"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 6/6/2014 7:28 PM, Jeßus wrote:
>> On Thu, 5 Jun 2014 21:02:31 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> I don't think you can do that! I said that they are required
>>> to take pics of the board. I can't remember now what it is called. Not
>>> a
>>> white board but something like that. Where the assignments are listed.
>>> The
>>> English teacher urged us to buy them phones with photo capabilities if
>>> they
>>> did not have them. That way they did not have to take notes and did not
>>> have any excuses.
>>
>> The teacher should be fired, if that's true at all.
>>
>>
> Seattle must have some very strange schools. I've never heard of a
> teacher insisting all students have cell phones with cameras. In my area
> (South Carolina) if students take cell phones to school they must be
> turned *off*. If caught texting or web surfing in class, the phone is
> confiscated and the kid gets sent home with a note; they have to explain
> to their parents what happened.

I never said that the teacher insisted. But he said they should have them.
They use them in all of their classes to take notes and things. Cell phones
do not have to be turned off here, but the ringer must be off. They do text
in school.

Seattle is a very different place. Very. If you don't live here, I
wouldn't expect you to get it. I'll just say that when I moved to Cape Cod
I was extremely shocked at how backwards I thought it was there. ATMs were
new to them as were home computers and even the Internet. I had been
working POS and many stores didn't even have such a system yet. They were
still using the old fashioned price stickers. This would have been almost
20 years ago.

My style of dress also made me stick out like a sore thumb. It is not
uncommon for people to wander around in pajamas or bedroom slippers here.
You rarely see anyone dressed up and when you do, it is usually a Mormon out
preaching.

People on Cape Cod were still into that preppy look. We're just very casual
here.