Not a convent, vut a rural public school. We have had some girls try to make/take calls in the bathrooms, but that is rare. It helps that we are in a bit of a dead zone, too. Once when we letting out early because of snow a girl asked me if she could call home. She had to stand on a desk next to a window to get enough bars! I’d probably notice if she was trying that to cheat on a test.
Our biggest problem with the phones is the kids using them to take pictures/videos. They then post them on facebook. We can’t show their pictures to anyone but their parents (making bus cameras pointless) but they can post our pictures wherever they want. But compared to what most teachers face, I really have it nice.
Yeah, that sounds like it helps. Of course, when I was teaching FB didn’t exist (or if it did no one knew about it. ;) Our school was rural, but I know I did catch a girl in the bathroom one day checking her messages. Of course, she lost her phone, her Mom had to come to the office and retrieve it.
I don’t know what their policy is now. I see parents, even on FR complain that if their kids don’t have cell phones with them they are in danger. I see a time in the future when there are not public schools because you cannot possible make everyone happy. At this point, Im all for it, let them keep their kids at home. I loved most of my students (and even got along great with virtually all of the parents), but it doesn’t take very many jerky ones with nutty parents to make the job not worth it.