Mobile phone confiscated

mumps

MamaMoo wrote: »

She didn't break the rules because of her journey home.
However out of school hours it really isn't acceptable for the school to keep hold of a pupil's phone. It's not causing a nuisance once school is over, and it's not practical for parents to get to the school all the time. In this situation, and having made contact with the parents etc. it seems entirely unreasonable to keep hold of the phone.

But wasn't the rule that if child uses phone at school it is confiscated and will be returned to parent, or guardian I imagine? It seems entirely reasonable to me that the school followed through with the rules. If it isn't practical for parents to go to the school I think their argument is with the child, who caused the problem, not the school.

mumps

MamaMoo wrote: »

You're assuming there though that there's no change in circumstances and also a person's capabilities between the ages of 5 and 15!
Yes, she broke the rules, and therefore it's entirely reasonable for the school to confiscate the phone during school hours. Out of school hours, however, it's not appropriate.

But wasn't the school perfectly willing to give the phone to the appropriate adult? So the child and parents just need to work out how to arrange this, the school would be wrong in my opinion if they kept the phone but this isn't the case.

MamaMoo_2

mumps wrote: »

But wasn't the rule that if child uses phone at school it is confiscated and will be returned to parent, or guardian I imagine? It seems entirely reasonable to me that the school followed through with the rules. If it isn't practical for parents to go to the school I think their argument is with the child, who caused the problem, not the school.

Actually, on paper the rule was no mobile phones or they'll be confiscated until contact has been made with a parent or guardian.
Whether or not that contact had to be in person depended entirely on which of the receptionists you were dealing with, and if they were on a power trip that day.

MamaMoo_2

mumps wrote: »

But wasn't the school perfectly willing to give the phone to the appropriate adult? So the child and parents just need to work out how to arrange this, the school would be wrong in my opinion if they kept the phone but this isn't the case.

However, when it's made clear that an appropriate adult would have to take time off work at a cost to them to collect the phone, it's entirely unreasonable to refuse to work something out with the parent.
It's not the school's property, they have no right to confiscate it beyond school hours.

mumps

MamaMoo wrote: »

However, when it's made clear that an appropriate adult would have to take time off work at a cost to them to collect the phone, it's entirely unreasonable to refuse to work something out with the parent.
It's not the school's property, they have no right to confiscate it beyond school hours.

It is perfectly reasonable to expect the child to obey the rules and if they don't they face the consequences. If the parents don't like that maybe they chose the wrong school? Perhaps one of the parents could find time to become a governor and change the rules.

Just as an afterthought if it was impossible for the parents to go to the school or pick the child up from the bus what would they have done if the child had phoned to say they were in danger? Would the phone really have made a difference or was this story just a way of proving that schools should give phones back to children?

MamaMoo_2

mumps wrote: »

It is perfectly reasonable to expect the child to obey the rules and if they don't they face the consequences. If the parents don't like that maybe they chose the wrong school? Perhaps one of the parents could find time to become a governor and change the rules.

Just as an afterthought if it was impossible for the parents to go to the school or pick the child up from the bus what would they have done if the child had phoned to say they were in danger? Would the phone really have made a difference or was this story just a way of proving that schools should give phones back to children?

You know phones don't just phone parents, yeah?

pinkshoes

halibut2209 wrote: »

Just read this again. You are an awful awful teacher. You seriously think that it's her fault to have an awful out of school experience because of something that happened in school? What the hell do they teach at your school? "Why would a girl be stupid enough"???? Try looking at their education and those who provide it.

Your post absolutely sickens me.

It irritates me when people jump to such ridiculous conclusions. Intelligence and common sense appear to have gone out the window here.

There is absolutely NO correlation whatsoever between a girl being attacked, and whether she had her mobile phone on her or not.

I was merely saying if someone is so reliant on something, then why take the risk of getting it confiscated?

I have absolutely NO idea where you have draw such daft conclusions.