[Teflonic]

Well then the rules in this case need to be changed and the school employees should be made to understand that their rules are guidelines which need to be moderated with common sense.
Too many educators seem to forget that their "product" is to produce successful well rounded students, not to enforce faculty bs.

[rwfromkansas]

Want to write the teacher that ripped the phone away from the son who was just trying to get his once-a-month talk with his mom, a call which may be the last?:

felicita_pescia@gaggle.net

[I Like Lincoln]

I agree that common sense should override all application of rules whenever possible. I'm sure that the teacher will think twice now before she puts down the iron fist.
I can understand the initial reaction however to a cellphone going off in the classroom, w/o knowning who was on the other end.