Mobile Phones

[Crabby Shrimper]

Shouldn't have ever got rid of it.

Why does a kid need a phone at school? Hundreds of thousands of people managed to survive school before mobiles were invented.Absolutely ridiculous.

Though to be fair by that arguement who needs cars/central heating/computers etc.

Mind you, having the phones pn during classes is wrong. Not ust is it a distraction but it's bad manners too. How can you pay attention to whats being said if you're busy texting someone else?

 

[steveo]

Though to be fair by that arguement who needs cars/central heating/computers etc.

Come to think of it, how did we ever survive in cars that didnt have cup holders?

 

[The Flying Scotsman]

Mobiles - Never needed them when i was at school, you just got on with things however I can understand peoples obsession with them these days, and i think you won't stop kids bringing them along so as a compromise i would just stop them using them in class.

MP3 Players - Are my eyes deceiving me!! Course you can't use a bloody iPod in class. Unbelievable Jeff!

 

[Bluesmanager]

Mobiles I have no problem with, as long as keypad tones are off and the thing's on silent - very handy if you get some news that the parents need to know and you have a habit of forgetting things (like I do), cause you can text them in class, just make sure you don't get caught by a lecturer who doesn't like you using them.

MP3 players I also don't mind. In a choice between them and YouTube, it's MP3s all the way, as long as no-one else can hear it. Alas, most of my class disagrees and spends all lesson singing to Cha Cha Slide and the like.

 

[pickledseal]

Other problems apart from bullying of both students and staff has beeen with medical room... kids call parents to pick them up and then just go home! School has no idea about it!

The videoing/photo thing is of great concern, esp where they end up (facebook groups, myspace etc).

Our policey is getting permission from home, but must never be on in school or seen during the day.

 

[davewebbsbrain]

I have 2 Year 10 boys who love singing songs from Hairspray and Brittania High. Weird thing is, is that they dont listen to it during lessons.

So did Ricey when he was young!!

 

[Bob Cratchitt]

I am happy for kids to bring them to schools, but I suggest that the schools implement jammers in the classes so they render the things useless unless they are out of the classroom.

surely with all the money the schools make from allowing mobile masts to be erected they could get the companies to supply these jammers as part of the deal.

 

[steveo]

The new Asda in Rawreth Lane rayleigh doesnt seem to allow signals on mobiles.
I wondered if this is to stop the staff using them.

 

[Alexis_SUFC]

I always used to take my phone to school with me but kept it on silent and would never use it in class.

As for music I would prefer it as I'm one of those people that always listens to music when working, I've got no problems with I-Pods/MP3's as long as it isnt too loud and not disrupting others. When I was at college the majority would listen to music in class.

 

[pickledseal]

I am happy for kids to bring them to schools, but I suggest that the schools implement jammers in the classes so they render the things useless unless they are out of the classroom.

surely with all the money the schools make from allowing mobile masts to be erected they could get the companies to supply these jammers as part of the deal.

It would help, but as I said the photo/video thing is of more concern...

 

[Uncle Leo]

The new Asda in Rawreth Lane rayleigh doesnt seem to allow signals on mobiles.
I wondered if this is to stop the staff using them.

My local Sainsbury's doesn't either. Never thought of that as the possible reason.

 

[RobM]

Don't the kids have lockers? Lock the blasted things away. Nobody NEEDS to text in school time! Kids are there to learn, not to text the classmate in the next chair.

 

[Jedi Shrimper]

Voted "Yes, but not they should not be allowed on"

Absolutely should not be allowed in lessons, kids are there to learn. MP3's shouldn't be allowed in the classroom either.

I think it's ok for them to have them with them for genuine emergencies but not for any other purpose. If i ever forgot something, i had to make do and you can bet I didn't forget it again, now all they have to do is call mummy and they come running with it.

Christ I sound old....

 

[fredheim_holm]

Yep, they should allow them but if they're on show in lessons they should take them away.

 

[Firestorm]

Surely, all the uproar about banning Mobile phone masts near schools means that the little poppets would not be able to get a signal anyway.....

 

[AdamTheShrimper]

I think students should be allowed their mobiles on them but only to use before and after school if they need to contact a lift, etc.