school confiscates cell phone, lawyer dad is mad?

[beenben]

A lawyer called me for help on a legal research project. He wanted something saying that the school could not confiscate his cellular phone.

They have a rule at this school - they see your cell phone, they take it until the end of the day. Second offense, they give it back to the kid's parent after a week. Third offense, they keep it for 30 days. This guy sounds really pissed off so I get the impression that it's his cell phone, or at least his kid's cell phone.

I wanted to tell him, "Dawg, how about having your kid follow the school rules and learn to take the consequences of his behavior?" But I had to hold my tongue. He was all about holding the district accountable for seizing his property without due process, blah blah blah.

so what are the odds that this guy's kid is going to turn into a deuche?

[Homer]

I'm sure the kid already is a douche. Public schools should all get cell phone jammers.

[PartyPooperGuy]

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so what are the odds that this guy's kid is going to turn into a deuche?

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Ask your four-year-old.

[Golden_Rhino]

These types of stories make me sick. It's not like it's an unreasonable rule. How the hell can a kid learn anything if he's on a cell phone.

I say 99% chance of being a douche. (I left 1% for variance.

[J.A.K.]

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so what are the odds that this guy's kid is going to turn into a douche?

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~100%

Why couldn't you suggest what you were thinking? Was this in a professional courtesy capacity? Close friend?

I think of the Texas cheerleader thread where one of them told the teacher to "Shut up, I'm talking to my mom" in the middle of class.

[lippy]

I can't imagine how bad it must be in schools now-a-days. I graduated HS in '04 which was the real start of the text messaging revolution. I'd imagine the majority of kids in school send/receive more than 5 each day.

[two0crew]

It's crazy, I'm a college student taking a semester abroad in Hong Kong currently and the cell phone use out here is out of control. Kids take calls during class, and text hundreds of times a day.. Something to look forward to back home?

[jaffa]

I think the kid's doucheness, is less to do with not following school rules, and more to do with father who is 'raising' him.

[Evan]

I don't think this along makes him likely to be a douche. Do we even know how old he is? I brought my cell phone to high school because I would often go to work or some friend's house after school and my parents wanted me to be able to call them. Just because you have it at school doesn't mean you're using it during class.

[XXXNoahXXX]

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I'm sure the kid already is a douche. ALL schools should all get cell phone jammers.

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If I was a teacher/professor, everytime your cell phone goes off in class you would lose 5% of your grade or have to write a ten page report.