Still don't think kids are addicted to their phones?

[PeterB]

And just as we were coming off Teacher Appreciation Week....

https://nypost.com/2023/05/08/tennessee-...her-phone/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtibFqHPdpM

Update: https://www.wsmv.com/2023/05/17/antioch-...olice-say/

[Speedy]

“One refused, so he took her phone and she lunged at him.”

The teacher was wrong. He should have sent her to the principal’s office rather than (forcibly) take her phone.

[PeterB]

Speedy wrote:
“One refused, so he took her phone and she lunged at him.”

The teacher was wrong. He should have sent her to the principal’s office rather than (forcibly) take her phone.

Perhaps, but that hardly justifies assault...

[Speedy]

PeterB wrote:
[quote=Speedy]
“One refused, so he took her phone and she lunged at him.”

The teacher was wrong. He should have sent her to the principal’s office rather than (forcibly) take her phone.

Perhaps, but that hardly justifies assault...
Certainly she was wrong but it’s not to the teacher’s benefit to physically remove the phone from a resisting student. There are better, smarter ways.

[PeterB]

Speedy wrote:
[quote=PeterB]
[quote=Speedy]
“One refused, so he took her phone and she lunged at him.”

The teacher was wrong. He should have sent her to the principal’s office rather than (forcibly) take her phone.

Perhaps, but that hardly justifies assault...
Certainly she was wrong but it’s not to the teacher’s benefit to physically remove the phone from a resisting student. There are better, smarter ways.
... such as? Sounds like she was using the phone to cheat. I do agree that physically removing the phone isn't the way to go, but trying to send the student to the principal's office could also end badly.

I don't understand why he didn't request all students to surrender their phones from the start of class if they were doing a quiz or some other graded assignment, but I can see that being a problem too, if some students refuse to comply.

[NewtonMP2100]

….there was a local story were substitute took away student phone….the student attacked the teacher….

[Speedy]

If the student refuses to go to the principal’s office then call the principal to the classroom. It’s how it’s done in order to prevent an incident like this. The teacher didn’t follow his training.

[Tiangou]

He assaulted her when he grabbed the phone.

Assault and battery.

[hal]

No sure why the op thinks only kids are addicted - try doing that to any adult.

[Marc Anthony]

Confiscating the means of cheating seems fair and standard to me, and this isn't assault or battery; there was no harmful or menacing behavior coming from the teacher, and the video doesn't even suggest they laid their hands on the student. The kid appears to be a spoiled brat, and there is no functional difference between their behavior and any other using guns for violence; we need to start teaching coping skills.