Virginia students speak out on school cell phone bans
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- More states are banning cell phones from the classroom as students have become increasingly distracted due to social media use during school hours. Reporting for TODAY, NBC’s Vicky Nguyen sits down with students at John Handley high school in Winchester, Virginia, to discuss the effects of the ban.
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Of course the students aren't going to like it. But a lot of times, students don't know what's best for them. Even 10 years ago cell phones were a huge distraction, and teachers were trying to compete with phones for the student's attention. They have no place in a classroom. I fully support the bans
agree. well said.
Little pointless to do it in a school with laptops out during class though. As that one kid said they’re just going to load the same websites on their laptop. All that really changes is students leaving accidentally leaving behind an $800 phone, or risking that phone getting stolen.
Besides if a kid is going to use their phone during class I say let them fail. If a kid doesn't want to pay attention they won't, let them face the consequences of their actions. That’s how it works in college and honestly that worked better for those around me than any actual phone ban schools implemented.
@@amberspark9434 easy fix. cell phone jammer in the school. block social media sites on the school internet. decently cost-effective, and the students that figure out a way around it have a future in computer science waiting for them
@@amberspark9434 they will not let them fail. It is almost impossible to fail a child and make them repeat a grade. There are people graduating high school every year that are functionally illiterate.
@@amberspark9434 The point of parenting/teaching/guiding is to lead kids onto a good path. Kids aren't just up against their own lack of willpower, these devices are literally designed to be addictive/make you unable to focus. Also, the fact that you sound like you went to college when cellphones were prevalent tells me you're likely gen z and shouldn't be trusted with an opinion about cellphones because you're of the generation that has already been failed and is already hopelessly addicted to living on your cellphone. Of course you think they're necessary.
For my school they take our phones at the beginning of each instructional period and then give it back at the end of each instructional period.
Same. My school also shuts down social media on students' computers. not a perfect system but definitely helps.
@@gardengal87students don’t need technology in classrooms for instruction propose. Teachers should teach sociable instructions like reading books, arts of writing by teaching our children apprenticeship. Parents should stand up for their children in school, out of school so that each children can have physical activities. Teachers should banned cell phones in the classroom. Also children should pay attention while the teacher is in front of the classroom. It is rude for children to have out their cell phones by scrolling down on social media that’s how it is rude. Our younger generation is teaching us wrong information.
@@melissawalker9091Then adults do not need technology either too. it is fair. If it is bad for kids, Isn't bad for adults too?
What I am saying in the old generation our children didn’t have phone to connect with peers. We use to have school activities by connecting with peers. Also connecting by writing letters by those who lives out of state. School is not a place by having cell phones. School is a place to connect with others. Also it’s a place of economic opportunity. Also it prepares for students to have mock interviews. By helping us as whole to get a job that is outside of our peers, teens.
@ children we don’t need phones in school we need better economic conditions. Going to after school activities by connecting with others. We need mock interviews by preparing students real life experiences by engaging with job opportunities that’s is away from our friends. By preparing students by providing resumes by helping students by finding what they love.
Of course they don’t want them banned. They’re all addicted.
Literally 😂 I wanna see the students that actually want them banned
not true always. what if god forbid something bad is going on at school and they aren’t able to contact their parents
@@janel5323 There are companies that make these sensors that teachers wear on their badges. If they are pushed multiple times, the police are automatically contacted. This is why so few people were hurt/killed in the recent Georgia school shooting. In an emergency situation, contacting parents should not be the first priority since it doesn’t help the situation.
@@janel5323then they will gain more confidence that the could actually get through it independently, likely for the first time ever. It seems like y’all need your mommies to come up to school to wipe your a$$es for you.
@@jenniferhill9924 it’s not even that, what if you want to text your parents your last goodbyes or say your last words to them you know?
They do not need phones in school, talk to each other.
That should be a choice, not a rule. That's the problem with school and workplaces. People impose themselves on others.
@@KBdotHAQ Fr
For 8 hours? I 100% guarantee you don't put you phone down for 8 hours unless your sleep
I am so glad I graduated high school in 2009.
I actually used my iPod Touch for school
such as using a dictionary app to look up vocab words.
I don’t fuss over self esteem because body types I see online.
I graduated in 2021
@@aubreypassey6086 I’m talking about having our devices on hand in school without this huge crackdown.
Glad for all of us born prior to 2003 who were able to have devices in schools 2009-2021
I was a senior in high school in the ‘08-‘09 school year
@@marinakiell1069 I know some people who graduated in three other years 22,23,24 and they were able to have cell phones as well
ME too, graduated High School in 2009. I hated the mobile phones at the time because of the texting style. But when the iPhone came in with the texting I love it.
@marinakiell1069 We had phones, but they were so basic. I didn't need a phone to be distracted lol
I had a cellphone in high school but we had restrictions. We were given 3 warnings, 3rd warning, your parents had to come & pick up your cellphone. In my case, my parents threatened to terminate my phone plan if my phone got confiscated. Discipline starts at home. Parents allow their kids to use their devices all day because they are doing the same thing. They're setting the example of limitless usage. Now they can't live without it & it's affecting them in all avenues. Can't focus, short attention span, limited social skills. It needs to change.
Exactly. Parents should be ashamed how addicted they've let their kids become to tech. Any kid whose parents keep them off tech is going to be at such an advantage--so much smarter, better socially, better focus, more discipline, more creative, etc.
@@jennifermarie3158 I have one question. If 92% jobs on the market required digital skills. HOW ARE YOU GONE TEACH THEM THOSE SKILLS WITHOUT TECHNOLOGY?
