High schools should be for teaching the basics, not things like PLTW. As a result, most schools are cutting other things that are more beneficial to young students, because "This class will guarantee you getting into college!!!" Also, the schools get money for putting this program in, and getting students into it, so the counselors try to push them in at the expense of other classes.
What happened to preparing students for real-life situations, like balancing their own personal budgets? Oh wait, Home Economics (it was not all about baking and sewing, at least it wasn't supposed to be), which was required when I was in school, is replaced by PLTW and its middle-school equivalents. Learning how to balance a checkbook and the like, relegated to the students who will most likely never be able to live on their own anyway. And we wonder why student loan and other debts are growing? It's because no one teaches them how to deal with real-life situations when they need to be educated about them.
Last I checked, at least where I went to school, we had these miraculous inventions called lockers for placing things which we didn't immediately need, or were not allowed to have, like, I don't know, cell phones,hats and other electronics. Even in elementary school we had our own spot for our bookbags, which since we didn't leave the room, didn't need to go anywhere.
So if you wish to be pedantic about it, yes, they are in school. But no, they should not be carrying it around all day. And that does not fall under either of your limited views of how prohibited devices can be properly stored, unless you have a 2-year-old's view of the world, where "If I can't see it, it must no longer exist!!!!"
Also, the point of a cell phone is convenience, and last I checked, carrying one is not a right. Oh wait, I'm sorry, I didn't use any profanity to drive my point across...shitfuckdamn!
1. Those parents will always find something to complain about.
So you want to give them more fodder? I would rather they complain about their brat not getting what they want (at least it would happen somewhere, if not in the home) than that their third phone this month was lost/stolen, as they are probably on their way to buy little johnny a new one.
2. This is a matter of discipline. Yes, it's easy for incompetent teachers to blame the phones for the lack of order, but it doesn't make it true.
it's easy for a parent of 1-4 children to say that someone dealing with 30 unruly students is incompetent, now isn't it?
3. Bullying and fights existed before phones, again this is a disciplinary issue. Recording bullying is a good thing those assholes effectively incriminate themselves, now they can't deny it and get kicked out of school fast. You already mentioned theft, yes it's hard to prevent and requires additional effort from the school, but if a kid uses an old worthless phone noone will steal it.
The additional effort on the school is to ban them. The bulk of the additional effort should be on the parents to actually teach their children manners and respect. However, that would be like the blind leading the blind nowadays, wouldn't it?
Reading a book is fine. But a Gameboy or any other electronic device is a distraction to others around you, even muted, or with headphones. Also, in cases of the SAT or the like, the proctors don't have a choice. Talk to the College Board about it. Besides, If you were as good as you say you were, you should have only had to take that once anyway. And I'm sure you got a 1600 (or whatever the new scoring is) too...
I had a similar experience in school. However, I was allowed to read after I handed my classroom tests in, and after completing classwork. At least in NY state back in the 90's once you were finished with the end of the year Regents (state finals) test, you could hand in your test and walk out. Hell, if you had a car, you could drive home. If not, you waited for your bus, and could do anything you wanted outside of the testing area.
I don't know about you, but my job doesn't really consist of one thing to do all day. If I finish something with four hours, I have another project waiting to be done after that. Even when working in retail, if there was a slow time in my area, I was told to go help somewhere else. I would love to know where I may find this job where I can do all my work in four hours and still get paid for the other four.
Every classroom has a phone here where I work. Every store has one as well. Most will let a child call home if necessary. How many 10 year-olds do you know that walk around by themselves?
I see the whole getting home part, but this doesn't tell me why the kid needs a phone in school. They are more of a distraction than a tool.
I can sympathize with the whole getting home thing. It would have definitely been useful for me, seeing as I lived 30 miles from my school. But they should get one of those phones with 2-3 buttons...call home, call 911 (or the local alternative), and call one other designated person. There is no need for a 10 year old to have a full-blown cell phone.
The DVD business is dying fast, and they know it. Direct content delivery is the growth industry that is disrupting DVDs (and eventually CDs, games, and packaged software) out of existence, and they're jumping to the new ship before the old one is sunk.
But going with the ship analogy, you don't decommission a perfectly good ship until there is a FULLY functioning and fitted replacement already afloat. Just because a ship is floating does not mean it is ready to go to sea.
Do I see the mailed DVDs as the future? No. However, I for one do not find much worthwhile content on the streaming side (at least that is permanent. Until all their content is there to stay, why bother?) on a regular basis. As mentioned by someone earlier, the only things that seem to be there are sequels/threequels/straight to DVD releases, and swiss-cheese versions (missing episodes in the middle) of TV shows.
For that reason, you can keep streaming Netflix, and I'll go back to DVD only for now, thank you very much.
