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abharding
2010-01-18 03:17 am UTC (link)

So if someone has a disorder it is their fault if they are distracted by the sound of someone texting in class? I don't look for things/sounds to distract me. They just do. I never had to deal with that particular distraction, but that is because of when I went to school.

That said, there are times when someone is going to need have their phone on - even in a class. My sister likes to tell a story of one class she in where one of the other students was a guy whose wife was nine months pregnant - so he was pretty much on stand by. But he put the phone on vibrate - so if his called he could leave with as little fuss as possible.

But something like that? It is the exception. And in the person can talk with the professor to let him/her know what is going on.

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digigirl132
2010-01-18 12:23 pm UTC (link)

Yeah, there's always exceptions. In one of my classes there was a guy who had a 24-hour call job, and he could lose his job (and his ability to pay for college) if he didn't answer his phone. Another was the primary caretaker for two children with severe disabilities, and he had to keep his on just in case the daycare needed to contact him.

But that's the thing: they had damn good reasons to keep their phones on. Ten bucks says that the guy posting all of this just wants to talk to his buddies.

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	caffeine_fairy 2010-01-18 08:30 pm UTC (link)
	To quote him directly; As for “WHY” I text: I have a social life. Can't be much of one if you have to be on call every moment of theday. If people were that keen to talk to you, they'd call back. (Reply to this)(Parent)

drmoppet
2010-01-18 03:53 pm UTC (link)

In my experience, students who need to have their phones on for family, job, or other important reasons (like being on call for firefighting/EMS) tend to be the ones who let me know in advance, put the thing on vibrate, and don't use it unless they actually get that call.

(Which is why I tell students "If you need to have your phone on because something important for you could happen, please just put it on vibrate and step out if it goes off. However, if 'something important' is 'I can't go 50 minutes without texting,' please consider a 12-step program.")

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