Ban it during learning
8-3:30 no phones. Lunch time they should be talking to each other. Not watching Netflix 😂😂
It is tragic how addicted some teenagers are, as a society we need to give children a chance to fully develop their brain.
My neice had a meltdown when her phone was taken away for lying about cutting school. It was so bad we thought we'd have to put her in psych
While I understand the reasoning for taking away the phone during the school day, however, I think we also got to think of those who use their phones for other reasons besides social media. I know of a few people who have a few medical things, like diabetic medical machines linked to their phones to alert them if they go too high or too low. Or in my case, I wear Bluetooth hearing aids, and sometimes the noise around me gets too loud. The only way to fix the sound coming in is through the app on my phone. So, I think the schools need to find a balance between the students who medically need the phones on them at all times and those who are simply screwing around on it.
Most schools allow exceptions for medical reasons. They legally have to allow exceptions if you have a 504 or IEP for a disability.
@fairywingsonroses schools yes, some teachers, no, even if they know you have 504 or IEP.
@@fairywingsonrosesExactly I don’t get why people keep trying to use “but medical issues” when all school are legally obligated to make an accommodation. It’s a non issue for all public schools to ban cell phones and kids can always use them for medical issues.
They can get a fit bit , excuses are just excuses
@wildcatblue13 tell students with hearing aids whose ears are ringing because they can't adjust the volume level of the noise around them or diabetics who use apps on their phones connected to the pod on their bodies. I was just saying. There's a need to be a difference between those screwing around on their phones and those who use their phones as another lifeline.
This is so funny for me to watch. When I was in school, there were no cell phones.
Same! Class of 1995 here. 😊
Same. I graduated in 1977; that time there were only cell phones used by executives and certain VIPs.
Yup!
You grew up in a different time, but ok🙄
@@TeddyBearShark575 We were blessed to grow up in a different time. 😊
Kids survived for decades without phones in their hands. If a parent needed to talk to their child, they called the office and staff pulled the kids out of class. These kids have zero social skills that would improve if forced to talk to others.
@99Em07not true.
@@jenniferhill9924 yes true
atp I feel like yall js jealous you didnt get to have phones and you only stay in touch with like 2 ppl from high school.
@99Em07 So, let them stare at the walls then. It actually makes you smarter and more creative to entertain yourself occasionally rather than always zooming through videos 24/7. Ya'll are honestly pathetic, I can't put it any other way.
@@rnb_bbyI bet a lot of people actually had cellphones in high school, but that they weren’t as addicting as smartphones today. I think that’s where a lot of the complaints are coming from.
What they're experiencing is "withdrawal". Every former drug addict has dealt with it sometime in their lives. It'll feel "painful" at first, even excruciating, but it'll be beneficial in the long run.
@@1805movie Yeah but you got the rest of us who don’t really care but what the government to let us make our own decisions
@@KSBanker123if you’re under 18, you TECHNICALLY, legally do not have ANY rights.
@@jenniferhill9924 Your a troller
@@jenniferhill9924 I will like to informed that minors do have rights. The Amendment do applied to them but is a limited though. The minor have a rights of the following which is life, liberty, security, privacy, education, healthcare, parental care, safe enviroment, protection from harmful work, play , and recreation. the rights for adult are life, liberty, security, privacy, education, healthcare, vote, enter into contracts, join the military, get married , make medical decision, right , and work. Child can use technology which includes phone and there are many concerns about the impact of technology on children's development and safety so many experts recommended limiting screen time and montioring activity on the children's online active to ensure they are using in a safe & responsible manner. Many 16 years old can works but they are restrictions on type of jobs they can perform, the hours and condiitons of work. For Example , in United States , minors aged 16 and 17 can work in most non-hazardous jobs.
In the United States, the ammendents to the Constitution apply to all citizens & resident of the country ,regardless of age, race, religion , or any other charactheristic. this also includes minors as well. It is provide fundamental protections for indivual rights and freedoms. However, it's worth nothing that some rights and freeedoms maybe limited or modified for minor sin certain circumstance.
as a class of 2024 i’m kinda glad that this is becoming a big thing after i graduate lol. but at the same time using phones in school grades 6-12 was a major distraction i’ll admit, just having face to face communication and even passing notes like in elementary school might’ve been nice. and also it was annoying asf when people would be watching things on their phone WITH VOLUME and sometimes the teacher would just say nothing
Cyber bullying is just horrendous.
Notice how they say they're stopping cyberbullying but not physical or verbal bullying? What's the point?
Banning cellphones during the school day is reasonable.
No its not reasonable what if ghey to use it at lunch or in the hallway or there is an emergency
@pizzaboy51 look at the ban. Dude. They are allowed to get them during a drill or a fire and they can take them to lunch and they take them in the hallways. The phones are only away when the teacher is teaching
@@pizzaboy51if there is an emergency the call comes to the office. It is bad parenting to call their child directly to give emergency news while at school. The office gets the call, gathers an AP and maybe a counselor to get the kid and offer emotional support in PRIVATE so the kid can retain DIGNITY. It is entitled to think it’s appropriate to cause a disruption in a class of 20+ - affecting EVERY CHILD’S LEGAL RIGHT TO A DISTRACTION FREE EDUCATION. And also, as a minor, thinking that calling a CHILD to help solve an ADULT emergency is not parenting- its as indication of dysfunction that requires therapy or CPS intervention.
@99Em07 Wow thats way to far
@@jenniferhill9924 How is this bad parenting You probably never had a phone at school
I work as a teacher abroad, no kids are allowed a phone.
They don't know it but their brains are thinking "Thank God! Finally I can begin to recover from the damage of this addiction"
I’m from Korea and we have done this the whole time since smartphones came out. Really hated it back then but now I see it was really needed looking back..