I agree. Streaming never seems to have much I want to watch, and I have the DVD service because it's the only place I can seem to find older movies. Seeing as how Hollywood can't seem to come up with an original idea anymore, and I mostly prefer the originals, I'll go with the DVD service over the streaming. I also love how if you stream some of the TV shows, especially old ones, there are some of the episodes that show up "DVD only." Why is that?
Not that I've had to replace the battery in my DroidX, but it takes me about a minute to open it (including taking off the holster) replace the battery, and turn it back on...
But as tbannist said above, there is a difference between anonymity and pseudonimity. You care about your reputation as Stellian, almost as if it were your real name. And if you are like most people, that name carries out beyond the confines of/. onto other sites. It may not be your real name, but it is a facet of your identity.
Privacy on the other hand is a completely different ballpark.
Unless she was using a laser, the light...wait for it...shines in all directions away from the screen. Yes, most would be blocked by the back of the phone and her, but even in the case of a laser, there are reflective surfaces everywhere. Also, with regards to your previous comment about the flashlight, if you notice, the flashlight has a red tip, and is much easier to readjust to darkness than a bright white LCD screen.
I will give you that, I should have written "everyone who street races" instead of "everyone street racing."
Or is it that folks don't understand that the left hand lane is for passing and slower traffic should move to the right.
However, 85 in a 55 going from the far left lane to the far right lane, and various lanes in between on the DC beltway means that everyone not doing your speed should just pull over to the shoulder? I think not. If I am passing cars in the right lane, just not at asinine speeds, I don't need to move, you need to slow down.
Personally, I never flash my lights. Why should I let someone doing something that's worthy of getting pulled over for get a free ride? Spoken as someone in the Washington DC area who is sick of everyone street racing through traffic.
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High schools should be for teaching the basics, not things like PLTW. As a result, most schools are cutting other things that are more beneficial to young students, because "This class will guarantee you getting into college!!!" Also, the schools get money for putting this program in, and getting students into it, so the counselors try to push them in at the expense of other classes.
What happened to preparing students for real-life situations, like balancing their own personal budgets? Oh wait, Home Economics (it was not all about baking and sewing, at least it wasn't supposed to be), which was required when I was in school, is replaced by PLTW and its middle-school equivalents. Learning how to balance a checkbook and the like, relegated to the students who will most likely never be able to live on their own anyway. And we wonder why student loan and other debts are growing? It's because no one teaches them how to deal with real-life situations when they need to be educated about them.
Now get off my lawn!
But at least there are no buttons! Apple will be soooo jealous!
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"Let the Battle Begin!"
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it's just not the same without the big arm movements and accompanying sound effects.
Tweedledee says only me, Tweedledum says only some.
wait, which is which?
Mr. Fusion!
Last I checked, at least where I went to school, we had these miraculous inventions called lockers for placing things which we didn't immediately need, or were not allowed to have, like, I don't know, cell phones,hats and other electronics. Even in elementary school we had our own spot for our bookbags, which since we didn't leave the room, didn't need to go anywhere.
So if you wish to be pedantic about it, yes, they are in school. But no, they should not be carrying it around all day. And that does not fall under either of your limited views of how prohibited devices can be properly stored, unless you have a 2-year-old's view of the world, where "If I can't see it, it must no longer exist!!!!"
Also, the point of a cell phone is convenience, and last I checked, carrying one is not a right. Oh wait, I'm sorry, I didn't use any profanity to drive my point across...shitfuckdamn!
Well obviously it should be switch off during lessons. A full blown cell phone is probably cheaper than what you are suggesting.
how about this? $60. Sure not as cheap as the buy one get ones and free phones, but compared to the smartphones I've seen some kids playing with?
So you want to give them more fodder? I would rather they complain about their brat not getting what they want (at least it would happen somewhere, if not in the home) than that their third phone this month was lost/stolen, as they are probably on their way to buy little johnny a new one.
2. This is a matter of discipline. Yes, it's easy for incompetent teachers to blame the phones for the lack of order, but it doesn't make it true.
it's easy for a parent of 1-4 children to say that someone dealing with 30 unruly students is incompetent, now isn't it?
3. Bullying and fights existed before phones, again this is a disciplinary issue. Recording bullying is a good thing those assholes effectively incriminate themselves, now they can't deny it and get kicked out of school fast. You already mentioned theft, yes it's hard to prevent and requires additional effort from the school, but if a kid uses an old worthless phone noone will steal it.
The additional effort on the school is to ban them. The bulk of the additional effort should be on the parents to actually teach their children manners and respect. However, that would be like the blind leading the blind nowadays, wouldn't it?
Reading a book is fine. But a Gameboy or any other electronic device is a distraction to others around you, even muted, or with headphones. Also, in cases of the SAT or the like, the proctors don't have a choice. Talk to the College Board about it. Besides, If you were as good as you say you were, you should have only had to take that once anyway. And I'm sure you got a 1600 (or whatever the new scoring is) too...
