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Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce
I don't expect them to monitor that. It's an impossible situation to put them in. If it is a concern to you, as a parent, enforce your own 'ban' on your own kids' phone. This is possible. It's not malcolmk14's job to do this for me.
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I agree with this but it's also an ideal situation that unfortunately doesn't work in the real world. Too many parents don't take an active role in their child's education, whether its through lack of time because they're working multiple jobs, or through disinterest. So you end up with the kids whose active parents keeping them off their phones and others who push it back on the teachers to control their kid's phone use.
A blanket ban takes the onus off teachers to be "the bad guy" who has take away a child's property and be responsible if it gets stolen or damaged.
Being a teacher is a hell of a lot more complex than it was 20 years ago and removing one obstical/distraction from them is a good thing.