Why is it against the rules for students to use their phones during breaks (high school?)

[NotSoLoneWanderer]

Phones shouldn't be in class that just makes sense to me but Imagine if you could look up answers to the questions you'll never be asked again the are more often then not arguably pointless on your phone?
But Captcha says class= dynaviv so there it is.

 

[Zenn3k]

Because for some reason, phones in high school are associated with drug dealing.

Thats why beepers were banned long ago, and that ban carried over to cell phones.

Its all about drugs on the school grounds, thats it.

 

[Iklwa]

I dunno, we didn't get breaks in high school, and we weren't really restricted during lunchtime. But of course, that was about six or seven years ago, and now no one cares when I use it.

Being grown up is awesome.

 

[renegade7]

I don't see the point in disallowing use between classes, during class I understand entirely. But between there is nothing that the phones are distracting from.

I agree, especially in High School.

There is no real reason to ban phones from school.
I'm interested in what justification they give for this ban, if any at all?

Well I have asked...the main response I get from staff is "Safety concerns", followed by a "That's just how the rules are"

 

[Zarkov]

The common argument is it stops arguments. you let kids use them during breaks and they say "Oh well, you let us use them during breaks, we should be allowed to use them in class".

And if you tink a simple no is going to stop that argument in any school, you're severely mistaken. no matter what control your staff has, they will always resort back to that argument. so its better to nip the bud before it blooms.

Also, you know there are people who wil use them, and continue to use them once they're in class under the excuse "I started it in my off time i have to finish now" and they'll fight ofr that and make themselves the victim in the eyes of their parents and class mates if they're told to stop and action is taken.

Actually, my school allows them between breaks and on lunch periods and there hasn't been an increase (because this wasn't always the case) of cell phone usage when they're not allowed (such as in class.) Now, that's not to say it doesn't happen, but on the general side I think that a middle point has been met at our school.

 

[Zarkov]

I don't see the point in disallowing use between classes, during class I understand entirely. But between there is nothing that the phones are distracting from.

I agree, especially in High School.

There is no real reason to ban phones from school.
I'm interested in what justification they give for this ban, if any at all?

Well I have asked...the main response I get from staff is "Safety concerns", followed by a "That's just how the rules are"

who were you asking? Most staff members have no idea. To really find out why your local board of education would probably have a better answer (if you live in America, that is. In Europe, Canada and Australia ect. I'm not really sure how that is taken care of.)

 

[Kingme18]

Actually, we are allowed to use them during break. Anywherre outside of class. Nobody abuses it, and it generally works very well. This is coming from a school with more than 4000 people in it. I say that if our school can do it, anyone's school can.

 

[Zarkov]

Because judging innocent before proven guilty is a luxury reserved for those over 18.

Haha, no kidding. That's exactly how it is. I'm glad you said that; pretty much made my day.

 

[Nouw]

Easier to ban phones altogether than to just ban 'em in class-time. Maybe I'll ask my dean when I get back to school. The answer is probably to 'stop cyberbullying' and to make people do more 'social' stuff.

 

[fenrizz]

I don't see the point in disallowing use between classes, during class I understand entirely. But between there is nothing that the phones are distracting from.

I agree, especially in High School.

There is no real reason to ban phones from school.
I'm interested in what justification they give for this ban, if any at all?

Well I have asked...the main response I get from staff is "Safety concerns", followed by a "That's just how the rules are"

No justification at all it is then.

That's just great.
The perfect way to get some respect for the school and it's staff.
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[Lancer873]

Because High School sucks. You'll learn that. This is why I jumped at the opportunity to take college credits in place of high school credits my senior year.

 

[ckam]

Well, the school I used to attend didn't like this because "it could set off a radio bomb" or something like that. I never understood that since there wasn't anything particularly bomb-worthy in the facility.

 

[Krion_Vark]

Let me start by saying, I actually have taught a class before (tutoring over summer break) so I can tell you how infuriating it is when someone who was on their phone and not paying attention during a lesson can have the nerve to ask you to stop the lesson and slow down the entire class to repeat what you've been saying for the last 10 minutes. So I do think teachers are in the right for not allowing cell phones in classrooms.

But at my high school, phones are also not allowed to be used during lunch, or in the hallways between class periods, and I just don't get that. What harm could they possibly be doing then, if we're using them on our own time?

A couple of schools near me have banned the use of cell phones during breaks for 1 simple reason FIGHTS. Yeah the things that seem to be forgotten and swept to the elementary and middle school level. People were using their phones to set up times and places at school to fight so the administration out right banned the use of phones.

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No justification at all it is then.

That's just great.
The perfect way to get some respect for the school and it's staff.
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My above reason is actually justification on safety concerns.

 

[duchaked]

during class...yeah no duh put the bloody phones away lol
but during breaks? err wtf? why not lol

of course this all changes in college (most likely)