By Zaire Briggs
Teachers at East High School complained for years about students being on their cellphones in class. They even tried for years to come up with different ways to get East High students to become more focused on work, and less focused on their devices. They won, and teachers finally got what they wanted: East High School is no longer a school that allows cell phones to be used throughout the day. So why is it that teachers are now on their phones, when they did everything they could to get rid of them? If you are one of the teachers who is on their phone during class, you could be seen as a hypocrite. Some teachers could be seen as hypocrites because if they see students on their phone during class, they call so students’ phones could be taken away, but are on their phones as well. In an experiment, we found that over the course of two days, we observed 25 teachers are on their cellphones during class and Support, some the whole class period, and some pulled their phones out multiple times during class. It seems like students are not the only ones with the problem. Teachers need to have consequences when they’re on their phone during class, just like us. Teachers are supposed to be role models for students, at least that's what we thought. The same rules should apply.
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Marlene Blocker
1/28/2019 01:31:52 pm
I was very bothered when I read this article. Teachers are expected not to be on their cell phones during class. I would want to know names of teachers that are violating our policy so I could speak with them privately. Please encourage people to let Mrs. Blocker know so that i can address the issue.
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Timothy Morris
1/29/2019 06:15:04 am
Excellent article. Well written and with a good viewpoint. Though I do disagree with Ms. Blocker's response.
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Kristine Price
1/29/2019 06:25:55 am
Zaire, your article was well-written and you present an
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Yaimaris Oyola
1/29/2019 06:48:09 am
I do agree with Zaire some teachers, mostly substitutes be on their phone during class. Although most of the teachers that we see on their phones usually are using it for the students in the classroom. When Ms.Blocker decided to take the phones away I honestly wasn't upset about because most of the students do not know how to handle themselves with their phones. The only thing I am upset about is my parent getting a hold of me for emergencies. My mother has been very sick for the past year and sometimes she calls me for emergencies. Although I do not have my phone, some teachers have told me that my parent can call the main office but the ladies in the main do not always answer which upsets me a lot. For example my mom use to call the main office to pick me up from school early for appointments last year the she would have to call the main office more then two times in order for them to answer.
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Dennis
2/1/2019 07:56:13 am
I like the article I think students need to focus on their work and getting decent grades and for the one without their phones that have to graduating are doing rather well.
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Christian M Benitez
2/4/2019 08:55:56 am
I agree with Mr. Morris. I think this can quickly turn into a "he said she said" type of situation. I honestly feel most students who have reported seeing teachers on their phones have either made example up in order to make an argument to get their phones back. Or have taken the situation out of context. The Student world and Adult world are very different from each other. My music teacher shouldn't have to ask my class and me to use his phone to take a call about a doctors appointment or to quickly take a note or write down a date. These are basic examples of what the adults use their phones for and yes lots of students use their phones for such things as well. but that's definitely not what I have seen a majority of the time in the past.
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Lakisha buba
2/4/2019 08:57:41 am
as students & adults the rules should go by everyone regardless of whats happening , students have problems at home and some students are not able to be contacted if they Don't have their phones. teachers should not be on their phone through out class or the day in my opinion .
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DeAnte Steward
2/4/2019 09:12:05 am
Why don't they take teachers phones away but they took students phones away when teachers be on their phones more than students and that's not fair for us students to not have our phones and the teachers can they should follow the same rules as us students.
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