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[Prpl_Mage]

Ah yes, I'm a teacher these days. It's just that the discipline in swedish schools are kinda lacking which results in youngsters playing around with their fancy phones instead of paying attention to the class. The fancy phones are a big problem because it's so very distracting for anyone. Youtube and porn is one poke away, gambling and betting, browser games and farmville, facebook and twitter.
And the schools didn't realize what was happening until it was too late and now we don't have any guidelines on how to prevent it. Taking their phones became a bad thing some year ago since some dumb arse decided that it was offensive. So there's been a lot of work on how we should prevent this but yet no solution. My idea was to emp the **** out of the school area so that nothing without a cable would be able to connect to a network inside the building.

[fruckert]

Taking a phone until the end of class is offensive?
The ****?

One of the teachers at my old school was highly suspected of owning a cell phone jammer.
Apparently they're not entirely legal, though.
Still, reception in his class was nonexistant.
Maybe you could get permission to coat your walls in a faraday cage mesh?
Or would that be too mad-sciency?

Also, whaddya teach?

[Prpl_Mage]

Apparently some kid got offended that the teacher took her phone, since it was her personal phone with personal information, photos, texts, music ect ect and her property and no one should be allowed to take a kids property away from them yadayadayadayada. We get this alot over here. Lots of people with opinions about stupid stuff. Especially when it comes to kid. The kids growing up now won't now squat about taking responsibility, following the rules of society ect ect. Just because someone decided that the right thing to do with kids is love them 100% of the time, support their every decision, never question what they want and put them first in all possible friggin scenarios. Aka, they can be real assholes and their parents will insist that their kids are doing the right thing.

Oh, I teach religion. Also math at the moment.

[Archem]

Same over here.

[Cerebus]

I say, let them get distracted and fail class. Then laugh at them saying "Warned you about the phone, bros!"

[fruckert]

And then it'll keep happening.

[Cerebus]

And everyone will fail. Then they will learn not to get distracted.

[Moosetroop11]

"Tell me, Mr Mage.  How is it that your entire class managed to fail the religious studies exam?"

"Oh, just some advice I took from Cerebus the poison lord on the internet."

"Oh! In that case, keep up the good work!"


This is the only possible outcome.

[Prpl_Mage]

If everyone fail - everyone fails. Meaning that they don't get a grade on the course (which isn't good) which leads to less points (which isn't good), lowering their chances to get into the education they want afterwards (which isn't good) and sometimes it might even prevent them for finishing the current school (which isn't good). For every student that fail something - It's my job to give them extra assignments, write new tests ect ect. Which gives me more work than I should have to do (which isn't good).

So when they don't know that we have a test because they've been updating their facebook status when I told them - they'll probably fail it and then I'll have to do extra work. Bad thing indeed.


Also, for some reason. Students lack the ability to see how a bad grade in religion matters in any way. Silly atheistic sweden.

[Cerebus]

Well yes, if they fail everything and can't get further in life, it's their own problem. They should have put more importance into school rather than playing with their phones and going "Zomg y do i fail? teahcer h8 me!!!"

Now of course I'm kidding. I mean, if a whole class fails, they WILL indeed blame the teacher, in this case, you.

But they should be aware of the consequences of not taking school seriously. And actually, chances are that they will, since your class is probably not the only one in which they mess with their phone.

[Archem]

Also, for some reason. Students lack the ability to see how a bad grade in religion matters in any way. Silly atheistic sweden.

Around these parts, such a class only exists in private religious schools. Separation of church and state, and such.

[Prpl_Mage]

Around these parts, such a class only exists in private religious schools. Separation of church and state, and such.

State and church is separated over here as well. Religion classes aren't about preaching the word of lord jeebuz the great. It's about teaching people about different religions, cults and other ways to look at life. Which then branches into ethics and morals. So it's kinda useful, especially for those who've never thought about anything deeper than what to nail on friday.

[Archem]

We go to extremes over here. People are so picky.

[Prpl_Mage]

We go to extremes over here. People are so picky.

Extremes as in; people never learn about religions other than the interwebs and the local minister?

Is this a bible reference?

No, not really.

[Archem]

Extremes as in we don't allow anything related to religion in public schools. Yeah.