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ProfessorGAC

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6. It's Not, Where The School...

Reply to bronxiteforever (Reply #4)

Mon Dec 26, 2022, 08:32 PM

Dec 2022

...has & enforces the "check your phone at the door" policy.
I sub in 25 different schools and every middle school/junior high has that rule. It helps tremendously.
Not all the high schools have it though, and it's very common to see kids doing nothing but their phone the whole hour.
It would be much harder if the schools didn't enforce that policy, though.

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I'm sad. [View all] no_hypocrisy Dec 2022 OP

It's not uncommon, it's a psychological reaction to being boxed in on a standardized conveyor belt ExtremelyWokeMatt Dec 2022 #1

I taught 6th grade GATE BigmanPigman Dec 2022 #2

You think it's any easier subbing white kids with no cell phone ban? brush Dec 2022 #3

Subbing must be so difficult for 7th grade classes bronxiteforever Dec 2022 #4

It's Not, Where The School... ProfessorGAC Dec 2022 #6

Can you get photos of the first integration blown up and use that as a platform for discussion? Karadeniz Dec 2022 #5