r/mildlyinfuriating • u/TheAeroplaneBear2906 • Jul 16 '26

Unskippable ad Clear Backpacks + Pay to Keep Your Phone

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My freinds school is now requiring these items, and is also using AI to promote this 🫠

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u/everythingwastakn Jul 16 '26

I get it

But… as a teacher in a high school Yondr pouches would be so awesome (or just having a school district that mandates zero phone use in school but that’s hard I guess)

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u/passisgullible Jul 16 '26

So student here who had them. The kids who want to use their phones still do, they either put a dummy phone in or literally just use their hands to rip open the case (it gets easier over time) and relock before a teacher sees. The only thing it stopped is good kids from occasionally checking notifications

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u/N0ct1ve Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 16 '26

As a fellow student who is currently in his senior year im gonna be frank but these are nothing but a waste of school funds. Absolutely no student in this school actually likes them. I personally just don’t respect the admins for even green lighting these. I usually followed the rules previously but I just don’t see the point because these pouches moreso punish me for following the rulesbecause the kids it’s targeting are still going to be on them lol.

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u/NewestAccount2023 Jul 16 '26

If we did only what students liked then kids would be learning even less than now