Unlike the US, Korea actually takes education seriously. Good luck passing the suneung or getting a decent grade if all you do is watch TikTok during class. I heard many students over there also take supplementary private lessons after class.
Phone use in middle school in 2007-2009 was prohibited.
From 2010-2014 in high school phone use in class was prohibited. It’s not the end of the world if you go several hours without Tik tok
"im addicted to my phone so much so i rather text the person next to me vs talk to them." I came from the vine generation as a kid. WE DIDNT WATCH VINE IN CLASS so much so that it made news headlines 😑
and yes i have a phone addiction but it cuts off at school, Chuch, studying, bed time and cleaning. Oh and fitness. They just cant live without watching videos in class and then they'll wonder why they have low grades.
And if you are THAT DESPERATE to talk to your kid get them an apple watch to track and text them and call them.
So glad im a senior this is so bad. Terrible education and educators. No saftey. But god strike us down if we have phones.
My 22 year old came out without all the mental damage because she didn’t get a phone until she was almost 18. It’s a tool for adults in my opinion.
Worry about not reaching your child? Ridiculous. My son on multiple occasions has not come home after school. I called the school and they announced his name and he came to the office and called us. Old school like how it was when I was a kid. People that complain are privileged and have no self control.
It’s probably your bad parenting and you’re just blaming phones. Don’t worry honey, we kknow
@@paawansagar8269 seems like you have difficulty understanding my post. That’s ok sweetie. It’s probably the bad parenting you received growing up 😂✌🏻
Agreed. As a teacher, I have found that parents rarely need to contact their child for anything of immediate importance. It's usually something that can either be relayed through the office or discussed at home during off-school hours.
Phones don't do mental damage. People do. That's all you're around in schools. It's basically a computer. Are computers only tools for adults?
@@KBdotHAQ clearly there is a long laundry list of things that can cause damage but if I listed all of them it would be too long. The topic of the matter are cell phones and that is what I decided to stick with. It would be far fetched to believe all problems with children stem from cell phones but there are plenty of keyboard warriors that will make sure we all know this is not the ultimate cause of all childhood trauma. Sorry I didn’t clarify that part.
I'm so glad we homeschool and avoid all of this mess.
Are you though? Missed out on all those social interactions. Dances, sports, classrooms with interesting (and not so) teachers? How many love interests you think you missed out on being at home?
@@JKidding-m3h not all homeschooler are like that. A lot of homeschooler partake in competition sports and study groups too. They also do have parks and playgrounds.
@@mysterfan7649
In order to play sports for a school, you need to be enrolled at said school. Study groups?...wow exciting. That's where you get all your life experiences as a teen. Every interesting conversation about how it was " _My first time..._ " at study group.
Bruh I hate this rule🙏😭
Just ban the use of it in class and allow students to use it during lunch and study halls or in between classes. That’s what my school does and it works.
I will says probably during lunch and study halls. Not between in classes unless if it texting because it may lead to accident. I have better policy that work for my school. My school attempt the banning the cell phones three weeks but it wasn't follow through. The school had to dealt with more important things and its only the rare few kids who were causing the phones. Technically , the area I live in is considered a city but it is a felt like a very larage town. The only place you interacting others are usually schools and Walmart. That did work for my school up until the pandemic 2020-2021 years. A perfect cell phone policy in my opinion will be :
English : No cell phones
Math : phones after notes
Science : no cell phones
Social studies : teacher's discretion
Electives: teacher's discretion
It work out for my school because the Class of 2023 had a graduating rate 95%. My school only had a 1.86 % failling rate of 2, 991 students when 3 years ago the class of 2,001 students with 3.68. In 2021 , There is about 74 failling students and 1,927 students who passed. In 2023, there is 56 students failed and 2,935 students passed. I think use phones in hallaway will be more feasible to smaller school district likes those under a 1,000 students.
can anyone explain to me when phones started being allowed in schools??? this wasnt allowed in the early 2000s, so when did it change
It was never truly allowed I graduated in 2014 and we were not allowed phones in Virginia schools even then. Idk why it’s making national headlines like it was ever allowed. They are lucky because when I was in Virginia schools we were not allowed phones at all for any reasons and we got metal detectors to look for phones even in our lunch boxes. They checked sandwiches too😂. NOW little baggies are making the headlines 😂😂. They just took our phones and asked the parents to pick it up AND we got written up. This is light weight for what we had and their was school $hootings happening around the country back the too.
@@bethanywashington1243 yea there’s always been shootings, that’s why I’m so confused, did parents fight to let kids use their phones at some point?
@@Jacksonzole57 that’s what I’m wondering because it doesn’t make sense to me why they are acting like they have always been able to use their phone in class. We had to hide our phones in order to use them in class. They used metal detectors on a regular bad just to make sure we didn’t have them. My sister had kids right when I graduated so she has had kids in school and they had a policy on phones even in the last 8 years. I’m so confused as to why this seems like new information for ppl.
This was literally my high school. 8 years ago we weren’t allowed to have them out during the day. Our phones had to be in our locker or bags. And we had Instagram and Snapchat. We survived. These kids will too
Be so real… you do not need a phone in school.
BS THEY DO YOUR JUST A TROLL SUPPORTING THE BAN
@@pizzaboy51 *you’re. Maybe you’d use correct grammar if you weren’t distracted by your phone at school.
