Do Smartphones Belong in Schools?

The link below has links to 6 articles about whether a smartphone belongs in a school. This answer should have been the easiest of all answers and in a single word: no.

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https://getpocket.com/collections/do-smartphones-belong-in-schools?utm_source=pocket-newtab - Do Smartphones Belong in Schools? - Device bans in schools are meant to protect young minds from being “forever elsewhere.” But some teachers are concerned by the potential for a different kind of distraction

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Understanding the Law

Adrian helped me get through Physics and Chemistry in junior high.

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That post makes me feel like I know less than Penny:

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Sometimes It's a Little Thing that Has a BIG Impact

I'm certain that I've mentioned the type of student I was during my academic career on this blog.

I think of myself as having been a crappy student. Sure, for my Language Arts classes when writing was a focus, I was a really good student, but to pass my math classes, I had a tutor from 7th grade through my junior year of high school and for my other non-math classes (history and science), I was a C+ / B- kind of student. I was the type of student who would say to someone sitting next to me that I had done bad on a test or quiz and, when it would be handed back to me, my grade would be a low C, a D or a F whereas if that person were to say "I did bad on a test or quiz," when it would be handed back to them, their grade would be a low A or high B. I sucked at taking tests and, to this day, that self-awareness is why I didn't take a certification test for ITIL - I felt like I would do poorly and, honestly, I didn't want to revisit my academic career.

That's why this screenshot is a very good thing for me today. In fact, it is the source of me feeling like I can do anything. For a change, I actually did well on a quiz. You see, I need to take a course for an annual certification and score 80% or better on the quiz within the course. I did that a couple of hours ago and was pleasantly surprised when I only missed 1 on the quiz! Look out world - the Beast has been released!!

Unpopular May Be Okay

I know the kids would not like this idea at all, but just because an idea is unpopular does not mean it is not a good one. Leaving a student's cell phone in a container, in the classroom, where it can be viewed at all times is a pretty fair alternative to simply outlawing cell phones and demanding they be left at home.

Pseudo Teacher

Sentence or Fragment
1. A ball crashed through the window. ________________________
2. All of them. ___________________________________
3. Running through. ___________________________________
4. The street was full of kids. _______________________________
5. The car stopped. ___________________________________
6. The baby. ___________________________________
7. The stroller raced into the street. __________________________
8. Jenny chased Jaryn. ___________________________________
9. How good! ___________________________________
10. Time for homework. ___________________________________ 11. The street became quiet. ________________________________

Kinds of Sentences - Declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory
1. What an exciting game we saw ____________________________
2. The teams were playing hard. _____________________________
3. What do you think will happen next week ____________________
4. You watch and learn each week. __________________________
5. He walked to the door. ________________________________
6. The dragon was killed. _________________________________
7. John Rambo was a good man. ____________________________
8. He was in the wilderness and was bleeding. ___________________
9. The sheriff was wrong. _________________________________
10. The night air was very cold. _____________________________
11. Pizza would be good for supper. __________________________
12. Do you like sharing pizza with your family? __________________
13. Run a wall at basketball practice. _________________________
14. It is time to go to Mass. ________________________________
15. Did you brush your teeth _______________________________
16. The sermon is interesting to my ears. _______________________
17. Get your homework done now. ___________________________
18. You need to walk out the door now. _________________________ 19. Bring a basketball to practice. ____________________________
20. Happy birthday to you ____________________________
Underline the simple subject once / underline the simple predicate twice
1. The practice has started late.
2. Our school play is tonight.
3. The football players ran the play effectively.
4. Their uniforms are really dirty.
5. Martin James is smiling at you.
6. You should bring home a snack for me.
7. The fans are smiling because they are winning.
8. A huge crowd will appear on the field.
9. Our football team won the game.
10. The PC crashed.
11. We lost our photos.
12. Dad lost his mind.
13. Mom lost her marbles.
14. Alex likes marbles.
15. Megan wants marbles too.
16. The marbles tripped Dad.
17. The pizza spilled on the carpet.
18. Mom smiled.
19. The newspaper arrived in the morning.
20. In the morning, the newspaper arrived.

Write declarative or imperative. Underline the simple subject
1. Martin James is smiling at you.
2. Our football team won the game.
3. Our school play is tonight.
4. She walked to the field.
5. The fans are smiling because they are winning.
6. The football players ran the play effectively.
7. She crashed the car.
8. The practice has started late.
9. Their uniforms are really dirty.
10. You should bring home a snack for me.