tool that monitors how long kids have been away now in over 1000 US schools

[emily]

A Tool That Monitors How Long Kids Are in the Bathroom Is Now in 1,000 American Schools

e-HallPass, a digital system that students have to use to request to leave their classroom and which takes note of how long they’ve been away.

www.statetime24.info

 

[Smiley]

Interesting. Do they also intend to enforce bathroom time limit and penalize those who exceed it for whatever reason? If they do, how? What's going to be the penalty? Detention in the bathroom?

 

[Nebulous]

Seems like a waste of money, teacher can just create a sign out sheet and have the kid write down what time they left for the bathroom and what time they came back. They used to have us do that in school. There was always a clipboard by the door.

 

[passenger]

Seems like a waste of money, teacher can just create a sign out sheet and have the kid write down what time they left for the bathroom and what time they came back. They used to have us do that in school. There was always a clipboard by the door.

No, no; that will not work on the kids' phones. Gotta be digital, donchaknow?

 

[Nebulous]

No, no; that will not work on the kids' phones. Gotta be digital, donchaknow?

Lol. I know right.

Seems like a waste of money, teacher can just create a sign out sheet and have the kid write down what time they left for the bathroom and what time they came back. They used to have us do that in school. There was always a clipboard by the door.

We had one teacher who had her own restroom sign out sheet and would write down the real times when kids left and returned. She'd then compare them against what we wrote and bust anyone who was lying.

 

[Smiley]

Bust how? Were there actual consequences or just 'liar liar, pants on fire' mockery?

 

[Nebulous]

Bust how? Were there actual consequences or just 'liar liar, pants on fire' mockery?

Take a way recess, detention, parent phone call, etc.

 

[Smiley]

So basically, nothing. No real consequences of any significance.

 

[passenger]

Lol. I know right.


We had one teacher who had her own restroom sign out sheet and would write down the real times when kids left and returned. She'd then compare them against what we wrote and bust anyone who was lying.

It's a mystery how teachers live through teaching jr. hi-school kids.

 

[Nebulous]

It's a mystery how teachers live through teaching jr. hi-school kids.

Jr. high school kids are the worst!

So basically, nothing. No real consequences of any significance.

Its significant when you're a little kid. I loved recess and didn't want to stay after school (detention). I wasn't scared of parent phone calls because my mom didn't care what the teacher had to say. Lol

 

[Smiley]

Must be just me, then. I never cared for recess (I don't take breaks at work either), and staying after school was never an option, not used as a method of punishment.

 

[Nebulous]

I never cared for recess (I don't take breaks at work either),

They tell us to take our breaks here, otherwise the employer can get in trouble / fined.

 

[passenger]

Must be just me, then. I never cared for recess (I don't take breaks at work either), and staying after school was never an option, not used as a method of punishment.

Recess and lunch were the best times of the school day for me.
I once had a choice of receiving three board-licks from the vice-principal or writing, "I will not shoot spitwads in class." 500 times on the blackboard.
My choice was definitely the licks....get it over with quick, man!

 

[Smiley]

They tell us to take our breaks here, otherwise the employer can get in trouble / fined.

Really? Huh. No one ever told me anything like that at my workplace.

I have, however, noticed an interesting pattern. On rare occasions, when I use the allotted break time to go to the, say, a nearest pharmacy to pick up my prescriptions, my mobile phone rings and whaddaya know - it's someone from work calling me to immediately come back, chastising me for leaving the building during the break time period, because some unexpected shit cropped up the moment I walked out of the building, and it just can't wait for me to come back on my own because it's an equivalent of a life and death emergency, which, of course, it never is, but hey - gotta make some drama to keep everyone on their toes.

Interestingly enough, nothing extraordinary happens the other 99% of the times when I skip break and remain at my desk, pressing on with work.

 

[Nebulous]

Recess and lunch were the best times of the school day for me.
I once had a choice of receiving three board-licks from the vice-principal or writing, "I will not shoot spitwads in class." 500 times on the blackboard.
My choice was definitely the licks....get it over with quick, man!

Corporal punishment was still going on when you were in school?

Really? Huh. No one ever told me anything like that at my workplace.

I have, however, noticed an interesting pattern. On rare occasions, when I use the allotted break time to go to the, say, a nearest pharmacy to pick up my prescriptions, my mobile phone rings and whaddaya know - it's someone from work calling me to immediately come back, chastising me for leaving the building during the break time period, because some unexpected shit cropped up the moment I walked out of the building, and it just can't wait for me to come back on my own because it's an equivalent of a life and death emergency, which, of course, it never is, but hey - gotta make some drama to keep everyone on their toes.

Interestingly enough, nothing extraordinary happens the other 99% of the times when I skip break and remain at my desk, pressing on with work.

If work calls me during my break I don't answer the phone

 

[Smiley]

If work calls me during my break I don't answer the phone

I've tried that too, even turned it off. Guess what? I got chastised for not answering and / or having my personal mobile phone turned off during the break time.

Of course, no one ever commended my dedication I keep displaying on constant basis. Apparently, 1% outweighs 99%.

 

[Nebulous]

I've tried that too, even turned it off. Guess what? I got chastised for not answering and / or having my personal mobile phone turned off during the break time.

Of course, no one ever commended my dedication I keep displaying on constant basis. Apparently, 1% outweighs 99%.

Tell them they need to provide you with a work phone if they expect you to answer it

 

[Smiley]

I did on several occasions, and got denied each time. Apparently, my position doesn't warrant a phone on company's expense, despite me keeping their IT systems from falling apart.

Remember when I said in another thread that it took them years to buy me a measly pen, after several extensive arguments with my superior who made me submit a written request for one, not to mention the other specialized tools and equipment I need but the company won't pay for, despite not being too expensive? And you think they're going to dish out for a mobile phone & the associated monthly bill?

 

[Nebulous]

I did on several occasions, and got denied each time. Apparently, my position doesn't warrant a phone on company's expense, despite me keeping their IT systems from falling apart.

Remember when I said in another thread that it took them years to buy me a measly pen, after several extensive arguments with my superior who made me submit a written request for one, not to mention the other specialized tools and equipment I need but the company won't pay for, despite not being too expensive? And you think they're going to dish out for a mobile phone & the associated monthly bill?

I have mobile phone provided by my work. I told everyone just to call my on my personal phone because I have unlimited minutes and I don't want to carry two phones. So there is a phone sitting at the office collecting dust and they pay the bill for it every month.

 

[Smiley]

And no one has an issue with that? The accounting is fine with such money leakage?