@@jstelm a homophones are common errors in everyday life. I have seen many people. Give him a break and you didn't do well in correcting. A correct statement is " That's this is BS , you're just a troll who supports the banned. He may also have a problems due to a disablites . The visual problems will be visual memory which is they have problems remembering the picture or/and word. For example they may seeing difference between Pan and pin , pat and pet or bid and did. This can often comes from learning disabilities. There is Auditory which is spelling word like mob and mop , very and berry, scream and stream , mesh and mush. The English lanague are hard to learn with 16 to 25 different vowel sounds but we only 5 - 6 use to write them are a ,e, i, o, u, and y, idioms , irregular verbs & plurals, large and diverse vocabulary, all over the place , different ways to spell the same words , sometimes include words that exactly sound the same, some words different meanings bit are spelt and pronounces the same , about words split the same but are pronounced differently. Maybe you should be more understanding
I have a high schooler without a phone. The challenge comes from the school too since they rely too much on kids having smart phones to distribute announcements and appointments. (Fremont, CA)
Time for adults to find the will and make decisions.
for hundreds of years the world survived without cell phones in classes….these kids will survive
For hundreds of years we survived without cars.
For hundreds of years we survived without antibiotics.
You've created a fallacy.
No reason children should have cell phones in school. NONE. That tired argument of " _What if i need to contact my children?!_ ". Uh...how did you think it was done before cell phones? You used the school phone. Students and overly protective parents did just fine for 120+ years without them.
That didn't really work for my school one time about the school phone. It is an interesting story. I have graduated from because I am the class of 2024. In my 10th grade year , My high school was aware of the generator not working that day for some reason it was broken . The power went out during 3rd period which was in Biology. The school can't communicated to the parents or other teachers by the school phone because not all parents have a cell phones or wants the school to have phone numbers for a reasons. It took them about 45 mins text teacher after realizing what happens. The biology building in school has a problem which is a fortunately the boys were right across the floor for those in second floor for the restroom. While the girls , the nicer bathroom is downstair on the first floor and the problem with that is the only way down or up is using the exit stair. The problem with the exit stair and it is rarely is visible because it navy blue and gray stairs which is impossible to see on cloudly day so a lot kids will have to use a flashlight unless if the schools are willling to provided flashlights to students or parents can give flashlights and battery students in order in case of the power out or unvisible stairs or deal with broke bones and twisted ankles everyday to get to class and HOW can the students focus with the pain? It can also be neccesary for those who have medical conditions and disablities using their phones to help manage stuff and time managment and staying focus on the assignments and these phones may help them with educational experience in life. Also because school back them were one-school room with k to 12 all in one buidling and you only had one teacher and benches as desk and there was a fire to light the rooms but now modern schools are way different from your time. And those extermely long desk. The school also need to contacted the parents to pick up the students if the power doesn't comeback at 1 pm because they need to feed the students and they can't do that without the power being on. Does any expect a normal school day of some random semi-truck driver to overturned the on road accidentally and hit a powerlines knocking out about five schools in a day. A few weeks ago , We did have a REAL School SHooting threat because there was one time a special needs director accidentally press the button after realzing it was school shooting alaram even though neither of events had let acticve shooters frountately but one was acutally false threat and the other faculty curiousity of a big button. The power outage is a true story.
@@mysterfan7649
Just one problem with your story. Landline phones don't lose power during an outage. They are not solely/directly connected to the grid. They have massive battery backups that ensure phones run during emergencies
@@JKidding-m3h why didn't landline phone work at my school when my school had a power out? Unless if the semi truck drive overturned and knocked out the power outage but that is strange because only schools and nearby places were affected . Maybe then that is strange and I was telling you want I got at that day based of my Biology teacher and the staff.
@@mysterfan7649
Here's the elephant in the room. You're talking about extremely rare and "What-if?" situations when there's a real *EVERYDAY* problem with kids abusing their phones during class now.
I was in high school in the mid 1990's. In my 12 years of public school we never had an emergency that required immediate communication with our parents. If we got sick, in trouble or even a fire...the school would call the parents for an update.
@@JKidding-m3h Doesn't mean it can help more in future? What is rare now doesn't mean it will be rare all the time? The Global Warming was rare before and even noexistence at a point of time. It is big because I was thinking about the consequences of the future. It has been second time that the high school had a power out because it happens at my brother in 2017. And that is 4 years of apart between 2017 to 2021. Maybe you should learn math. Also that isn't that far apart. I will considered it to be extremely rare if it is over a 10 years ago. My house phone was landline until now and we can't use when the powerout with the landline phone. I am not sure about my school mentioning about the battery too but I was a young then. I was more focus on upcoming quiz for Geometery rather than a poweroutage so I wasn't paying attention to the teacher.
I am not talking about the "What-if " situations and it is plain story that happens at my time. Are you sure about the power lines being out? I am tell a real-life experience in my own time when I was a high school students. I am not denying phones aren't distractions because they do distract me too and that why I used the school mode from my 10th to 12th grade years and I was A & B students with 3.72 GPA.
ironic that they cant talk to people face to face, but can do it on phones. cowards in my humble opinion.
Cell phones have already been banned in my area. The students were mad but after a week it all made sense. The main issue besides social media drama and tik tok is that students were using phones to cheat on tests. A phone camera can instantly give you answers to any type of math problem and even abstract questions like on an English exam. Students also took photos of an exam and sent it to other students who be taking that same exact later on. Teachers were also complaining that students sometimes record them and then make tik tok reels of teachers.
at my school we cant even bring them on campus
hope all country adapt this
All you old timers are out of touch with reality.
TALK to the people in my classes more now
Children cannot control themselves, especially around phones, take it from a former child.
@@chief6541 neither can most adults.
