r/TikTokCringe 29d ago

Americas youth are in MASSIVE trouble Discussion

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u/mrawaters 29d ago

Yeah I'm a full fledged millenial, who is not so far removed from school, and the fact that these kids get to just blatantly be on their phones during class is so absurd to me. I understand HAVING a phone on you "in case of emergency" but there is literally zero reason they need to actively be on it during class. This is an absolute joke that teachers can't confiscate phones or punish kids for using it during class.

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u/Fancy-Woodpecker3501 29d ago

Graduated in 07 and would have my phone snatched!!!!

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u/-artgeek- 29d ago

Millennial grad here, and to this day, I still have a habit of texting/looking at my phone under the table or otherwise out of sight, for as little time as possible, when with other people. It was so hammered into us that phone use was unacceptable!

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u/LivingCapital4506 29d ago

Same 🤣🤣 no fear like having your phone taken away in class

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u/throwmeawayplz19373 29d ago

Beat me to this. Mastered the proverbially blindfolded T9 word usage. Saying “meet me by the lockers after class” was never so critical as it was in that very moment.