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/zipline3496 Jul 16 '26

Scroll down the teacher sub for like 5 minutes and you’d see very quickly why they’re doing this.

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u/Dr_Fortnite Jul 16 '26

"go to the principals office or give me your phone" over and over until kids learn

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u/Stormfly Jul 16 '26

until kids learn

The kids on the phone in class are not the kids that learn.

Also, as a teacher, you quickly learn that the problem students have problem parents so punishment does little.

Preventing the problem always works better than punishing students.

over and over

I have 40 minutes to teach a 40 minute lesson and probably don't have much time to deal with students and every minute spent dealing with a problem student is a minute I need to rush to get back.

"Sorry, Timmy. I only have 5 minutes to explain this instead of 10 because I lost 5 minutes getting Jeremy to give me his phone and I had to send him out of the room because he wouldn't."

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u/Dr_Fortnite Jul 16 '26

suspension and then expulsion exists for a reason.

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u/Stormfly Jul 16 '26

Preventing the problem always works better than punishing students.