Giving up my phone for the next 2 years?

Ursus Horribilis · 16-05-2016 10:23PM

Have you a summer job this year? If you could put enough money together to pay for the credit for the next year or so, it'd make it harder for them to take it off you.

Other than that, I'm not sure what else you can do. I assume that even if you got an old-fashioned Nokia with buttons on it, it'd be of little use to you. Does anyone under the age of 40 send sms messages any more?

UnknownEntity · 16-05-2016 10:35PM

Odus fell down wrote:

Have you a summer job this year? If you could put enough money together to pay for the credit for the next year or so, it'd make it harder for them to take it off you.

I do have a job but really paying for the phone will do little to help me because of how strict my parents are ðŸ˜‚.

dollyk · 16-05-2016 10:44PM

Its the eldest child thing again, Im sorry but I was like that too.
Hes 34 now and laughs at it, but at the time I was so sure I was doing the
right things.
Ok so the thing is, can you live without it ?
Can you get an old nokia just to keep in touch ?
Do you have a tablet or other devise for study ?
It really can be a distraction, esp facebook and the likes

.
But 2 years can seem a bit drastic.
Yes speak to them nearer the time.
Im pretty sure they think they are doing the right thing.

The Black Oil · 17-05-2016 07:08PM

It's an unreasonable policy, imo. A black and white approach makes no sense at all. Handing over your phone for the time you're actually in front of the books, of course there's sense in that.

I think some parents overdo it partly fuelled by their own worry and hype, which often gets turned to 11 at this of year due to radio slots and newspaper columns. I recall being on a train and overhearing parents of classmate of mine saying "he should be studying". Fine, and maybe now and then he was slacking, but there's a balance. I've very vague memories of it overall, fifth year is shift in gears compared to TY and sixth year is obviously more so. There's some brouhaha now about attention spans, tablets, smartphones, etc. Keep your head down, get on with your work. Do what your teachers say.

2 years from now, when your number has probably expired, who is going to reactivate it?

rainbowtrout · 17-05-2016 08:17PM

I'm a teacher, I do think students spend way too much time on their phones, however I think your parents are being a little harsh. Perhaps you could suggest a compromise. You leave your phone at home (somewhere visible like the kitchen table or wherever) when you go to school each day, so they know you're not on the phone during the day, and the phone can be left there when you are studying/doing your homework in the evening. Allowing you your phone for a an hour or two each evening so you can check your messages, go on facebook or whatever you do with it isn't excessive and shouldn't be any worse than you watching tv, playing the xbox or whatever in the evening.

ryansapienza · 26-05-2016 01:07PM

No way, you'll go insane. Or at least just turn it off after school until the evening like 9pm, and give it up for a couple hours over the weekend. It probably would be a good idea though to completely get rid of it in the couple weeks coming up to the leaving cert, even from when the mocks finish if you could manage it (i couldnt)

drunkmonkey · 26-05-2016 02:08PM

Motorola are bringing back out the Razr, that's probably what you should get.

UnknownEntity · 26-05-2016 06:01PM

ryansapienza wrote:

No way, you'll go insane. Or at least just turn it off after school until the evening like 9pm, and give it up for a couple hours over the weekend. It probably would be a good idea though to completely get rid of it in the couple weeks coming up to the leaving cert, even from when the mocks finish if you could manage it (i couldnt)

That's exactly what I would like to do and it's what we did for the JC.

Giving up my phone for the next 2 years?

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