I am relieved, as a Virginia resident (as of 2022), that the middle school students in my district are not permitted to utilize cell phones during school hours. I certainly realize that I am a rarity in that I have not yet purchased a phone for my thirteen-year-old mostly because my opinion is that it must be earned. Very best wishes,
Andrea S.
As a born and raised Virginia resident, my middle school had what’s called “Zone colors” which had red, yellow, and green. If a classroom had a green zone, students could use their phone without asking for permission. If it’s a yellow zone, students would have to ask permission from the teacher to use the phone. Most classrooms ran through a yellow zone setting. Red zone, simply means, you cannot use your phone, no matter the circumstances, and very few rooms have that, mainly test rooms.
I totally agree. Cell phones shouldn’t be in school period. The students are there to learn and INTERACT with teachers and other students. There’s a reason for the admin office. People have become far too dependent on cell phones and other technology.
Sigh. "Connect" in this regard is a marketing term.
When I was in HS if our phone even went off during class that was automatic in school suspension.
Listen to kids whine about cell phones is ridiculous . They are kids ! They shouldn’t even have them to begin with !
there should be a congressional law that makes it that every app has to have a feature that deactivates itself during the school day. and it also takes parents putting parental controls on their child's phone.
Should the same thing be done to adults too? Also adults are equally as addicted to phones as adoselecents and children especially these days? Maybe we should do banned this day? How can we make it fair? If you want technology to be banned on Children? It is harder to proposed adement because it can be considered of violations of both the First Amedent and Ninth Adement. Because the children are humans and they are citizen if they are born here or on U.S soil . The restricting the access of information for children is not give the children the access of news and knowing the global world. Then we will become uninformed adults and not being able to function in Techdriven world. I am afraid of the school banning cell phones for children will leads to a completed banned of technology for those under 18 years old. Those people who were banned as a minor will mostly likely seek vegance because of the adults always spend time on their phones and will probably enforced a complete banned of technology. There will be problems with that without technology and there is no x-ray , no casts , no TSA. There will be increase of violence and illegal activies without the use of technology. If this world you want to lived in, Then you are insane and especially now we have nuclear power plants that need to be managed and only can be managed by technology. The automation and aritifical ais will not work or robots either. Also food will be more costly now since everything is made by scratched. We will be going back to the olden days cycle which most of cities will be using the industrial factories and the agriculure for the rural area. This case most of the girls then will be taught about housemakers instead of something they actually value but it is always sterotypical lifestyle and the men do the yardwork and will be taught that at school. Is this life you want? What if the power plant exploded? Maybe you want the technology now to be used.
I am also neutral on the banned. I just want engaged in the debate further on.
i’m in VA, and i don’t even use my phone during school cus of wifi, but also since i don’t got nothing to do on my phone, so it doesn’t really affect me. i think my school made an exception for people with medical reasons to use phones too. i’m indifferent, but the reasons i’ve heard to be allowed to use phones is to message parents if there’s an attacker in your school, which, can be far-fetched. otherwise i’m honestly not a hater of this law, basically doesn’t affect me
The school district I graduated from in May 18, 2024. I am currently a freshman student in a 4 years private liberal arts university . I am from AR. There has been no real shootings but we have had a threats of school shooting, bomb threats ( and one was in middle & elementary school ) , suscipious activies. My roommate also had experience people who are not students entering the campus everyday that school is open and they have metal dectors . It isn't that far-fetched of the idea.
The only reason why I didn't have a problems focusing in my academic when I have a cell phone. I used a school mode on my Samsung 52A phone. I still used as a college student. Also a lot of app like TH-cam and TikTOk have a reminders for screen times and bedtime. Most phones tracks your screentime , steps , health (exercise, sleep , bmi, weight, and many others thing) and it is just not all phones all electronic devices have a screen time limits feature . It is probably a less of problems because you are more north than us. Some school districts way in the deep south area will more likely to have school shooting than those in north. It is common observation. The south isn't bad at all because their is more crimes because we have more poverty problems than those up in the northern states. It is unfair of comaparison because probably Virginia will be different from the Arkansas. Even in Arkansas it is different where my roomate which is near the board of Lousiana has to constant worries about school shooting threats and bomb threats frequently. While I grew up in more centeral location near the captial and there is still prescene of threats but are less likely. Those in the northern part of states where I am currently at is the teachers are arm with guns those who are trained officals and not as prevelant of crimes.
Sometime the emergency can happen out of the blue like when do you think school will complete powerout. My high school had it in the 10th grade and it freaked everyone out because my school generator didn't work at all and I was in 3rd period probably the worst building to be in when their is a poweroutage going and even worst we were on the second floor. At least the boys can easily go right across to the restroom but the ladies have to used the exit stairs when their is no lights that will lit the stairs and if the students didn't use their cell phones many girls will end of with broken bones or twisted wrist and ankles and how can you learn with that? The school couldn't communicated with family until the power restored because everything was downed and it is not one size fits all solutions.
when i was a kid no smartphones existed 8 valedictorians 😂
That'll keep them from watching the Juggernaut Parody.
Handley students here in Winchester has always been spoiled.
I didn’t get my first cell phone until I was 19 - a flip phone! Back then, I could go almost a week without looking at it. If it were up to me, I wouldn’t allow kids to have a cell phone until they were at least 18, or involved in a sport - and it would be a refurbished flip phone.
The point of lunch is to have a choice to interact. People don't know how to leave others alone. So I can't look at things I enjoy on my break. What kind of bs is that? Childhood dies when you get a phone? No. Does it die when you get a game or computer? Nonsense
@@KBdotHAQ EXACTLY. And teachers are like “Quiet down” when it gets too loud. Why are we complaining?!
