Agreed - no cell phones in school, for anyone. If someone needs to contact me while I'm teaching they can go through our admin team!
this post was submitted on 03 May 2026
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Give em booze and ciggies then
Yes, we have different rules for kids and adults. Does anyone want to argue that we shouldn't? Really? Let's hear it.
I take it the argument that kids need their phones to be safe at school has been completely debunked? Otherwise, they'd use that one, like parents have since this whole fiasco started.
To anyone old enough to remember when schools didn't allow personal phones, because they didn't exist, the idea that they should be allowed is ludicrous. Same for allowing food, or chit-chat, or kids to get up and wander around the class during instruction, or all the other stupid shit that goes on now in schools, from what I've read.
Hopefully only smart phones. I don't care what the school says, my kid will have a flip phone or something so they can contact me and take pics and video. Like everyday a new grooming case comes out and they want less surveillance?
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don’t forget - schools are there to make moldable employees. not solid adult humans. banning cell phones seems to align with the working industry’s rules, too.
If someone can't have their mobile device on hand because of stupid employer rules then they need to find a new job.
I get that you don't want your team distracted by mobile phone use during work hours, but saying you can't have one is idiotic. Fuck those employers.
OTOH kids need to learn that putting the device away to focus is a thing, if they can't figure it out on their own I'm not against removing the opportunity while they mature.
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Adults are more responsible than children. Responsibility comes with privileges.
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I couldn't agree more.
It's high time we stop discriminating against elementary school aged kids. There's no good reason why they shouldn't be allowed to drive themselves to school, or to their after school job.
Stop ageism and enable independent transportation and employment for all ages!
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Funny how that doesn't apply to literally anything else
If the kids don't have their phone how will they broadcast the next school shooting to their followers or ask ChatGPT what the best hiding spot is nearby?
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sooooo apply the same rules to the adults? here's my old man yells at cloud moment but you don't need your cell phone in school. I got through my entire schooling without one, teachers didn't have one. if there was an emergency or you needed to make a call well that's what the front office was for.
I mean hell in high school kids just had pagers and if a teacher caught you looking at it during class they'd just take it away.
Things can literally go back to this with zero negative consequences. The only parents that are upset about this are the ones with deeply co-dependent relationships with their kids. My wife is a teacher and when her school briefly had kids put their phones in pouches, a lot of her students told her they felt relief from feeling like they have to check their phone constantly. This ban will help with teacher burnout too. Teachers spend a ridiculous amount of time trying to get their students to put their phones away. It should have been put into law years ago. Also, the teachers don't have time to check their phone during class, so the comment about role modeling is complete bullshit.
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