And if you don't reinforce good behaviors, you'll watch them succumb to perverse incentives.
Phones should not be being used in any sort of work area unless it is for work communication, with other workers. (Which is typically why managers have to have their phones on them.) Everyone else should stay off their phone and focus on work.
For a child in school, there are literally zero things that he needs his phone for in a class rom. Zero. If instruction is taking place, the phone is off. If he has a question, he can ask. If he forgot his text book, he can share with others. If he forgot his homework, it's not on his phone. If he's waiting for an important communication, it can wait until after class, or until his parent picks him up.
Now, if he's 16-18, sure, maybe his work needs to text him to tell him to bring something additional in when he arrives. But 16 year olds aren't children.
And if you don't reinforce good behaviors, you'll watch them succumb to perverse incentives.
Phones should not be being used in any sort of work area unless it is for work communication, with other workers. (Which is typically why managers have to have their phones on them.) Everyone else should stay off their phone and focus on work.
For a child in school, there are literally zero things that he needs his phone for in a class rom. Zero. If instruction is taking place, the phone is off. If he has a question, he can ask. If he forgot his text book, he can share with others. If he forgot his homework, it's not on his phone. If he's waiting for an important communication, it can wait until after class, or until his parent picks him up.
Now, if he's 16-18, sure, maybe his work needs to text him to tell him to bring something additional in when he arrives. But 16 year olds aren't children.
There could be an emergency they need to be called for, there's not 'literally zero reasons'. There's just VERY few reasons.
A kid with his/her phone in their bag under their desk is no more intrusive than a phone locked up. Provided the child isn't a tard.
If there's that big of an emergency, you call the school, not the kid.
And that's what I mean, a phone entirely out of their possession, in a drop-box if need be (like you would do when walking into a high-security room).
Schools and teachers are even more incompetent than the retarded students are, I should know because I've worked in that field lmao.
I mean, all we're talking about is "Hey, there's an emergency, please bring Jimmy to the office so I can pick him up."
I'm all for closing public schools, but they should still be normally capable of that.