texting during a test

[Pigeon]

They should get a zero and have detention. But that never happens at the school where dh teaches. The administration has no backbone at all and inevitably reverses any kind of consequences given out by the teachers, despite their own policies.

 

[tinkgurl]

I'm in college, and if we're texting during class you are asked to leave the class for the day. For some teachers, if it happens more than once, then you're kicked out of the class and they fail you. If you're texting during a test, then you're asked to leave and they fail your test.

 

[Darsa]

Wow, I'm pretty sure it would be fire and brimstone at my DD's school. They have a VERY STRICT no-cellphone policy, and not just for tests. DD's phone waits for her on the kitchen counter each day, and is picked up and used the SECOND she gets into the house. (*usually* it's to call me, tho not always now that there's a BF )

 

[tink_n_pooh]

I would think the student should get a zero on the test, cell phone taken away (only to be picked up by a parent) and some sort of detention as well

So OP are they saying that there should be nothing done about this instance? That is just not right

 

[MM27]

In other words no one wants to be responsible

Nope, not for a bag full of cell phones. I don't hold anything for students because nothing in my classroom locks. I used to have a lock on my closet but the state came in a few years ago and made the custodians remove all the locks because they said it was a safety issue. I guess they thought we would lock kids in there. If I collect 22 cell phones and someone grabs the bag, you know who would be responsible for them? I'm not willing to put myself on the line for that.

 

[nuttylawprofessor]

He runs a tight ship. I believe he feels that on his own this wouldn't happen. He is quite surprised the kids did this. I kind of think they probably do it all of the time. He normally grades papers during the test. I wouldn't have seen it if somebody hadn't done something that caught my eye. Then I became hyper vigilant.

Sorry, but if the teacher doesn't think they're cheating in his class, he's either delusional or a fool. There are people cheating in his class. Guaranteed.

 

[Pin Wizard]

Zero for both parties involved. If the teacher wanted to push it more, "cheating" would be noted in their permanent files.

 

[yoopermom]

In the school I teach at, it's a zero on the test, one day of in school suspension, and parent has to come to get the phone. Like someone else said, for every one I catch, I figure there's three or four others who are getting away with it. If we don't "make an example" of them, where will it end?

Terri

 

[eeyorethegreat]

Wow, I'm pretty sure it would be fire and brimstone at my DD's school. They have a VERY STRICT no-cellphone policy, and not just for tests. DD's phone waits for her on the kitchen counter each day, and is picked up and used the SECOND she gets into the house. (*usually* it's to call me, tho not always now that there's a BF )

At my kids school they are allowed phones before school and after dismissal. All cell phones must be off the entire day and left in lockers. If a student is discovered with a phone during the day it is taken and sent down to the office for the parent to come in and claim.

 

[wall*e2008]

A zero!