For sure! A lot of parents don't really understand the amount of stuff teachers have to go through either, and we don't get paid for the hundreds of hours we do outside of teaching hours.
It's why I had to quit in the end. Felt like I couldn't give it my all because I was mentally and physically exhausted.
I'm all for giving them a chance to prove they're able to be responsible. Especially the kids that always try hard and deserve to be trusted.
I found that a lot of kids struggled to accept any consequences of their actions, though taking their phones off them for playing games was pretty clear to them.
The amount of times I told my students they can use their phone for certain exercises, then 90% of them just went on Tiktok or played Clash Of Clans, is why is started not allowing phones.
I get that to the 10% it was super helpful but it's just easier to not allow everyone.
Yeah, driving through Bristol is hell at the best of times
Thanks for giving me a good laugh!
What's even funnier is I was looking through my dad's record collection and he has a single from my drummers dad's band! Small world
Funnily enough, I recently found out the drummer in my band's Dad had a song in Vice City!
The movie was great, so I suppose that only says good things about the books!
Whatever helps you sleep night!
I mean, even the dictionary spells it out pretty clearly.
"Explotation: The act of using someone unfairly for your own advantage"
I'm sure they're not anti business, just anti exploitation
100%, if the schools were funded well enough, issuing school phones would be amazing!
School computers work well because they block most of the distractions but ofc students have 1001 distractions in their own!