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"Recently, one of my ninth grade English students told me her parents rewarded
her for making the honor roll by allowing her to text them during class. “They
like to know what I’m doing in the classroom as it’s happening live,” she said.
“We have a cellphone policy,” I reminded her.
“I know,” she said, “but you can always break it to message your parents.”
My student was partly right. Emergencies happen. Parents want access to their
kids. But this wasn’t an emergency. “When my dad texts and asks me how I am,”
another ninth grader said, “he gets worried if I don’t message back
immediately.” Her friend said: “My mom expects a text each class period so she
knows what I’m doing.”
These examples are not exceptions. They happen every day."
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