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Cell phone School policy

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AVAFREAK182

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For those of you who don't know, im a junior in HS.

Anyway, I have an AT&T phone which takes a sim card. I've heard a lot of kids say theyve got their phone back where texts were read.

Back to the story, I get my phone taken away and the teacher walks up to my desk and I take the SIM out and he flips out and says put it back in or I can go to the office to be suspended.

Our school policy in the student handbook says that the teacher has the right to confiscate the PHONE, doesnt say battery, doesnt say SIM.

I just ended up giving him the phone with the SIM and got it from the office at the end of the day.

Now if this happens again and I think I have the right to take my SIM card out, right? Its not theirs by any means.

/rant
 
Do you even have rights in school? You have to go where they tell you when they tell you, do what they tell you, etc.

Beats me. Sorry. 😛
 
I gotta admit, your plight is not going to affect your future children as much as the "walking through snow..." story. As a side note, 26 is feeling older than it should right now.
 
yeah dude...just lock it.

You can't have the phones at all? Even on vibrate? What if there's an emergency?
 
Originally posted by: dbk
yeah dude...just lock it.

You can't have the phones at all? Even on vibrate? What if there's an emergency?
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We can, just can't use them in class whatsoever. Understandable, but the teacher just got so hostile and freaked out.
 
Originally posted by: Brainonska511
Why not just enable the security lock feature?

An even better idea: don't use your phone in class.
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Stop with your reasonable ideas and let the poor little addict enjoy his crack habit.


And stop pissing away money on texts. It's pathetic how much money they cost, and just as much so that people are willing to pay high rates for strings of trite little messages.

Does anyone know the bitrate of an cellphone voice call?
I'd be willing to bet that the per-byte cost to the consumer of a text message is at least an order of magnitude higher than that for a voice call.

Why look at this, I'm typing up a message right here, comprised largely of text. I pay $30/month for my Internet service (7Mbps now, 1.5Mbps in about 4 months). Per byte, it's incredibly cheap. This post cost me far less than a cent to send out over the Internet, and it has a lot more data in it than a simple "HEY THERE LOL" text message.

 
Originally posted by: dbk
yeah dude...just lock it.

You can't have the phones at all? Even on vibrate? What if there's an emergency?
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They don't pat people down. The OP was probably using it during class in some capacity instead of leaving it on silent or vibrate in a bag or his pocket and only checking it after class was done.
 
Originally posted by: Jeff7
Originally posted by: Brainonska511
Why not just enable the security lock feature?

An even better idea: don't use your phone in class.
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Stop with your reasonable ideas and let the poor little addict enjoy his crack habit.
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I'm sorry. I'll try not to let it happen again.
 
Originally posted by: AVAFREAK182
Anyone with an actual answer to my question or is it all shouldas?
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You can probably take out the sim card but the teacher probably thought you had another phone.
 
Originally posted by: dbk
Originally posted by: AVAFREAK182
Anyone with an actual answer to my question or is it all shouldas?
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You can probably take out the sim card but the teacher probably thought you had another phone.
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So technically that could stand up in the office against the principal since the student handbook says in other words "if you don't hand over the PHONE, its insubordination". Nothing about SIM cards.
 
Originally posted by: Brainonska511
Originally posted by: Jeff7
Originally posted by: Brainonska511
Why not just enable the security lock feature?

An even better idea: don't use your phone in class.
Click to expand...
Stop with your reasonable ideas and let the poor little addict enjoy his crack habit.
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I'm sorry. I'll try not to let it happen again.
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Damn straight. 😛



Originally posted by: AVAFREAK182
Anyone with an actual answer to my question or is it all shouldas?
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Yup. Put the damn phone away for a few goddamn minutes, and stop using it during class.

 
Originally posted by: AVAFREAK182
Originally posted by: dbk
Originally posted by: AVAFREAK182
Anyone with an actual answer to my question or is it all shouldas?
Click to expand...

You can probably take out the sim card but the teacher probably thought you had another phone.
Click to expand...

So technically that could stand up in the office against the principal since the student handbook says in other words "if you don't hand over the PHONE, its insubordination". Nothing about SIM cards.
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LOL don't be an ass.
 
Originally posted by: AVAFREAK182
Originally posted by: dbk
Originally posted by: AVAFREAK182
Anyone with an actual answer to my question or is it all shouldas?
Click to expand...

You can probably take out the sim card but the teacher probably thought you had another phone.
Click to expand...

So technically that could stand up in the office against the principal since the student handbook says in other words "if you don't hand over the PHONE, its insubordination". Nothing about SIM cards.
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You have not yet learned the fine art of picking one's battles.
 
Surprised no one have said this, have your parents walk in to the principal office tomorrow and demand that the teacher be fired for taking your phone(your property away from you)...i am sure this will answer and resolve your problem. I got no clue if you have give the teacher the sim card, but there is one way to find out which is to try it out and let us know.
 
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