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 🫠

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u/HawaiiLife745 Jul 16 '26

It comes down to an issue of scale. 10 years ago, the number of students who had a cellphone was a fraction of what it is now, and the number of students who were bold enough to use them during school was a fraction of that.

Now, if every teacher properly punished every student who ever used their phones during class, the system would get clogged. There simply isn't enough man-hours to call every parent, write every incident report, and verbally scold every student.

I'm not saying this is the way things should be, but it is a reality in a large number of schools.

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u/DhillyDhally Jul 16 '26

I dont know of a single person in my class of 2010 that didn't have a phone.

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u/junglebeatzz Jul 16 '26

In 2010,we all had internet. Acommon day with our phones in school was texting about drama,homework,we were taking care of my grandma so my mom texted me to get meds after school.We shared notes and played games during lunch or when a sub gave us free time.