the end of the same day. |
Prescott (11) | ||
| 375949 | 2005-07-27 09:09:00 | Actually, Prescott, I do have some sympathy with your complaint that a week's confiscation is too long. But I note you said:"brought this new EXTENDED punishment in a while ago." SO - is that because the school discovered that handing the cellphones back at the end of the day wasn't working? And consequently something tougher was needed to get the message across? In which case... |
Laura (43) | ||
| 375950 | 2005-07-27 09:13:00 | In my day and I am only 33 we didn't even have cellphones at school. My question is why do you need cellphones during school time ? if a parent needs to get hold of little johnny they should ring the school office. Did it in my day. |
wmoore (6009) | ||
| 375951 | 2005-07-27 09:17:00 | so we can text people of course :p | Prescott (11) | ||
| 375952 | 2005-07-27 09:21:00 | I agree with wmoore. We didn't need them then so why are they so important now? If you want to follow that legal advice prior, then the school could insist that your parents be brought into the school so they can hand your phone back to them personally. Would you really want this? I don't think most parents would be too impressed. As an ex-teacher, the school has my sympathies. In my day (before cell phones), I would simply have taken the battery off the pupil so they could keep their phone. Pisses the student off no end with a useless phone... Also, phones are valuable items and prone to theft. No school wants to piss around trying to find out who stole Johnnies phone, which shouldn't have been at school anyway. |
user (1404) | ||
| 375953 | 2005-07-27 09:28:00 | some very goods points and i will agree with you aswell. i only use it after school so i can arrage things, but during school i usually have it switched off. just some of my friends have wondered what was with the week long confiscation and if they were allowed to do this... | Prescott (11) | ||
| 375954 | 2005-07-27 09:30:00 | Good point about the battery, user. (Now what's the phone no. of Prescott's school again...?) |
Laura (43) | ||
| 375955 | 2005-07-27 09:36:00 | Once had my bmx taken off me at school for lack of adequit breaking system, one quick call to the old man and bike was quickly returned to me, bike proceeded to be tied to ceiling of garage untill brakes fixed..... | plod (107) | ||
| 375956 | 2005-07-27 12:02:00 | As a school trustee, let me say that yes, phones are banned for very good reasons, and you know exactly what they are. If you feel tempted to try a little civil disobedience, remember that behaviour classified as "continual disobedience" is the fast track to exclusion or expulsion (depending on whether you are under or over 16). Your behaviour doesn't have to be extreme to activate this disciplinary process, just skipping detentions is enough if you do it often. You would get fair warning in the form of stand downs, but it is a very slippery slope to get onto because there is a maximum number of those that you can have in a year and then you graduate direct to suspension, which means a face to face with the Board. When you are right on the edge, getting caught up in somebody else's stupidity may ruin your year. Education is far more important than bucking rules or seeing how close to the edge you can get without falling. So far this year we have seen off four students who thought they were clever enough to get away with it, and all the tears in the world are no help then. Yes, even the tough guys cry when they face the axe. Leave the phone at home. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
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