So you can’t daydream? Or draw? Or read a book? That’s sad that your phone is what you want to think about and look at.
@@jessicapurdum5084 We talk to each other while on our phones. For example, I shared some 60s vinyl records using Apple Music to a friend, then we discussed the meaning of it.
@jessicapurdum5084 That's like saying it's sad to look at a computer. Not everyone likes to draw or read books. Daydream? So you're supposed to daydream for 45 minutes? Are you serious? Nobody does that. I could see a few minutes, but not a whole lunch break. That's wild.
@@KBdotHAQ well thats because you’re supposed to also be eating and socializing with others as well during that time. And I don’t believe that not everyone likes to read, unless they have a learning disability. There’s as many stories out there as stars and I think one is a fool to just say they don’t like reading. It’s a modern thing that peoples attention spans are so short. People used to be able to sit and work in quiet for longer than 45 minutes at a time, or just listen to music and get lost in their thoughts. You’re probably just too young to remember.
Cellphones is classes is how American Kids got stupid.
Hi there! I’m currently 16 years old and a Sophmore in high school. Yes, I have an early birthday. Your claim that cellphones turned us into imbeciles is simply untrue. See, in my Sophomore class, we have multiple students already in AP classes. We also have someone in a senior level class. The twist? He’s pretty addicted to his phone. Yet he isn’t stupid in the slightest. I would also like to say that social media has stopped him from ending his life, multiple times. So take this how you will.
@@KSBanker123 So, if it isn't Cellphones, what did?
“Cell phones* in* classes are* how Any* child* gets* stupid.”
Your grade is a D-. Study more before attempting to insult the intelligence of others.🎉
@@Handle70770 Thank you for helping me invalidate this claim.
I'm a freshman in high school and have a 4.33 gpa, 4 advanced class and an AP. So I don't think everyone's stupid, it might be just you.
I went to Virginia schools all my life and didn’t buy or have a phone on me regularly until I was 22, and yes there were smart phones during this time with all sorts of apps. I never saw the need of bring it with me everywhere I go or needed to be on call 24/7. I pay for unlimited talk and text and have sent maybe 2 phones calls all month, and the only texts I sent were not important because they are just memes or funny videos. I don’t even bring my phone to work like that, some days I leave the house without it all together unless I know that I need it. I especially didn’t need a phone in school when we were busy the entire day doing work. Anything I actually needed my parents came to school or my teacher let me use the class or office phone. I don’t see how all of a sudden ppl NEED a phone for Virginia public schools when nothing we did required a phone in class or even fit after school programs and I’ve been in plenty. They just want to watch Netflix on the ride home and to school. Idk what parent is texting and calling their grown kids at school during school hours all day.
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@@pizzaboy51 Why is it not good? We don't need phones in school. You're there to learn. Just like in the workplace, you're there to do a job, not play on your cell phone all day.
If you can't be away from a device for just 6 hours, it's a problem.
@@saishowaguu2 It seems like you never had a phone at school
@@saishowaguu2 People with medical conditons. I can confirmed this at my school. We have a teachers who use phones to managed diabetes both type 1 and type 2 and also Cystic Fibrosis too . Phones are used for these people and they are good teachers too. You are maybe normal.
@@mysterfan7649 I have no issue with that. In fact I encourage the use of technology to improve the lives of those who have disabilities or illnesses.
My comment was more directed toward students having phones in school in general. There's not a need for them to have them during school hours.
This should apply to staff as well RO MAKE IT FAIR
Ban phones but allow cameras so teachers and schools are held accountable.
And students.
@@jenniferhill9924 No not students
@@pizzaboy51if school have cameras in classroom and it does both.
Addiction
BS its not during lunch and hallway
Zoomies, we love you and want you to have an awesome, authentic life. It starts outside your phone ❤
We do have a life outside of phones. It is Gen Alpha that doesn't because Gen X and Boomers and Slient don't teaches us well enough so we are able to parents. Mostly Gen Alpha kids are coming from young millenials.and older Gen Z. With some Gen X parents there. I have a life outside of my phone and many Gen Z do. It is only those who are near the cusp of Gen Alpha. Wrong generation there
@@mysterfan7649 If I'm understanding you correctly, Gen Alpha thinks phone=life because the Silent, Boomer and Gen X generations didn't teach Gen Z how to parent them? Seeking clarification
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You excluded the schools that do not allow the use of phones other than during lunch period or the space between classes. Yet they're expected to have a calculator which is on their phone because they are not allowed to bring a high-end calculator. Because they're too expensive.
Do you want to know what the most funny part is. The ones who need it the most that a disabled population in the school are told.They are not allowed to have a cell phone. That's only for typical kids who can do typical things. You're not typical. You don't need it.
Five years running now trying to get my son access to a calculator in his LD math class.
First of all, most cell phone bans have exceptions for disabilities, medical issues, etc. If your kid has an IEP for math, the school should be providing the caclulators (they legally have to if the use of a calculator is written into the IEP). Secondly, most math classes have a classroom set of calculators. If your child's school doesn't have that, then perhaps you as a parent can help set up a fundraiser or a donors choose to raise money for school calculators.
@@fairywingsonrosesOkay let's go over this point by point. One you say there are exceptions for disabled people.Children that is true only and only if the school Follows protocol. They are refusing to follow his iep So They are not compliant with state and federal regulation. That would be wonderful on point two if they actually gave him a calculator. But they are under the philosophy that children don't need this A.K A math because they're not gonna use it in their life. I have been fighting for him to learn math all his life. But according to them why would a kid need this especially one with his disability. So have I bought calculators and given it to the school. Yes yes I have. Have they used Any of them. No , they get thrown out of the end. How do I know this? Because i've worked in that school And during the summer they throw them out and everything else the teachers were Given by the parents especially medical equipment. So though you have good thoughts and hopes The reality is, they do not want them to succeed.They are merely a blip in their pocket book.
