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Students May Be Fined For Ringing Cell Phones
ClickonDetroit ^ | September 11, 2006 | AP

Posted on 09/12/2006 4:39:51 AM PDT by ShadowDancer

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1 posted on 09/12/2006 4:39:51 AM PDT by ShadowDancer
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and they all kept ringing even after they had been taken.

They could try turning them off, that might solve the problem of them ringing after they are taken.

2 posted on 09/12/2006 4:44:47 AM PDT by Graybeard58 (Remember and pray for SSgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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I would think this level of enforcement would be a minimum.


3 posted on 09/12/2006 4:47:03 AM PDT by strategofr (When a man speaks of his strength, he whispers his weakness---John M. Shanahan)
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At my nieces' HS in Houston (last one graduated in May), if your phone rang in class it was confiscated by the teacher, kept in the office, and the parent had to come up to school and pay $25 to get it back. Period.

Dunno if that was HISD rules, or Bellaire HS rules, but according the nieces it was enforced.

4 posted on 09/12/2006 4:52:46 AM PDT by Ready4Freddy (Sophomore dies in kiln explosion? Oh My God! I just talked to her last week...)
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Here uf the phone goes off it is taken for the parent to pick up. Most of the kids just set them on vibrate.


5 posted on 09/12/2006 4:57:56 AM PDT by ozaukeemom (Nuke the ACLU and their snivel rights!)
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Students would have to pay the fines to retrieve their phones if they are confiscated after going off in class.

The fines would be used to sponsor an after-prom party for students.

"I think it's a fun and practical way to lessen cell phone use," Novia said.

Seems like a case of twisted logic to me.

6 posted on 09/12/2006 5:00:56 AM PDT by elli1
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To: Republicanprofessor; Tired of Taxes

ping


7 posted on 09/12/2006 5:01:13 AM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: Graybeard58

A lot of people have their phones set up with a password, so nobody can use them without entering it. I suspect this may apply turning it off too.

They should just confiscate them and not give them back at all. The kids would learn VERY, VERY fast to remember to turn off their cell phones during class.


8 posted on 09/12/2006 5:05:55 AM PDT by GovernmentShrinker
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One of my kid's college profs is really strict about cell phones. If your cell phone rings during class that's 2 points off you're score for the semester. So, if your cell phone rings during class, after 5 rings you'd drop a letter grade. However, he's strict on enforcement, so I don't think it happens more than once to many students.


9 posted on 09/12/2006 5:33:54 AM PDT by dawn53
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10 posted on 09/12/2006 6:02:59 AM PDT by Minnesoootan
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I have a better idea. Equip each classroom with an anvil, and a 5-lb hand sledgehammer. If a cell phone rings during class time, the teacher will confiscate it, place it on the anvil, and strike it smartly with the hammer.

After a few of these object lessons, students will learn that turning their cell phones off is an excellent way to protect them from this treatment.

How simple!


11 posted on 09/12/2006 6:35:35 AM PDT by MineralMan (Non-evangelical Atheist)
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To: GovernmentShrinker
A lot of people have their phones set up with a password, so nobody can use them without entering it. I suspect this may apply turning it off too. They should just confiscate them and not give them back at all. The kids would learn VERY, VERY fast to remember to turn off their cell phones during class.

Taking the battery off works every time.

12 posted on 09/12/2006 7:08:40 AM PDT by ibheath (Born again and grateful to God.)
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True. Though I suspect that plenty of public skool teachers would have trouble figuring out how to do that.


13 posted on 09/12/2006 7:38:51 AM PDT by GovernmentShrinker
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To: 2Jedismom; Aggie Mama; agrace; Antoninus; bboop; blu; cgk; Clintonfatigued; ...
PING...

Ah, modern problems. It used to be kids passed notes in class. Now I guess they just send text messages to each other. :-)

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14 posted on 09/12/2006 12:21:07 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes (That's taxes, not Texas. I have no beef with TX. NJ has the highest property taxes in the nation.)
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The principal thinks a $5 fine is high enough? He obviously isn't serious about stopping the problem.

I believe confiscation is the correct action, but $5 is something most high school kids have on their person every day (lunch money). Maybe he is more interested in finding an innovative fund raiser for the after prom party?


15 posted on 09/12/2006 1:15:37 PM PDT by Peanut Gallery
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I managed to survive 13 years of school without needing a cell phone, I'm sure today's kids can too.


16 posted on 09/12/2006 1:17:22 PM PDT by dfwgator
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Third offense: One solid whack with a hammer.


17 posted on 09/12/2006 1:22:26 PM PDT by Fresh Wind (Democrats are guilty of whatever they scream the loudest about.)
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Gotta keep up with technology.


18 posted on 09/12/2006 1:45:02 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: dawn53

That's a good idea. That would work in a small class, like the ones I was in. It's not hard to turn it off and pick up any missed messages later. Good grief, how did the human race survive BEFORE cell phones anyway. /roll eyes

One of the worst cell phones offenses I ever saw was in church one time. A guy's phone went off, he answered it, then stood up, and while talking on it, walked out of the church from almost halfway up. An NO, he wasn't a doctor or in some emergency related field. THEY know how to be courteous and you don't hear theirs.


19 posted on 09/12/2006 1:50:15 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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Third offense: One solid whack with a hammer.

The phone or the kid?

20 posted on 09/12/2006 1:51:40 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (The state board will meet in closed session to discuss whether it violated an open meetings law)
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