School and Phones

[DanJack18]

Hello I just recently just bought a phone with my own money. Not my parents money. The money that I have worked for at my job. I was just carious If a teacher ever ask for my phone can I say no? because it is my property and it is not my parents property. I have the right to say no right because I own it.

[Jinglebottom]

In my school, it doesn't matter whether you bought the phone with your own money or your parents'. If you're caught using it during class, then the teacher has to take it away (but some will be kind enough to warn you first) since it's the rule. It's not even taken away for long, I can usually get my parents to pick it up for me after school.

[Phosphene]

I don't think buying the phone with your own money has anything to do with it, it's about being responsible with it. At my school, if you're caught using it during class without prior permission (we're able to listen to music while we work but the phone has to be up on the desk so it can be seen) or caught texting or on social media, you will get detention.

[Atlantis]

Yeah. Our school are super strict about phones. If you're caught using it, it gets taken away. If it beeps because your battery is low, it gets taken away. They say it gets taken away until the end of the year, but in reality you can pick it up at the end of the day. If it happens enough times (and it has happened to some people) they can call your parents in, and look through it for any inappropriate content (the law here is technically you can't have a photo of a under 16 year old without their parent's consent.)

[DanJack18]

In my school, it doesn't matter whether you bought the phone with your own money or your parents'. If you're caught using it during class, then the teacher has to take it away (but some will be kind enough to warn you first) since it's the rule. It's not even taken away for long, I can usually get my parents to pick it up for me after school.

But it is your property that can't do anything about if you say no. because it is your property.

[Jinglebottom]

But it is your property that can't do anything about if you say no. because it is your property.
It doesn't matter, you're on school grounds and technically if you're going against the rules (in this case, using your phone during class) they have the right to penalize you.

[Uranus]

Does it say anywhere it's against the law to use a phone at school? HELL NO. I could give less of a fuck if it's against the school's rules. No way am I going to hand over my phone to some fuck and let them do what they want. It ain't leaving my hands or pocket I tell you that

[PlasmaHam]

Does it say anywhere it's against the law to use a phone at school? HELL NO. I could give less of a fuck if it's against the school's rules. No way am I going to hand over my phone to some fuck and let them do what they want. It ain't leaving my hands or pocket I tell you that

No where in the law does it say that the school has to keep you enrolled either. So if you follow this vein of advice then expect serious consequences.

[Microcosm]

But it is your property that can't do anything about if you say no. because it is your property.

In school, you pretty much don't have property rights or privacy rights to a large extent. They legally can check your lockers and confiscate phones. It's dumb but it is what it is.

[Muddy Sneakers]

On school property , probably in every state, schools have the right to set certain rules, even if they seem stupid - like what you can wear and if and how you can use a phone -- and some rules that make sense - like you can't bring a gun or drugs. It makes no difference whether you own the gun obviously. I can't imagine they can keep the phone permanently but maybe they can take it away from you during class.

[dude_g]

Your teacher can take it

[TRAbitha13]

Hello I just recently just bought a phone with my own money. Not my parents money. The money that I have worked for at my job. I was just carious If a teacher ever ask for my phone can I say no? because it is my property and it is not my parents property. I have the right to say no right because I own it.

Idk but i think if you are listening to something on your phone when the teacher is talking is rude

[vandilization]

If you're using it during class, the teacher can certainly take it away. Obviously they have to give it back to you, but during the class I would expect them to hold onto it.

[ArfyMcPeesh]

We can have them, but most of the teachers have rules about how and when to use them. The French teacher has a rack when you come in if we can’t use them that day. And yeah at our school they can ask for them but unless you’re sexting they can’t keep it past class or if there’s a problem the end of the day.

[ska8er]

School rules r school rules. Y not just
not have it turned on or have it out in
the open during class if u figure that
someone in authority will ask u to turn
it over?

[kro814]

We all have to obey school rules if we want to stay in school.

[Naters2000]

It depends on the school's rules. If it specifically says a teacher can take your phone (which it probably does) than the school has the complete right to take your phone, and keep it because you agreed to go there.

[Jericho14]

You can bring it to school and use it only during recess and lunch breaks (depending on your school’s rules) but during class. It’s better for it to not be seen, not heard and completely invisible from teacher’s sight.

[InternetTeen]

If no phones in school is a rule, then you shouldn't say no.

[Fuwod9giw9s9c9e9]

If there's a no phones in school rule (like there is at my school) it's probably best you just hand it over lol

[Diable rouge]

The rule is no phones during classes in my school but it's not like everyone uses them. Absolutely everyone uses its phone during classes to send messages, surf the web, play games or even listen to music lol. We have learnt to be discrete. Teachers only ask for the phones if you really don't pay attention, otherwise they just say to turn it off and put it back in the bag.
But if a teacher asks for the phone, you have to give it him no matter to whom it belongs. The rule is "no phone" at all even if you use the phone of your friend, neighbour, grandmother.

[Katie2003]

The rule at my school is you can't have your phone out during class, and it has to be either turned off or set on silent so it won't disturb other people. Also if a teacher or someone from the school office asks for your phone, you must give it to them immediately and if it's locked or you have a password, you have to give them that if/when they ask for it.

A lot of kids I know just choose to leave their phones turned off and locked up safely in their locker, or put away in their backpack during the school hours.

Since we do nearly all our classwork on laptops, most of us have figured out that if we are careful, we can open multiple windows and message our friends that way, or we can do stuff like check in here on VT, but we do sometimes get caught.

[Natacha]

The teacher is not planning to take your phone to dunk it in water or something. He probably only ask for it if you are texting and not paying attention. If I was a teacher I would ask for it too in that particular situation. And I wouldn't take no for an answer :-D

[Pultost]

Just put it on silent and leave it in your pocket during class. It won't be taken then. ;)

[EvaNL]

In highschool our phones had to be on silent and in our bag or coat.
We weren't allowed to have it on our desk. If we did, the teacher would ask to put it away. Also, if the phone wasn't on silent, they'd ask to put it on silent. If someone ignored those rules too often, the teacher would take the phone away until after that class and a note was made in the student's file.
The basic rule was: don't use it in class unless the teacher tells you to.

Now, at university, no-one cares if you have it on your desk or if you use it, but you have to put it on silent. The teachers simply think: "you're grown up enough to know when to use it and when not, and it's not my fault if you fail class because you were busy texting your crush or playing a game". They just care about the class not being interrupted by phone sounds. And they're right.

[Adamant]

Not supposed to even have them in school so in theory if you are seen with them in the playground they could be taken but teachers don't so care much about that bit.
Th e idea is that too many fights have been started/organised by phone.
Also don't want drug deals.
Even if its in the corridor not even in class it can be taken.
Its in the school rules so if you don't hand it over its defiance and not having the phone thats the problem then and that can get you excluded.

[Naturelover]

In my school, it does not matter who bought the phone.
However, it is forbidden to use the phone in the classroom. If we get caught, it may happen that the teacher collects the phone for the rest of the lesson. But we'll get it again at the end of the lesson.
During the breaks, we can make calls or text messages as much as we want.

[Sailor Mars]

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