Mobile phone confiscated

Shelldean

halibut2209 wrote: »

This cannot be legal.

No idea halibut, wasn't completely certain of the schools rules until I went and checked them after being prompted by this thread.


I'm actually more concerned that they may take my child mobile then misplace it or not keep it safe and allow it to be taken, but wont accept responsibility for it?? Unless it is during PE when the boys give their phones to the PE teacher who keeps them all in s a safe bag to ensure none are stolen from the changing rooms.


I find this part of the rule about no responsibility is gobsmacking




Although I doubt it will ever effect me, as only two lads are still at school, one has less than year left, he's yr 13, and he while uses his phone has never been in trouble regarding it.
the other son, aged 15 and yr 10 has longer left, but never takes a phone anywhere with him.

notanewuser

Ever likely we now have generations of illiterate, innumerate yobs leaving school.

Shelldean

notanewuser wrote: »

Ever likely we now have generations of illiterate, innumerate yobs leaving school.

thankfully wont be my lads!!!
or my DD, despite three of them being totally dependant on the mobiles !!!!

ThumbRemote

notanewuser wrote: »

Ever likely we now have generations of illiterate, innumerate yobs leaving school.

Such as yourself, since your post makes no sense?

mumps

Just wondered if the OP has an opinion on confiscating other property e.g. if a child carries a knife. Personally I wanted my children to be safe at school so I supported the school policies. If parents are inconvenienced by their child breaking the rules then take it up with the child.

I have never understood why people think a mobile phone makes a child safe. If a child is being followed and phones home do you think the potential abductor is going to disappear or do you think the abductor might grab them before they complete the call and certainly before the parent jumps into the car and gets to the child? I think walking along making calls could make the child more vulnerable in that they are being less observant.

I wouldn't want my child doing a 45 minute walk down dark country lanes with or without a phone. I think the journey to school is something that should be considered when choosing schools. A child's safety is paramount, I think we sometimes delude ourselves about the protection a phone gives the child, more that it is reassuring for parents to know where they are.

halibut2209

Not sure of your point but carrying a knife is illegal so I would expect expulsion and police involvement.

notanewuser

ThumbRemote wrote: »

Such as yourself, since your post makes no sense?

It makes perfect sense!!!

Teenagers (and younger children) obsessed with their phones to the point that they cannot last the school day without them. Txtspk rulz. Anybody daring to attempt to get them to learn social niceties, never mind what they actually need to be worthwhile menbers of society gets leapt on by parents demanding their child's "rights" and declaring such actions "illegal".

These little darlings can do no wrong, can they?

mumps

halibut2209 wrote: »

Not sure of your point but carrying a knife is illegal so I would expect expulsion and police involvement.

It is not always illegal to carry a knife, size and purpose come into it. My point is the knife or phone might be the child's property but there might be valid reasons why they are not allowed. So would you always support a child being allowed to carry something because it is legally their property or do you think other things should be considered. An example is mobile phones being used for bullying or inappropriate images, if they don't have the phones in school they can't misuse them.

ThumbRemote

mumps wrote: »

It is not always illegal to carry a knife, size and purpose come into it. My point is the knife or phone might be the child's property but there might be valid reasons why they are not allowed. So would you always support a child being allowed to carry something because it is legally their property or do you think other things should be considered. An example is mobile phones being used for bullying or inappropriate images, if they don't have the phones in school they can't misuse them.

I presume you have actually read the OP, where they specifically state they have no problem with the phone being confiscated? Their issue is solely that the school wouldn't return it to the parent.

ThumbRemote

notanewuser wrote: »

It makes perfect sense!!!

To whom?

"Ever likely we now" - what sort of a grammatical construction is that?
"have generations ... leaving school" - So we now, currently, at this time, have generations leaving school? We have parents and children together?
"of illiterate, innumerate yobs" - Now you're just using hyperbole instead of making sense.

notanewuser wrote: »

Teenagers (and younger children) obsessed with their phones to the point that they cannot last the school day without them. Txtspk rulz. Anybody daring to attempt to get them to learn social niceties, never mind what they actually need to be worthwhile menbers of society gets leapt on by parents demanding their child's "rights" and declaring such actions "illegal".

These little darlings can do no wrong, can they?

4 sentences. Every one complete rubbish, filled with the same hyperbole as before. I presume you read the Daily Mail.