I had a similar experience in school. However, I was allowed to read after I handed my classroom tests in, and after completing classwork. At least in NY state back in the 90's once you were finished with the end of the year Regents (state finals) test, you could hand in your test and walk out. Hell, if you had a car, you could drive home. If not, you waited for your bus, and could do anything you wanted outside of the testing area.
I don't know about you, but my job doesn't really consist of one thing to do all day. If I finish something with four hours, I have another project waiting to be done after that. Even when working in retail, if there was a slow time in my area, I was told to go help somewhere else. I would love to know where I may find this job where I can do all my work in four hours and still get paid for the other four.
Every classroom has a phone here where I work. Every store has one as well. Most will let a child call home if necessary. How many 10 year-olds do you know that walk around by themselves?
I see the whole getting home part, but this doesn't tell me why the kid needs a phone in school. They are more of a distraction than a tool.
I can sympathize with the whole getting home thing. It would have definitely been useful for me, seeing as I lived 30 miles from my school. But they should get one of those phones with 2-3 buttons...call home, call 911 (or the local alternative), and call one other designated person. There is no need for a 10 year old to have a full-blown cell phone.
Not to say he won't do a good job, but what has he done since then? We'll see when the iphone 5 is unveiled on 10/4 if he has the "Steve Jobs magic"
It's an oft-missed side effect. Most people in the field don't realize that they're flying because their reality is already skewed.
The DVD business is dying fast, and they know it. Direct content delivery is the growth industry that is disrupting DVDs (and eventually CDs, games, and packaged software) out of existence, and they're jumping to the new ship before the old one is sunk.
But going with the ship analogy, you don't decommission a perfectly good ship until there is a FULLY functioning and fitted replacement already afloat. Just because a ship is floating does not mean it is ready to go to sea.
Do I see the mailed DVDs as the future? No. However, I for one do not find much worthwhile content on the streaming side (at least that is permanent. Until all their content is there to stay, why bother?) on a regular basis. As mentioned by someone earlier, the only things that seem to be there are sequels/threequels/straight to DVD releases, and swiss-cheese versions (missing episodes in the middle) of TV shows.
For that reason, you can keep streaming Netflix, and I'll go back to DVD only for now, thank you very much.
I agree. Streaming never seems to have much I want to watch, and I have the DVD service because it's the only place I can seem to find older movies. Seeing as how Hollywood can't seem to come up with an original idea anymore, and I mostly prefer the originals, I'll go with the DVD service over the streaming. I also love how if you stream some of the TV shows, especially old ones, there are some of the episodes that show up "DVD only." Why is that?
Or "petty" could have been used in the sense of "trivial", as in "petty larceny", as opposed to the sense of "narrow-minded and stingy".
Except in the case of larceny, the correct term would be "petit," not "petty"
Not that I've had to replace the battery in my DroidX, but it takes me about a minute to open it (including taking off the holster) replace the battery, and turn it back on...
But as tbannist said above, there is a difference between anonymity and pseudonimity. You care about your reputation as Stellian, almost as if it were your real name. And if you are like most people, that name carries out beyond the confines of /. onto other sites. It may not be your real name, but it is a facet of your identity.
Privacy on the other hand is a completely different ballpark.
Blathering Blatherskite!
You are seriously saying that Chernobyl caused less deaths than last months E. coli outbreak in Germany? "
He said E. coli outbreaks in the last 2 years, which includes the one in Germany, but is not limited to the one in Germany.
Unless she was using a laser, the light...wait for it...shines in all directions away from the screen. Yes, most would be blocked by the back of the phone and her, but even in the case of a laser, there are reflective surfaces everywhere. Also, with regards to your previous comment about the flashlight, if you notice, the flashlight has a red tip, and is much easier to readjust to darkness than a bright white LCD screen.
Everyone street races in DC? Really?
I will give you that, I should have written "everyone who street races" instead of "everyone street racing."
Or is it that folks don't understand that the left hand lane is for passing and slower traffic should move to the right.
However, 85 in a 55 going from the far left lane to the far right lane, and various lanes in between on the DC beltway means that everyone not doing your speed should just pull over to the shoulder? I think not. If I am passing cars in the right lane, just not at asinine speeds, I don't need to move, you need to slow down.
Personally, I never flash my lights. Why should I let someone doing something that's worthy of getting pulled over for get a free ride? Spoken as someone in the Washington DC area who is sick of everyone street racing through traffic.
It's also amusing how much of a religion opposing Apple seems to be. I have to wonder if the grand irony is lost on you haters.
...kind of how Atheism is as much of a religion as religion itself?
Well, the Greek word for wonderer is planitis. Seems even more appropriate in light of this report.
I wonder if you mean wander...