@@jordanas3750 I'm sorry. That sounds like a terrible school. Have you gone to the district? Sometimes you need to go through higher ups to make things happen. Remind them that they have a LEGAL OBLIGATION to provide it and that they can be held legally liable if they don't.
Can’t use a phone on standardize test. I never been in a math classroom without calculators. They are also $100 which is a lot but you use it for 4 years. Have other kids pass it down to them. It’s not that big investment unlike $800 smart phone.
@@jordanas3750 go to the school board and the superintendent of the district, also the news channels and newspaper in your town about the IEP not being followed and refusal to allow your kid equal access to education. If they're doing it to your kid they are doing it to others. Claiming that it's happening on a random video online isn't going to help anything if you haven't gone through the actual correct pathways to getting help.
Glad to see a school putting their foot down on social media during school hours and I agree with cell phones coming with a warning label. They need to begin treating high school students like college students, making them take responsibility for their actions when on school grounds. Your expected to abide by the rules with fines and possible expulsion if they're broken. Make it the parents responsibility if they are minors, if they're of age, its on them. For medical or some issues there are exceptions but that will be understood by staff and very few. When treating high school as an adolescent day care center stops it can begin being a true educational institution.
Colleges and University can't banned cell phones because if you want high school students to be responsiblites is maybe a better idea by setting the example of HOW And When to use the technology apporiate. My math professor allowed us to use our phones as calcuator. So if you want the high school students to have college students experience will means more homework outside of class. A typicall college schedule of Monday, Wensday and Friday or Tuesday and Thursday class for 3 to 4 hours . Also will have to get rid of IEP and 504 Plans because colleges don't do that. And you also have to added dorms, suities , or housing to college. We should also add the cost for educaiton because college is tuttiton. If you REALLY want the high schoolers to get the college experience in college will also means more studying hours and homeworks afterschools.
@@mysterfan7649 Strongly consider retaking all of your English courses. If you write anything in college with the grammar and spelling that you used in your comment, you will fail everything miserably.
@@daisylu1203 I have document disability called Inattentive ADHD and Executive Dysfunction. Dysgraphia and Dyslexia are not the only problems can make writing or typing difficulty for those with ADHD and Executive Dysfunction:
People with ADHD may struggle to pay attention to details , which can lead to mistakes in grammar and spelling . Executive dysfunction can make it challenging to organize thoughts and ideas , which can affect the ability to write clearly and coherently. Both ADHD and executive dysfunction can make it difficult to plan and sequence information which can impact the ability to structure sentences and paragraphs. People with ADHD or/and Executive dysfunction may struggle to monitor their own work and catch mistakes, leading to errors in grammar and spelling. These conditions can impact working memory, which is the ability to hold and manipulate information in the mind. This can make it harder to keep track of grammar rules and spelling patterns while writing or typing.
You are a hypocrite because you are making a spelling maybe you should consider you own advice before judging other people.
You also failed too. I am college student and freshman. You made mistakes here it is by bullet point :
* Incorrect punctuation ( missing apostrophes and hyphens
* Incorrect verb tense ( should use "start" instead of "begin" )
* Incorrect capitalization ( should be "You're expected " instead of " Your expected
* Missing words ( should be parents' responsibility" instead of "parents responsibility"
* Incorrect word usage ( should use "it's" instead of " its" )
* Run-on sentences ( should break up the last sentence into multiple sentences
* Unclear language ( should clarify "some issues " to "certain circumstances"
* "Your " should be " you're in the sentence " Your expected to abide by the rules."
* "its" should be " it's " in the sentence" if they're of age , its on them. "
* " can being " should be " can begin " in the "When treating high school as adolescent day care center stops it can being true education instructions"
* There are several instances where commas or periods are missing, and some sentences run on for too long , making it difficult to read.
Maybe this reply will help you to be more understanding that before being judgmental. I also don't right like that on my assignments for school because I gone to school which has pretty good disability services for students like me and also those with ASD and learning disabilities. Maybe you should be the one more understanding and lest judgmental about the situation when you aren't any better in grammar or spelling either. We are even. I am assuming you are an adult and maybe you need to relearn the grammar and spelling stuff too.
While my reply is intended as a defense and a way to point out your hypocrisy. If you do interpreted as discriminatory especially if its true that you have a learning disabilities yourself or if you felt like your mistakes are being mocked. However, my context of the reply which includes my own disabilities and advocating for empathy and understanding, makes it clear that my intention was not discriminate but rather to stand up myself and provide constructive criticism . Well , I felt your comment to be harsh and unhelpful especially when you made the assumption about your writing abilites and suggest that would fail in college, which is disrimantory and demeaning instead of giving constructive feedback like I did.
@@daisylu1203 Exactly. Perfect example of how students being on their phones all day, chat gpt, etc. have killed literacy
@@daisylu1203 I also have 80% in my College Composition class. I am not failing school. I am As in Theories of Human Learning . B in Intro to Economic ( Microeconomics) and Mathematical Literacy. I have D in Personal Health & Safety but that was because of the Covid-19 had make me miss the day of review for the test. I have got a 100% on my reading reflections. Probably the phones is causation of the phones but rather genetics.
You only edit because I corrected you and you correct me for the sake of it . i am not gone corrected because I am honest about my own mistake. I am not shame of making a mistakes because I have a disability after all. Only cowards are afraid of making mistake. I have ADHD .
Additional comment: Why is your username constantly be changed .
