More and more schools are finding ways to keep phones out of classrooms, and it has been good for grades, standardized test scores, and behavior. Shocking.
I was an instructor at a nuclear plant and the go to guy for IT stuff. A coworker asked if we could remove the thirty minute timeout cuz his screen kept blanking out while teaching. I suggested that he had bigger issues if he kept the same screen up that long>
Poor baby. I went to school when there was no such thing as a cellphone. And it was a college-level French seminar where we looked at slides of French castles and paintings day after day after day. (However, while more interesting material would have made it a lot better, I was far from ‘miserable.’ The class was conducted in 100% French – total immersion – and I relished the opportunity to use and practice the language so thoroughly. Years later I don’t remember the difference between Manet and Monet or just exactly what a “flying buttress” is – nor do I care any more now than I did then – but I am still grateful for having had the opportunity to so thoroughly immerse myself in a subject I loved.
Also, history was one of the few subjects that kept my attention in school. Science was either-or. English? I know how to speak it, I’m good…case closed. Loved history, but the last good teacher I had was in 8th grade, sadly. Math hadn’t held my attention since 8th grade. (Algebra is the language of Satan and should be outlawed.) And I didn’t take P.E. in high school…I took Army JROTC and excelled in it. It was the only class I made straight ’A’s in all four years of high school.
Spacehog about 1 month ago
Who would want to look at a boring slideshow?
seanfear about 1 month ago
my condolences, Pete
Cornelius Robinson Premium Member about 1 month ago
She reads Thyme Magazine
sbenton7684 about 1 month ago
I love history. I would have watched the slide show…
mccollunsky about 1 month ago
I guess coughing is more distracting than a teacher’s talking.
TampaFanatic1 about 1 month ago
I suspect Peter will be saying the following phrase a year after he leaves high school: “Would you like fries with that?”
cdward about 1 month ago
More and more schools are finding ways to keep phones out of classrooms, and it has been good for grades, standardized test scores, and behavior. Shocking.
Jedi.Kermit about 1 month ago
Today’s missing classic is gocomics.Com/foxtrot/2003/09/07
SquidGamerGal about 1 month ago
Totally NOT helping your case!
Gen.Flashman about 1 month ago
Slideshow ??? PowerPoint has ben with us since 1987.
Thanksfortheinfo2000 about 1 month ago
Foxtrot has been around for decades – no wonder he’s still in high school…
mindjob about 1 month ago
If I taught history, I’d show the AI movie of the eruption of Pompeii
Cozmik Cowboy about 1 month ago
Slideshow? We had “film strips”.
billdaviswords about 1 month ago
These kids will go far…
MeGoNow Premium Member about 1 month ago
Don’t blame the kid. You married the idiot father.
ekke about 1 month ago
Actually, this is precisely and exactly preparation for your cubicle-farm career: endless PowerPoint!
txmystic about 1 month ago
I loved coming back from recess/art class/music class to find the projector loaded up…
Peabody N. Sherman about 1 month ago
I learned history from Mr. Peabody (and Sherman).
Godfreydaniel about 1 month ago
And Commander McBrag.
CsRoberto2854 about 1 month ago
Rat: Lemme tell you why Amend switched to sundays.
“blah blah blah i wanna play video games”
MichiganMitten about 1 month ago
And this is why schools are locking phones up in metal lockers during the day.
DEWLine about 1 month ago
“I’m trying to make sure that my generation repeats all the worst parts of history, okay?”
Bill The Nuke about 1 month ago
I was an instructor at a nuclear plant and the go to guy for IT stuff. A coworker asked if we could remove the thirty minute timeout cuz his screen kept blanking out while teaching. I suggested that he had bigger issues if he kept the same screen up that long>
Stephen Gilberg about 1 month ago
I’d be grateful for the visuals. Classes where the teacher just talked at us were the worst.
ArseGrammatica about 1 month ago
It is funny because as a teen-aged male he isn’t expected to exert himself or be good at anything but sports. And he is also bad at sports.
Strawberry King about 1 month ago
Well, Andy you tried to get Paige to stop sleeping in class. Now to work on Peter.
M.K.Staffeld about 1 month ago
Andi, he could’ve recorded the slideshow in order to sleep through it again while trying to do homework.
EMGULS79 about 1 month ago
Poor baby. I went to school when there was no such thing as a cellphone. And it was a college-level French seminar where we looked at slides of French castles and paintings day after day after day. (However, while more interesting material would have made it a lot better, I was far from ‘miserable.’ The class was conducted in 100% French – total immersion – and I relished the opportunity to use and practice the language so thoroughly. Years later I don’t remember the difference between Manet and Monet or just exactly what a “flying buttress” is – nor do I care any more now than I did then – but I am still grateful for having had the opportunity to so thoroughly immerse myself in a subject I loved.
suelou about 1 month ago
The kids should all be tested on the slide show!
ijnfleetadmiral1984 about 1 month ago
1) Schools still use slideshows?
Also, history was one of the few subjects that kept my attention in school. Science was either-or. English? I know how to speak it, I’m good…case closed. Loved history, but the last good teacher I had was in 8th grade, sadly. Math hadn’t held my attention since 8th grade. (Algebra is the language of Satan and should be outlawed.) And I didn’t take P.E. in high school…I took Army JROTC and excelled in it. It was the only class I made straight ’A’s in all four years of high school.
Tom Toro creator about 1 month ago
Pour one out for today’s teachers!