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Kansas Schools Now Collect Phones at the Door – Spends $180K On Smartphone Lockers
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I actually do substitute at my local community College. We have a saying here in the welding shop. If you cant do the job, teach. I tell my students that learning a skill is valuable even if they cant use it. Just like the phone in their pocket, its useful beyond the direct application. At worst, they can pass on the skills and experience to someone who can use them. I figure giving back is the very least I can do to keep the world spinning. And the very least is teaching, funnily enough.
Ah, so you work with ADULTS who PAY YOU MONEY. Not the same as K12 baby girl.
Nobody pays me except the school, same as you. The same school paid by the state for each student you have.
The difference is my students choose to be here. I dont have slave catchers to go out and drag them in when they decide to do other things. If I drop the ball in my classes, they can drop the class and go do other things. Can yours? Gun to your head, can you say for certain your kids would choose you over going to the beach or seeing a movie? Hell, attendance is only 40% of the grade for 24 classes. Most of mine could skip two weeks and not even blink. I point this out to them every semester, tell them I get paid either way. The only person who loses is them. How many no shows do you think I have?
Last semester I averaged less than 1 per week.
Sure, let’s just “unschool” all the children. As adults, we are never expected to pay attention to things we don’t find interesting or do things we don’t want to do, so that’s not a skill we need to teach children.
Yes, suggesting that its wrong to take a students property instead of teaching them to use it is the same thing as saying all children shouldn't have to go to school. Im glad you could use your masters degree to gymast yourself into that position. Actually, you'll have singlehandedly solved school shootings. Can't get shot in class if you arent in class.