RE: Hats and caps in class:cell phones & pagers

[Richard Pisacreta, Ph.D.]

>
>At 3:47 PM -0800 1/29/02, Joann Jelly wrote:
> >Not for the first time, a student answered a cell phone in class. Her reply
> >on my "Don't do that!" was, "I have children and will answer the phone
> >whenever I want." Each time I have directed the student to go outside with
> >their cell phone business. So I am considering putting up a sign such as,
> >"If the cell phone stored in your pocket vibrates a signal, answer it
> >outside the classroom," or something equally droll. Does anyone else have
> >a policy/procedure (i.e., caution in the syllabus or sign in the classroom)
> >to handle this situation.
>
>I've only had it happen once so far, but I'm considering a statement in my
>syllabus that use of a cell phone in class constitutes a disruptive
>activity, and will be treated as such according to University policy (which
>means calling Security if necessary).
>
>* PAUL K. BRANDON [EMAIL PROTECTED] *

Here at the funpark we attach the college's policies on what constitutes disruptive behavior to the syllabi we hand out. Ms. Jelly's student is way over the line. I'm with Paul and I wouldn't tolerate a student talking to me the way Ms. Jelly described her experience. As the motto on my old high school said, "Where Law ends, Tyranny begins." Of course my HS was the first to go on strike under the new AFT but that's another post. Remind me to tell you what Sammy "the Bull" Gravano was like in my HS classes.

Rip Pisacreta, Ph.D.

Professor, Psychology,

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, MI 49307

email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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