> There doesn't need to be any advantage. They're not causing any disruptions - nobody should be telling them where to put their property.
Bollocks. Even on silent it's disrupting someone's attention, if only the owners.
And those under 18 years old aren't adults, and are wards of their parents. They're required by law to go to school and during the duration they're wards of the state. They don't get to own property in the direct sense that actual legal adults do.
> It's perfectly understandable they want to have it under their own sight and control. Touching it without permission is unacceptable.
They're kids, you think they're going to agree to that? Confiscate em -- put em in a box at the start of the day -- or else make them stay at home.
> I have seen kids steal stuff from the teacher's desk/other school property when I still went to school - one kid even stole a RAM stick from a school computer right during class. I would never trust the school's ability to keep my phone secure.
Then they can keep those phones at home.
> Also - the school day is not 100% class time, there are breaks in between. What they do during breaks is their own business.
This isn't a job -- there is no expectation of freedom in between classes. If they're in the building they're still wards of the state. They're just not in classes.
Listen, if this was a 19 year old on a construction site, I'd agree with you, but there is plenty of legal, moral, and basic cat-herding involved in having kids at school. You wanna get treated like an adult before 18 then drop out and get emancipated, otherwise thems the breaks.
Bollocks. Even on silent it's disrupting someone's attention, if only the owners.
And those under 18 years old aren't adults, and are wards of their parents. They're required by law to go to school and during the duration they're wards of the state. They don't get to own property in the direct sense that actual legal adults do.
> It's perfectly understandable they want to have it under their own sight and control. Touching it without permission is unacceptable.
They're kids, you think they're going to agree to that? Confiscate em -- put em in a box at the start of the day -- or else make them stay at home.
> I have seen kids steal stuff from the teacher's desk/other school property when I still went to school - one kid even stole a RAM stick from a school computer right during class. I would never trust the school's ability to keep my phone secure.
Then they can keep those phones at home.
> Also - the school day is not 100% class time, there are breaks in between. What they do during breaks is their own business.
This isn't a job -- there is no expectation of freedom in between classes. If they're in the building they're still wards of the state. They're just not in classes.
Listen, if this was a 19 year old on a construction site, I'd agree with you, but there is plenty of legal, moral, and basic cat-herding involved in having kids at school. You wanna get treated like an adult before 18 then drop out and get emancipated, otherwise thems the breaks.