Why is it that kids haven't figured out they can't use a cell phone in class regularly without getting caught? They may get away with it for a while, but they inevitably get caught up in texting or taking photos and get caught dead to rights using their phones. Then comes the confiscation. Then come the inevitable lies (prefaced by a horrified I-can't-believe-you'd-think-I'd-use-my-phone-in-class facial expression). "I wasn't using it." "I was checking the time." Et cetera.
Today, a teacher confiscated a phone from a young man who was using it to take pictures in her room. Since the student's privacy doesn't allow for a teacher to look through a cell phone's contents, she simply took the phone to the office, where it will remain until the lad's parent or guardian comes to school and picks it up. As she was filling out an envelop, another teacher asked who's phone it was. Upon hearing the teacher's reply, the second teacher laughed and said, "But he just got it back just two days ago after I had confiscated it!" One wonders just how many times a parent will pick up a cell phone that keeps getting confiscated.
Our personal favorite is the father who came to the office, demanded his daughter's phone, and then promptly crushed it with his bare hands right in front of her. He said, "I guess that won't be a problem anymore." And then he left the office to the silent cheers of the staff and faculty present for the memorable occasion.
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