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Why does a First Grader have a cell phone?
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08/14/22 03:41 AM
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My wife is a substitute teacher and was leading a First Grade class recently when she heard a cell phone go off in one of the kid's backpacks. The answer the kid gave my wife when she asked him why he had a cell phone speaks volumes to what's happening in far too many families these days. He told my wife, "I need it to call my dad when he forgets to pick me up."
"Some people will never like you because your spirit irritates their demons."
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Re: Why does a First Grader have a cell phone?
[Re: Texas Dan]
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08/14/22 03:53 AM
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I don’t know but my son is in 5th grade and he isn’t getting a cell phone anytime soon.
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Re: Why does a First Grader have a cell phone?
[Re: Texas Dan]
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08/14/22 04:09 AM
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So sad. Feel very lucky to have grown up on a bike instead of an iPad.
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Re: Why does a First Grader have a cell phone?
[Re: Texas Dan]
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08/14/22 04:17 AM
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I can't answer the question, but my kids didn't get cell phones until they started driving.
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Re: Why does a First Grader have a cell phone?
[Re: Texas Dan]
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08/14/22 04:43 AM
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Just to add greater context to the incident, school district policy does not permit kids that young to have cell phones in the classroom. It was when my wife asked the child to hand it over that he began pleading with her to allow him to keep it, that he “had to have it.” It was after he said that to my wife that she asked him why.
"Some people will never like you because your spirit irritates their demons."
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Re: Why does a First Grader have a cell phone?
[Re: Texas Dan]
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08/14/22 10:36 AM
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Im sure this exists thru iOS or Android software Ive just never looked into it, but I can see a cell phone that only has ability to call or text mom, dad, gps track, and absolutely nothing else could be useful. Id hate to be in a situation like Uvalde and never have the chance to speak with my kiddo. Or a kidnapping/trafficking situation. As long as there’s no games, no browsing, no social media, any kid would become bored with it and it’d be a tool rather than distraction.
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Re: Why does a First Grader have a cell phone?
[Re: Texas Dan]
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08/14/22 10:40 AM
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Why does an 8th grader have one?
More do than don't.
Sad.
We went along fine for thousands of years without being able to text our 3rd grader at any moment throughout the day.
Schools should go back a decade and outlaw them in school, even for the teachers, even in high school.
Pass the gravy.
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Re: Why does a First Grader have a cell phone?
[Re: Texas Dan]
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08/14/22 10:58 AM
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Land of the free. As long as the child isn't using it during class time there is no reason not to have one. It's a good teaching moment about freedom having responsibilities.
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Re: Why does a First Grader have a cell phone?
[Re: Texas Dan]
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08/14/22 11:47 AM
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Several kids my sons age had them in Elementary school. We did not get him one until he started he started athletics in 7th grade and other out of town activities. It made those late night trips to town to pick him up a lot better than us sitting in the parking lot waiting on them to get back.
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Re: Why does a First Grader have a cell phone?
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08/14/22 12:26 PM
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sad for both the father and the son.
"Give me an Army of West Point graduates and I'll win a battle... Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I'll win a war." - General Patton
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Re: Why does a First Grader have a cell phone?
[Re: Texas Dan]
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08/14/22 01:22 PM
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Man I must be a terrible parent mine has a Gizmo cellphone watch with tracking on it.
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Re: Why does a First Grader have a cell phone?
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08/14/22 01:52 PM
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First graders have them so they can be trained to pull them out and record the incident when a teacher disciplines a student.
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Re: Why does a First Grader have a cell phone?
[Re: Texas Dan]
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08/14/22 01:53 PM
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That is sad a parent consistently forgets to pick up their kid so often they are forced to get them a phone.
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Re: Why does a First Grader have a cell phone?
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08/14/22 02:40 PM
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Man I must be a terrible parent mine has a Gizmo cellphone watch with tracking on it. I can see where mine is and track the bus to make sure I beat the bus home. I am busy and sometimes need the extra time doing what I need to do before I meet my daughter at home, and being home with her is also a NEED TO DO.
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Re: Why does a First Grader have a cell phone?
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08/14/22 02:48 PM
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Because I need the 1st grader to teach me how to use the damn thing
I am still looking for the perfect apron, one with reinforced knee areas would be perfect.
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Re: Why does a First Grader have a cell phone?
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08/14/22 02:53 PM
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Sad that the dad can't remember to pick up his kid but who cares how others spend their money or raise their kids? Doesn't hurt you in any way, don't worry about it.
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Re: Why does a First Grader have a cell phone?
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08/14/22 08:20 PM
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Because his folks bought him one.
Mine will not have a cell phone till they can buy it and it won’t be a smart phone. To each their own.
Last edited by ducknbass; 08/14/22 08:21 PM.
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Re: Why does a First Grader have a cell phone?
[Re: Texas Dan]
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08/14/22 08:25 PM
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My wife is a substitute teacher and was leading a First Grade class recently when she heard a cell phone go off in one of the kid's backpacks. The answer the kid gave my wife when she asked him why he had a cell phone speaks volumes to what's happening in far too many families these days. He told my wife, "I need it to call my dad when he forgets to pick me up." I had to give my 6th grader a phone to call me when his mom would forget to pick him up.
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Re: Why does a First Grader have a cell phone?
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08/14/22 08:31 PM
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Because they can have one. Need has nothing to do with it.
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Re: Why does a First Grader have a cell phone?
[Re: Texas Dan]
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08/14/22 09:56 PM
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Cell phones will be the downfall of this country, as an educator I have seen it first hand. It's sad.
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Re: Why does a First Grader have a cell phone?
[Re: Texas Dan]
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08/14/22 10:08 PM
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So they can call the police and tell them which room the shooter is in?
Just to make sure that it is done thoroughly, I go both ways.
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Re: Why does a First Grader have a cell phone?
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08/14/22 10:10 PM
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Because they can have one. Need has nothing to do with it. "America's First Team"
I am still looking for the perfect apron, one with reinforced knee areas would be perfect.
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Re: Why does a First Grader have a cell phone?
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08/14/22 10:24 PM
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When I was a kid before cell phones we had a telephone in our house. If I needed to call someone I used that phone.
I haven’t had a landline in 20 years. My oldest son used my cell phone to call his friends if he needed to. That changed in the sixth grade. One night one of his girlfriends texted me a selfie of her new hair cut. I told him he needed to get his own phone. His brother got one in the sixth grade too. Both pay for their own.
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Re: Why does a First Grader have a cell phone?
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08/15/22 04:31 AM
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Man I must be a terrible parent mine has a Gizmo cellphone watch with tracking on it. Your kids are clearly on their way to being degenerates, Lol. All of mine have a phone, most are hand me downs from me and the wife's old phones. Only the three oldest have cell service. It is nice to have the tracking, but also, just as important, they can call us ANYTIME if a situation makes them uncomfortable or they need something. I trust my kids more than I do most other people. I also think it is vitally important to have restrictions on what a kid can see or do on their phone and what apps they are allowed to have.
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Re: Why does a First Grader have a cell phone?
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08/15/22 06:41 AM
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If I had a kid that age they’d have one simply for the fact I could track them at all times, if anyone had an issue with that they could kiss the third eye. My give a craps about what others think left me a long time ago,,
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