...and you're wondering why you're not doing well????? What could possibly be sooo important that it can't wait until break? Maybe the fascinating conversation went like this:
Girl A: Hey, what r u doing?
Girl B: I'm in chemistry. I hate this class. It's sooooo hard.
Girl A: I'm in such-and-such class. Just got test back. Got a C-.
Girl B: You're doing better than I am! Lol!
Girl A: (hugs)
Girl B: I can't wait until break. The girl next to me keeps giving me dirty looks.
Girl A: Tell me about it. My teacher just glared at me. *****
Girl B: Time for break. Gotta go.
Girl A: TTYL
I feel better...just needed to vent a little. I just wish the instructor had better control of the class...is it just me, or is rudeness the norm these days?
dtinnan, I think you are in a very lucky position, and boy would I rather give my family the number to my school in case of an emergency because that would really be much easier. Since high school, however, I have not been to a school where I can tell my family to call if there is an extreme emergency. I really do wish that I was in a position to not have to worry about that, but then again unlike you I don't refer to my family as my social life...they are much more important to me than my social life. I respect your opinion and your view on cell phones, but honestly no one in my class would even know that I had one if they hadn't seen me on it during our breaks in between class...and even that is a stretch for me because I rarely use it during those times. I keep the ringer off, not vibrate OFF, so the only way I would even know I missed a call is by looking at it while it is in my handbag. What distracts a person varies widely and if you were bothered by the fact that, as an adult, I went to the bathroom, I would welcome you to tell the dean or anyone else that you felt had to know. You are welcome to say that I am making excuses and and we could probably go back and forth because we both feel strongly about the issue, but really let's just agree to diasagree. I feel sorry that you feel that someone like me that values the well being of my family is not entitled to further their education. However, I wish you the best of luck in both your education and your social life and hope that you are never put in the position where your family is reduced to your social life just because someone doesn't think they are important.
just one question; how did you make it before cell phones were invented, bring the family to class or work with you??
ya know, i do remember a time when nobody had a cell phone. (not that long ago) everyone went about their everyday life, not knowing from one minute to the next what their BFF was doing (OMG!). we all got thru our daily humdrums without 24 hr contact with those precious little ones that we've taught to be so dependant on the electronic wonders of today. when my wife went into labor, she called my place of employment, and darned if my BOSS wasn't nice enough to hunt me down on my job and tell me to go to the hospital. (took about 5 minutes from the time she called, till the time he was rushing me out the door) oh, and the time my dad had an automobile accident. same scenario; front office had me out the door in less than five minutes. when my family needs me, i am reached. most of the time its by some other means than a cell phone. if a cell phone is the only way a person can get out of the house, i would strongly suggest therapy.
there is a girl in my nursing class who used to never put her phone on vibrate, so after the third time it rang in class another student suggested to her that maybe she should put it on vibrate. the girl told her that her cell phone ringing in class was nobody's business but hers. thats when about half the class took the time to let her know that we all feel it would be in her best interest to find the vibrate feature on her phone. it hasn't rang since.
when my wife went into labor, she called my place of employment, and darned if my BOSS wasn't nice enough to hunt me down on my job and tell me to go to the hospital.
Do you even read the posts you respond to? The poster in question said that being contacted through the school's main office isn't a possibility. Maybe it's because your boss doesn't work everywhere.
Do you even read the posts you respond to? The poster in question said that being contacted through the school's main office isn't a possibility. Maybe it's because your boss doesn't work everywhere.
yes i read them. no i dont believe that the office will not inform students of emergencies. if you inform the office you will be contacted in the event of an emergency, they will contact you. i've never seen a place that refuses to respond to a students, or employee's needs. if they tell you that they can't convey emergency messages to the students, or employees, then they open themselves up for legal action. but, having said that, it is not the responsibility of the office to run to every student who's friend calls them to announce the latest party. systems get abused, people get callous. sometimes you have to reiterate to friends that it must be a true emergency, not just a check-up. also make sure the school staff understands the situation and the urgency of the call. the system works, when it's used, not abused.
no i dont believe that the office will not inform students of emergencies.
Just out of curiosity- how big is your school, and how centrally organized is it?