When I graduated in 2019 of high school we had to put our phones in a bin or like a box. But if the teachers didn’t if they saw our phones out they would take it away and we won’t get it back until the end of the day from our dean.i didn’t really use our phones because we knew it would be taken away
I graduated in high school in 2019, I never had to put my phone in a bin or box during class, unless it was during tests. I went to public school by the way.
Better than a yonder pouch
the 1 out of 10 teachers in that survey that didn't support cell phone bans are fresh out of school (22-25 years old) guaranteed.
May you please Give me a source that you get this data. I want to make sure if it is reliable resources and aslo genuine curioustity. I am also neutral.
@ that was sarcastic mate.
@@JustLauraThatsAll okay thanks.
We need a banned on smart phones. Go back to the day of texting and calling no data.
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What they need are “ dumb phones “.
Starts with the parents … yes communication in emergencies, but the things phones have become… let’s not
Thank god I graduated before this bs😂
In my opinion, these older millennials and Gen Zs do need to warn their children who are succeeding their generations about dangerous behaviors and place in both the physical and digital environments that needs to understand specifically.
Ban them phones, kids don’t know what’s good for them
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Banning them is a bit too far but it should be screen limited for everyone. To be honest , the adults also don't know how to used phones properly too. I am neutral so I am just engaged in productive debate.
@@mysterfan7649 I worked in a school with banned phones, it was wonderful for society
Meant school district not school policy
@@zcorpalpha2462 He does have point but I also get yours too.
Personally i could see why these bans are happening. Thought i do find it a bit annoying. I graduated from a technical school and my local high school last year. While i do admit i have an addiction, I am trying my hardest to maintain it. Plus i know personally , i never had it out during classes unless i ask to use it or we were giving permission to use our phones. For my other classmates Thought....
They should lock up the restaurant Cashier's phones too.
I work at a hospital. You should see how bad the staff are. Nurses standing in halls nose deep in social media.
Most people around the World 🌎🌍🌎🌍🌎 who have an iPhone have photos dating back as far as the YEAR 2023 ONLY
Not true . I don't have an iPhone and I have an android and have a photos since I was newborn. I didn't taken my own photos until 15 year old that was in 2022 when I had my own personal devices. There is eststmate for 1.46 billion users for an iphone. It is about 3.9 billion users Android users worldwide in 190 countries. The iOS which is Apple are more common in developed countries like the USA. The USA have iOS has a 57.86% market share compared to Android's 41.71%.
@mysterfan7649 Think about those who got their iPhones stolen in USA in 2023 and their family photos gone
@@mahaelhag6892 they are ways to backup photos like external hard drives , icloud , google photos. A warning with google photos and never use the clear feature on google photos or esle you get rid of all your pictures in a blink of any eye. If your phone is stolen , contacted the local enforcement and mobile carrier. The mobile carrier can block your phone from anyone using it.
As a parent, the cellphone bans are super annoying. I was able to check in with my kid last year, interact a little throughout the day, work out if pick up needed to be changed or if something was forgotten. Now it’s back to no contact during the day. Also, the school had set up all kinds of practices using the kids cellphones as tools with QR codes around school and turning in your homework by posting a picture of it into a folder online. Now they are still expected to do that, but they are supposed to use their bulky school provided laptops to awkwardly take a picture and they don’t connect to the internet as well, so it’s causing all kinds of problems.
You don't need to be in constant communication with your kids all day long.. it's over the top!! I get rides and stuff but just 'checking in" and seeing what they're up to is stupid and you are probably a helicopter
If there is change in pickup, then, they would be done with school and could call/text you.
I can count on my finger I needed to contact my parents during the school day. I’m surprised your job lets you play on your phone all day like that unless you’re unemployed.
Wow. You need to find a therapist to help you work through this unhealthy and inappropriate dependence you have on your child. I bet you’ll try to tag along on their dates too.
This is horrible. Yeah phones are a major distraction, but the second a school shooting happens, that school & district are going to get hit with sooo many lawsuits.
Sadly we aren't in a time where you can take someone's cellphone away for the betterment of learning.
There are options such as letting students use flip phones that can only be used for call or text.
@@mapl3mage I disgree they can use them at lunch or hallway
No lawsuits in this scenario, because I’ll flip it. The use of phones during an active shooter can bring attention to the shooter that there are targets present in the location. So if my kid gets shot because YOUR KID WAS CRYING TO MOMMY shouldn’t YOU be sued? Under your logic, yes.
@@jenniferhill9924 Plz stop commenting everywhere
The presence of cellphones in schools has correlated with increased school shootings, so they have clearly not helped anything. And phones aren't helpful in school shootings. All they do is make a bunch of noise causing the shooter to know where you're at. People just want to use them to record it for clout, which is so pathetic. The adults can call 911.
Funny enough there are a lot of people in the workforce that would probably benefit from a strategy like this to get off of their phone as well. old and young
Agree!
Between classes and at lunch!!
Why at lunch though That not fair but i do agree about classes
Better yet teach kids self control. Technology is only going to improve especially with AI.
What about if the student has type 1 diabetes and needs the phone that connects to their insulin pump? What if the student has a medical 504 plan especially for diabetes?
Schools be like
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Weird red herring. What school allows guns?
Believe or not, smartphones have caused more long lasting and widespread damage to kids than guns.
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Listen u t they started talking about
Models and sports
Come think bigger think something that isn’t old news
Before it was magazines and TV , movies
Making people feel bad
Don't ban, restrict. Banning is too far.
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@@SamOlds2999 ok and
0:52 Girl, that's what school is for! That's like going to the movies just to watch Netflix on your phone.
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