Yes, yes, personal responsibility is all good, but in this instance, it's a stupid rule, and this is about the only recourse the student can take to try and remedy the situation.

@phonenerd. That argument that people got by without against kids having cell phones is stupid. You could use it against any technology whatsoever. Humans got by without electricity for a few thousand years, but that certainly means that we now don't need electricity.

@fryestarrter
"Just look at how many children today DON'T go outside because their parents are too afraid that something might happen to them & too busy to be parents to watch over them & spend time with them & ensure that NOTHING does."
Yea, this is a popular stereotype, but do you actually know anyone like this?

Also, having a cellphone on in class, is not a matter of "nerve." People forget, and a small transgression like that should be forgiven. Or are you saying you've never forgotten to turn your cell phone off when you should have?

I agree that schools should never be allowed to confiscate any student's legal property. Cell phone bans in school are stupid.

@Chris
You're first, but your comment is also idiotic.


That thing looks like a pain in the ass to write with, especially on such a small screen. For some more complicated characters I doubt that this method would be any easier than the current Chinese character input methods. The current methods can actually be quite fast, and with practice its possible to text in Chinese as fast if not faster than in English.

GIVE US OUR K790!!

I don't care about this piece of .

and where, WHERE, is the k790?

@#3.

Echelon is different. That's government signals gathering on its own by monitoring the airwaves and recording the various electromagnetic radiation that occupies our airwaves.

This NSA spying scandal is based on telecom companies allowing backroom access to the NSA. ECHELON is non co-operative, but the information gathered is much less useful.