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no_hypocrisy

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2. Allow me to testify . . . . .

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Tue Mar 10, 2026, 09:33 AM

Yesterday

I'm a substitute teacher in a public school in New Jersey.

From 5th to 8th grade, every other kid, if not more, has a Smart Phone in class.

Teachers cannot compete for their attention. If it isn't a text, then it's a video.

And it's not quiet. The kids are yelling, whooping it up, etc., making it damned near impossible to teach the kids who aren't the Smart Phones.

How bad is it? These kids even go the bathroom with their phones, not to return for 20+ minutes.

It's like a drug.

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Students Spend A Third Of Their School Day On Their Smartphone, Study Says [View all] highplainsdem Yesterday OP

And, still barely learn anything. OldBaldy1701E Yesterday #1

Allow me to testify . . . . . no_hypocrisy Yesterday #2

Quite Different Than What I See ProfessorGAC Yesterday #3

My school is run by administrators with no vision and no guts. no_hypocrisy 22 hrs ago #13

Well, That Would Sure Explain It ProfessorGAC 21 hrs ago #14

It's more than like a drug. It IS a drug. This is a crisis of the learning climate of schools. Principals and parent- ancianita Yesterday #9

I really do favor some restrictions on phones in school. Happy Hoosier Yesterday #4

We need to get iPads, smart phones, and other technology out of elementary classrooms. Lonestarblue Yesterday #5

Thats horrible!! (As I type this from my smartphone) SSJVegeta Yesterday #6

But are you in school while you're typing this? llmart Yesterday #7

Not school... SSJVegeta Yesterday #8

That is the main reason I never substitute teach in middle and high school kimbutgar Yesterday #10

It seems to me that we are entering a new era of learning and teaching. Computer technologiy has changed the way we CTyankee Yesterday #11

Why is every school not taking them away Tree Lady Yesterday #12

sexting & bullying peers is a full time job these days nt msongs 17 hrs ago #15