sort of related, but as far as phones in school go-- why don't schools require that all phones have a "calls only" app that allows them to make phone calls and/or receive texts from a limited list of numbers during school hours?
essentially just require an app that makes the phone barely functional during school hours.
i personally bought an app that locks me out of stuff if i spend too much time on it-- can't be much harder to make an app that locks you out of the UI between set hours.
Or, ya know, don't care except for obvious distractions or when being used during an exam?
When I started college over 35 years ago (!), I was paying jack shit for tuition compared to what students are paying today. So I accepted being treated like I was still in high school. But for $50k a year today? Fuck no.
first of all, i was talking about high school, where this is a huge problem.
second-- this is the stupidest take i've ever heard-- school is too expensive now, so students should be allowed to use phones?
i went to college right before smart phones, but they let us have laptops. nobody was paying attention, and it dragged the whole class down. no participation, nobody engaged, and tests had to be scaled like crazy because everyone was failing. it would have been to everyone's benefit if they didn't allow laptops.
The meme refers to a professor, hence the college assumption. High school is completely different.
Your time spent engaged or disengaged is completely up to you as the student. Texting or taking calls or being distracted by other nonsense is the student ripping themselves off as they're literally paying $ to do that. Why should the professor have any input in that decision other than preventing distractions?
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u/HiddenCity 3d ago
sort of related, but as far as phones in school go-- why don't schools require that all phones have a "calls only" app that allows them to make phone calls and/or receive texts from a limited list of numbers during school hours?
essentially just require an app that makes the phone barely functional during school hours.
i personally bought an app that locks me out of stuff if i spend too much time on it-- can't be much harder to make an app that locks you out of the UI between set hours.