You say that it is a system that works, but not all schools have the capacity to actually have a system for notifying individual students of personal emergencies. This is a case where something might be true for you, but it's not in any way universal.
i have attended TEXAS TECH with 21,000 or so studens and now i am in a jr college changing my career ;of about 5500 or so students in both cases i was contacted for emergency.I have never been in a class where no one was contacted for a true emergency.Today folks are concerned about convienence and have a lack of respect,and manners.cell phone goin off at a dinner setting,or in class is rude.I can honestly say all the 5 or so folks in my classes that text alot,also talk alot.If ya wanna text i say go ahead,but when its distracting,or you ask a ? that you didnt hear because you were on a text and you hold up a class and back track it ticks me off.
:twocents:by the way what school doesnt have a phone in a office to notify a class room.or speaker system.If someone wasnt informed because of a emergency its gonna be because someone dropped the ball so to speak and didnt care to tell student.
yes i read them. no i dont believe that the office will not inform students of emergencies.
My school says specifically that they will not contact students in classes. I can't say for 100% sure that they wouldn't in a true emergency - it's a relatively small campus, so there's an amount of personal involvement. However, I certainly would not count on it as a reliable emergency contact method.
Personally, since I have profiles on my phone, I set it so that the numbers of people who take care of my kids vibrate (and they know better than to call if it isn't an emergency), and everything else doesn't ring at all. If it did ring, I probably wouldn't answer, but I'd know to leave the class at the earliest reasonable opportunity to call back. Works for me.
dtinnan, whether u want to believe me or not is not my concern...and if u feel that quietly leaving the room is more distracting than a loudspeaker or phone call from the office to the class then that is ur right. I have had the same cell number for 8 years and before that I had a perfectly healthy child that didn't have any of the special needs that my youngest child has. I will not apologize for the fact that I want to be contacted directly if the health of the younger child especially takes a turn for the worse. Please remember that some people lead different lives than your own. Again I hope that you are never faced with having a child with special needs or being forced to choose between distracting a classmate by leaving the room quietly or waiting until you were found at a college or university to learn information pertaining to your loved one. You are fortunate to not have to worry about that and I am fortunate that I have enough resolve not to prejudge you mainly because unlike you I understand that ignorance can lead to wrong assumptions. You made it clear that you disapprove of cell phones in the class room...ok but please don't compare how you have handled situations in your life to mine. Now, can we please get back to enjoying the forum?!?
dtinnan, whether u want to believe me or not is not my concern...and if u feel that quietly leaving the room is more distracting than a loudspeaker or phone call from the office to the class then that is ur right. I have had the same cell number for 8 years and before that I had a perfectly healthy child that didn't have any of the special needs that my youngest child has. I will not apologize for the fact that I want to be contacted directly if the health of the younger child especially takes a turn for the worse. Please remember that some people lead different lives than your own. Again I hope that you are never faced with having a child with special needs or being forced to choose between distracting a classmate by leaving the room quietly or waiting until you were found at a college or university to learn information pertaining to your loved one. You are fortunate to not have to worry about that and I am fortunate that I have enough resolve not to prejudge you mainly because unlike you I understand that ignorance can lead to wrong assumptions. You made it clear that you disapprove of cell phones in the class room...ok but please don't compare how you have handled situations in your life to mine. Now, can we please get back to enjoying the forum?!?
i am enjoying the forum, but you still didn't answer my question; what did you do before you had a cell phone. now, you can keep trying to disguise your assanine remarks in your replies as apologies, but as long as you keep attacking me for having an opinion, then i will continue to voice it. the depth of love that i have for my four children and one grandson could not be expressed in this forum in simple words. but to allude to the fact that my children are more important than other peoples children would be extremely self-centered of me. same for you. your children are Gods gift to you, but they are no more important on this planet than any other students children. i am comparing how i handle situations to how you handle them simply because the way you state you handle yours is offensive and self-centered. build a bridge (and get over it) i don't hide my opinions in snide remarks meant to cut, but sound like an opology. i just say what i mean.
Again, I do hear you and you have made your point and we both still feel the way we do. I don't owe you any explanations as to what I have done in my past and neither do you. I will not apologize as I do not want you to feel that I am attacking you and don't want to continue being assinine and offensive like you said. We both expressed how we felt so for us to address each other any further is wasted energy. I do apologize if I have offended anyone else on the forum in some way because I didn't intend to and I certainly didn't think that I said anything that would remotely lead anyone to think that I thought my children are better than someone else's.
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just one question; how did you make it before cell phones were invented, bring the family to class or work with you??