Finally Banned...For Now

So the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) has finally banned the use of cellphones and other wireless communication devices. Bravo. If I was teaching and some idiot started getting calls or sat there texting away, I would be pretty pissed off. We were all teenagers at one point and we know how self absorbed teenagers can be. Heck, many have grown up to become self absorbed adults. There is absolutely no reason a student should be getting or making phone calls during class time, unless there's a 911 emergency.

It annoys me to hear parents talk about how important it is to have instant access to their precious kids and that the school has no right to take it away from them. Students survived just fine before cellphones and other personal communication devices were invented. If there is a real family emergency, school staff would certainly not hesitate to pull the student out of class. That's assuming little Jimmy or Suzy isn't skipping.

I don't think anyone should be surprised to see kids using these devices to capture school fights and acts of bullying. No one should be surprised that the devices are being used to cheat on tests and exams. Of course, no parent wants to believe their children would participate in such acts. If I had a camera phone back in the day, who knows what I would've recorded.