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During a English class, my teacher was talking about what she does want to be done during class for the communication students that didn't know her yet since the translation students already knew her from English 1 and cellphone use during class came up ,and she said that we should use them unless you are using a dictionary or a translation app ,someone from communications said that he has to check his phone every 10 minutes because of work(I know he doesn't work) ,the teacher asked if can't just not use it for a entire class he said no it's impossible then my teacher said that is disrespectful and stopped talking about it because class time was over.
on the next class now completely full with communications students that skipped the other class the guy checked his phone every 5 minutes, I saw in the teacher's face that she was almost going mad with him but did not say nothing she kept doing her class .

KYM I have question for you:
Are any of you eager to check your phone even during a class,or any time you hear a notification you go to your phone very fast( also did you reach for your phone after you heard the notification sound in this thread)?

I mostly check my phone to see the what time is it ,and since I have my cell phone allays on battery saving mode I don't get any notification unless I check my phone and even I see one in the middle of class I ignore them.I only go very fast to my phone when it's a phone call.

I contacted moderators Ranomman,Bob and @weaboo(they are the ones who responded to my PM) and they game their blessing to this small auto play don't lock my thread please .

In community college I had mostly the same teacher for all of my computer-related courses and his philosophy was pretty much "you're paying for this class so if you're gonna spend it paying attention to me or your phone that's your choice". Phone usage wasn't so much an issue in our class, moreso was off-topic computer usage. I had one desk neighbor who was always checking stocks and bitcoin-related stuff and another who was always checking Final Fantasy 14 forums. I myself waned between focusing on the lectures and staring at World of Tanks-related stuff, but phones themselves were never an issue for me.

Though then again I didn't have a smartphone until like the beginning of last year, which was my last year in college…but even then why use a phone to check social media when I have a computer that can do it?

my phone is literally the trashiest shit ever and im too cheap to buy one like the cool kids have.

thats the only thing stopping me from using it to avoid boring stuff

Here here!

When the sound went off my first reaction was oh no because that means the only person who facebook messages me just facebook messaged me and I don't want to talk to them in the middle of my work day.

I played games on it in class during college a LOT. Only one teacher ever actually said something and we got into a bitch fight in the middle of the class over it, I was like calm down bruh you're teaching a class full of college students how to make bubble outlines, I'll treat this class like it's worth my time when it is. He was pissed. I really hated him and the class, it was a college freshman English 102 course (and you had to have a certain ACT score to skip 101) yet he was legitimately teaching bubble outlines. Shit like that is why I wanted to drop out every other week.

Anyway, the only time I immediately reach for my phone is if I hear a notification from one of my otome games because those are time sensitive and I actually care about them.

I don't use my phone in class but I know the teachers can spot one from a mile away.

My cellphone is so old I'm not sure you can even get the internet on it, and I don't use it enough to wanna find out.

I check it a couple times during work, but mostly because I'm bored. I also have to drive a lot for my work, so GPS is kinda a godsend I need to use. Well, a godsend that won't see me crashing into oncoming traffic cause I was too busy unfolding a map and find my grid coordinates at least.

Back when I was in college, I only ever checked my phone for the time, and rarely even then unless the lecture was really, really boring. Mostly I'd check it in between classes during the walks across campus. But there was never a moment I felt compelled to check my phone, that wasn't just due to wanting to check it, nor was there some internal struggle to not check it during something important.

I've had one of these phones for five years and, even when there are eight keys missing (but still usable) and the touchscreen is not responding well, it's still going strong.

Today, I use it for basic functions such as calls and messaging, among other things like the camera (I rarely use the video), the notes (when I get bored and I write stuff, like my dreams or short stories that I can transcribe and edit later on my pc), the internet (being a phone so old, I can no longer access to the likes of Twitter or Wikipedia), and, of course, the alarms.

If I get a message in, let's say, the middle of a class, I just wait until it's over so I can check it. If it's a call, I do the same, unless it's absolutely necessary, I just excuse myself to go out and answer it. In movie theaters, on the other hand, I silence the phone and cancel calls (I usually receive messages because of this); I write a super quick and fast response, getting to the point. Overall, if they tell me that I have to shut down my phone or silence it or whatever, I follow most of the times the rules.

In the end, I won't get a replacement until my phone bites the dust, which, by the looks of it, the son of a bitch still has five more years, hell, perhaps even more.

The last time I had a phone I was taking sign language classes, so it was kind of hard to check your phone because if you did you missed what the teacher was signing, it was very obvious that you weren't watching, and if it went off it was very embarrassing as it was the only noise in the room.

I haven't had a cell phone in almost three years, which is an outgrowth of the fact that in the past (and hopefully in the future) I lived in areas with out any cellphone, internet, or television access for large stretches of the year (even phone lines were not consistently working in some areas). Only after spending months without them can one appreciate how much all three affect not only how individuals, but communities, act. It's a completely different experience being limited to interacting with people directly and being disconnected from the 24-hours news cycles of your personal circle and the world at large.

From this experience I know the truth: you may not think you're addicted because other people check their phones more, because you have an old phone, because whatever. But you are. We all are. We can't help it. We need connectivity like fish needs water. The war is over. The phones won.

>tfw you didn't know what that noise was because you never log into Facebook

I always keep my phone turned off as that's what the syllabus requests. Coincidentally, I also have a 4.0 GPA.

Wisehowl said:

…you’re paying for this class so if you’re gonna spend it paying attention to me or your phone that’s your choice…

That's the attitude a lot of my teachers have. Once that two week refund ends, they're getting paid regardless.

^ the notification sound is from the Facebook messenger app.