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Should teachers be able to take your cell phone and scroll through your text messages? What if they think you are bullying someone? The
Virginia Attorney General says that teachers have the right to take cell phones and do just that.
Read the article and post your thoughts below (as a comment on THIS post).
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Worknight is December 10 immediately after school until the cows come home. Well, actually, it will be after that time since cows come home at dark. So, really, it's until 9 or so.
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I Highly disagree with this. The Teacher's have no right to go through a students personal item unless its the parent of the child....
ReplyDeleteI disagree with this. I think that it is an invasion of privacy towards the student. In my opinion, teachers should have no right to take away the student's phone and look through their messages.
ReplyDeleteI disagree with this. Students want to keep their privacy just like anyone else does.
ReplyDeleteThis article I think is wrong in many ways, but I can understand where the article is coming from. The article is wrong by having teachers check students text message. I think instead of teachers checking their phones it could be the students parent.
ReplyDeleteWhat happened to personal property? I think that they are going too far. Plus, a student's MOTHER making a fake account on myspace and bullying another girl? That is outrageous. I also think that since the girl committed suicide, that mom should have severe consequences for her actions.
ReplyDeleteI also disagree with this article. By doing so, teachers are invading into a student's personal property. Teachers, to me, don't have a right to look through a student's property unless it is crucial to do that for all other students' safety. But even by that, it is not right for teachers to take a student's phone away and look through it to see what students are doing.
ReplyDeleteI think I'm still on the fence about this. I can see how it could be useful with the whole cyberbullying issue, but at the same time, that's just more rights taken away from students. I think that its a huge invasion of privacy and other than cyberbullying, I don't believe there are any serious illegal activities that students can commit while texting in class. Yes I understand that taking phones away is fair if you get caught, but searching through them is just wrong, unless you have hard core evidence. And by the way, that mother and her daughter who bullied that poor 13 year old girl deserve to be institutionalized.
ReplyDeleteTeachers shouldn't have the right to look through a student's text messages when they take it away. The student's parents should look through it instead of the teacher.
ReplyDeleteI understand why teachers want to go through a student's phone messages, pictures, etc... They mean well and are just trying to look out for their students. However, I believe it's still an invasion of privacy. Teachers have the right to take away a student's cell phone because they shouldn't be used in class anyways. I mean those are the rules. It's been stated for quite some time now, but it's really unnecessary to look through one's personal belongings. I think that should at least the parent(s) responsibility.
ReplyDeleteThis is really shady. I mean, I get that its about safety but its really awkward if a teacher has to look at your phone. One time, Wojo was loooking at my phone when I was in 10th grade. That was wierd. Anyways, teachers have nothing to do with our cellphones. We only text in class because we're bored. Maybe teachers shouldn't be so boring.
ReplyDeleteAs students, we understand that we shouldn't text in class. Even though we sneak and continually try to get away with it, we know its wrong. With that said, just because we do it, doesn't mean that teachers have the right to invade our privacy. To be honest, what our messages say have nothing to do with anything.
ReplyDeleteEven though I understand their means of preventing cyberbullying and sexting, I disagree with this. This is an invasion of the teens privacy. If an adult has the need to search through the students' cell phone, it should be the child's parent(s) unless the child permits the teacher to do so.
ReplyDeleteI think this is a total invasion of privacy. Period. Point blank. I understand taking phones away if phones are being used in class but actually reading texts? That's a no no. I know it's for safety reasons but maybe I disagree with this so much because "sexting" and cryberbullying isn't really an issue at our school.
ReplyDeleteI know I'd be beyond mad if a teacher read my texts. sheeeesh.
When the teacher or administration takes your phone they should only be able to just take it and turn it off. What goes on in your phone is your ow personal business. This is America not some communist country where you have no privacy.
ReplyDeleteI understand taking a phone, because it is not supposed to be used during class. But scrolling through text messages is an invasion of privacy. But, I also know that they are trying to be helpful on the issue of cyberbullying. I think they have the right intentions, but executed their intentions in an inappropriate manner.
ReplyDeleteI don't think teachers should look through kids phones. If they really wanted to stop cyberbullying I think thier is a better way to do so without look at students phones.
ReplyDeleteI'm a little on the fence with this one too. I know the proposed actions were developed for the purpose to protect students, but to some extent it's an invasion of privacy.
ReplyDeleteFor example, if my mom were texting me about something personal, and my phone were to be taken away, the contents would be exposed to the administrator and whoever else that may be "screening" my cellphone.
On the other hand, if a student were to have their cellphone confiscated, and administrators were to find and distribute the sexually suggestive material, they would be punished by law for distributing child pornography.
I believe that before investigating a student's cellphone, they should have at least a search warrant or something of that sort.
Student's rights are being taken more and more. From teachers being able to see their students full schedule and grades to being able to read the messages in their phones. That 1984 movie is becoming real.
ReplyDeleteI think its ridiculous and an invasion of privacy for a teacher to take your phone and "scroll" through it. Thats not right and not fair if teachers don't want students to text in class they shouldn't make class so boring.
ReplyDeleteI don't think its right for phones to get taken away from students. I'd understand if that person was already being accused for something else, but as to go through someones text's for no reason, well then that's crossing the line, people are entitled to their privacy. I think they should at least have parental consent to do so, and have police present.
ReplyDeleteRegardless if cell phones aren't allowed to be used at school, teachers shouldn't look through their phones. That's privacy. What happened to respecting others privacy? I understand the whole point of preventing "cyber bullying" but the victims that committed suicide are severely insecure. I respect the lives that were wasted due to the problem, but that's not a legitimate reason to kill yourself. I think it's so stupid to take your life away because to something like that. No offense, shoot me if I'm wrong but that's what I think... Privacy people! Respect it!
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