r/mildlyinfuriating • u/TheAeroplaneBear2906 • Jul 16 '26

Unskippable ad Clear Backpacks + Pay to Keep Your Phone

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My freinds school is now requiring these items, and is also using AI to promote this đŸ« 

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u/Soft_Phrase_7961 Jul 16 '26

As someone who recently graduated, my teachers kept a “phone jail” at the front of the class that they used to take attendance. If your phone wasn’t there, then you were marked absent unless you had a genuine reason why you didn’t have it.

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u/TheMaidenOfDragons Jul 16 '26

You were marked absent if your phone wasn’t in a lock box? I’ll be honest if I were a parent in your district I would be escalating that to the school board and other appropriate parties.

At the end of the day that would be affecting someone’s legal right to their education and ability to graduate simply because they don’t put their phone in a box with a teacher, not because they actually weren’t learning, using their phone, or breaking any “rules”.

And I understand that putting your phone in a box would be a “rule” at your school, but at what point are rules unnecessarily restrictive and more harmful than good? Interesting.

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u/Soft_Phrase_7961 Jul 16 '26

Did you miss the part where I said “unless you had a genuine reason”? Teachers were very reasonable regarding the rules whether you forgot it at home or whatever reason, and they would communicate regularly with parents if issues came up.

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u/Training_Tadpole_354 Jul 16 '26

I mean, he has a point. What if I just decide to not bring my phone to school anymore? Because you put it in the lockbox there's literally no point in taking it to school, and I'd rather it just stay nice and safe on my desk at home.

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u/thegootlamb Jul 16 '26

If the point is to stop kids from being on their phones during school then it sounds like that's a solution that works.