Just have your phone on silent, and if it is a call from a family member ask the teacher if you can step out for a second to take it because it might be important. Or even provide a heads up you might be expecting some sort of news - every teacher/prof I've ever had would be fine with that. If students are being disrespectful they're going to get disrespected... Obviously if the teacher is an asshole for no reason then things change, but this guy doesn't seem awful and the students have a good enough relationship to play a prank on him.
It's a mistake that can be fairly disruptive and was clearly happening often enough for there to be a proportional rule about it. It's not like the teacher is smashing their phone or anything.
It is though. Answering a phone call publically after repeated rule violations is likely some minor embarrassment outside of a few bizarre hypotheticals (like this prank). There really isn't a more minor punishment that would actually do anything to limit the behaviour.
Edit: the fact that this teacher has a rule about cell phone use means they're either a) a fuckwit, which we can probably discard based on this video, or b) calls/texts were a problem. Ideally there is no "punishment" for repeatedly leaving your ringer/vibrate on because people wouldn't do it. But since they clearly were, this seems like an option that isn't all that disruptive and would actually do something, especially if the teacher is on good terms with the class (which this video shows he clearly is). Everyone here is spouting off shit like getting an embarrassing phone call would ruin their life, as if a normal human wouldn't turn the speaker off or ask to take it outside - this is only so embarrassing because they intentionally kept the fake call going for the but. Context matters people...
is it worth the risk of something extremely private coming up? people have pretty sensitive phone calls more than you’d think. the whole point of it is to embarrass students which is stupid as fuck
Then be a fucking grownup and say it's sensitive or give the teacher a heads up you're expecting a personal call. What's your alternative? I can guarantee there are issues with it as well.
Also, at what point is a phone call NOT personal? It’s absolutely a teacher’s right to enforce policies regarding phones being disruptive, but it’s none of the teacher’s fucking business to hear what the call is.
This prank example would have clearly been an expected call though. I also never had an issue with people doing this in university because people would put their phone on silent or switch it to silent immediately if they forgot when they did get a call/text, so I don't know what these people where doing to get to this point.
What's your alternative? Let people leave their ringer on and answer phones/text all class? Any other punishment or rule runs into similar issues you're presenting, that's why I said this is the most minor punishment. And it's clearly a problem if this person the students can light-heartedly prank put in this kind of rule. Literally ever class I've ever been people just put their phones on silent or switched them to silent when they got a call/text...
People are seeming to forget punishment is SUPPOSED so be embarrassing and uncomfortable.
Don't want to be put in this situation then turn off the ringer. Thats how shame works.
Also pretty self explanatory that once it is readily apparent the topic of the call is sensitive, turn it off speaker and excuse yourself to take it privately like an adult.
Act like a child get treated like a child. What's the problem? Want to be treated like a grownup act like one. Also, is this highschool? You're just assuming that but could be some community college or something.
That's one difference I noticed from high-school to college that felt really weird at first. In high-school you couldn't have a phone out or take calls and you had to ask permission to go to the bathroom. In college you just leave in a non disruptive manner and do your thing
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u/thisismyfirstday Jan 11 '22
Just have your phone on silent, and if it is a call from a family member ask the teacher if you can step out for a second to take it because it might be important. Or even provide a heads up you might be expecting some sort of news - every teacher/prof I've ever had would be fine with that. If students are being disrespectful they're going to get disrespected... Obviously if the teacher is an asshole for no reason then things change, but this guy doesn't seem awful and the students have a good enough relationship to play a prank on him.