Are teachers allowed to kick you out of the classroom for looking at your phone?
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It varies greatly from school to school so I would look in your student handbook, but I would definitely go to student services and tell them exactly what happened, hell I would complain and say how it is completely unfair to mark off on tests for something not related to a test, or to kick you out and then mark you absent.
I was mostly wondering if there was a universal rule, learned there wasn't from this thread. I didn't want to launch some kind of losing battle against her, I took all the posts here into mind and realized there isn't anything I can do, its all in the syllabus.Kaulen Fuhs said:
Boot you from the class and mark you absent? Bullshit. Some people don't seem to remember who pays for their overblown salaries at the end of the day, it seems.
As for the actual zero tolerance on phones? Yeah, so? I always figured it to be a standard. Every school I've been on confiscates your phone for ~a month + for it ringing or being out during school hours.
Lunch time included.
As for the actual zero tolerance on phones? Yeah, so? I always figured it to be a standard. Every school I've been on confiscates your phone for ~a month + for it ringing or being out during school hours.
Lunch time included.
She can mark you down but not mark you as absent. I mean, even if it was against your college policies, she should just take the phone away; not make you absent. She is a little bit harsh also when she told you to leave and subtracting marks but it still can be done. It just means that she is a dick. But the absence thing is not appropriate.
Like I said earlier, taking a register isn't just about who's in the class. It's also used as fire registry, and it opens up a whole can of worms if you mark someone down as absent when they were actually in the classroom.Sandor [The Hound said:
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At my Uni it's ok to text in tutorials. I can understand why a lecturer would be annoyed, escpecially if they had previously made it clear waht their policy was, so yes, she/he was justified
They can kick you out for whatever they want to. You can always appeal the decision through the appropriate channels but that can be a crap shoot.
Edit: On a side note, most of my professors said no phones. However, if you are one of the top students and answer questions in class when either called on or you volunteer then they let you get away with a lot more.
I would always be perfectly behaved for the first week or two whenever I had a new Professor. I would basically play teacher's pet for that time. After the first test, as long as I got an A, I would screw around for the rest of the class. Not disturbing anyone but clearly not trying as hard as most people. I would still answer questions and such and would still get high grades but I didn't have to fake it anymore. Once the professor knows you are a good student they don't care wtf you do.
Edit: On a side note, most of my professors said no phones. However, if you are one of the top students and answer questions in class when either called on or you volunteer then they let you get away with a lot more.
I would always be perfectly behaved for the first week or two whenever I had a new Professor. I would basically play teacher's pet for that time. After the first test, as long as I got an A, I would screw around for the rest of the class. Not disturbing anyone but clearly not trying as hard as most people. I would still answer questions and such and would still get high grades but I didn't have to fake it anymore. Once the professor knows you are a good student they don't care wtf you do.
By teaching laws, she cant reduce marks on things like tests or mark absent for merely using or having a phone out. What she's doing is blatant abuse of power as a Teacher and as a teacher-to-be, it makes me quite sick |:
In a word Yes. And by whineing and complaining about being kicked out of the class for a day your proving that you are a child. In the real world punishments for breaking the laws/rules are often more severe. In some colleges depending on the infraction you can be kicked out of college totaly. That means no refund no return. Check your syllabus and I'm pretty sure everything your professor expected of you is in that. If your reaaly that bothered by it show your professor that you arent a child, make a appointment and have a open discusion about it.
its really your own fault for having it switched on & on you when you know its clearly stated your not allowed...
My profressor made us pay 5 bucks for every cell-phone related violation. The money would go to a local charity (and not his pocket) so we weren't so bothered if we were accidentally caught with one on during lecture period.
