Rules Are Rules!

 Today, one of my students was talking on his cell phone during class.  I told him that students were not allowed to talk on cell phones in school and he needed to put the phone in his pocket.  

A few minutes later, I noticed he had pulled his phone out of his pocket and was talking again!  As I headed toward him, he said, "I gotta go now.  She's coming!"  I confiscated the phone and told him he could have it at the end of the day when he went home.  

He was very upset, but rules are rules.


At this point you may be wondering why this is unusual and why I am writing about this because teachers confiscate phones everyday from students.  So I am including a picture of the phone.